Senior QA Engineer

Overview
As the QA Engineer, you would handle all aspects of automated quality assurance and manual testing within

Duties and responsibilities
Automation & Manual Functional Testing- 75% of time

• Define, develop, and set up automation strategy and process for both our frontend and backend applications
• Participate in peer review of test cases, test code, test plans, and defects
• Create SQL queries to create and validate testing

Test Automation Setup, Best Practices- 15% of the time

• Develop and execute test cases to diagnose issues and bugs, creating test data when needed
• Actively take part in defining and communicating best automation practices
• Define, and improve automation test strategies and configurations with the Senior automation engineer
• Create and Add automated tests to our CI/CD process using Jenkins
• Document our automation strategy for the embedded team in Confluence

• Setup Dashboards for automation suites in JIRA
• Keep abreast of testing technologies and best practices with an eye to contributing to the evolution of our test frameworks and testing methodologies

Automation Troubleshooting - 5% of the time

• View application logs on Linux servers and troubleshoots exceptions
• Write and execute SQL queries to ensure the quality of products that use databases

• Troubleshoot product issues and define corrective actions
• Troubleshoot via New Relic

Communication: 5%

• Communicate the automation plan with team members in different departments: Engineering, Product Management, Quality Assurance, Network Operations, Customer Service, Sales, Marketing, Tier 2 Support, Fulfillment, etc

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates will have the following technical skills and experience:
• B.S. degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or Mathematics, or equivalent work experience
• Strong understanding of Embedded technologies
• At least 2-5 years of experience testing software, and payment industry experience is ideal
• Demonstrated ability to develop automated tests in many environments meeting varied objectives

• Programming languages: Java, SQL, PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL, JavaScript, C#
• Databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL
• Technologies: multithreading, JDBC, servlets, JSP, TCP/IP, SOAP, REST, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS, security, encryption, open source, web development, web services, web protocols
• Integrated development environments: Eclipse, IntelliJ
• Operating systems: Linux, Windows

• Software: Apache web server, Ant, Ivy, Git, Jenkins, Jetty, Nexus, Jira, Wiki or equivalent
• AWS experience

Successful candidates will have the following qualities:

• Experience with Agile and an understanding of how testing fits within SCRUM
• High performer, self-starter, and quick learner, able to become productive in a brief period

• Willingness to learn and understand the details of the business and existing applications, architecture, business logic, technologies, and source code
• Business results oriented and driven
• Sense of urgency, ownership, responsibility, reliability, dependability, quality, commitment, professionalism, honesty, integrity, and adaptability
• Ability to estimate tasks and commit to timelines
• Team player, able to work on tasks independently and with other team members who are in different time zones

• Ability to think and work "outside the box"
• Positive attitude, motivation, energy, passion
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Strong troubleshooting and conflict resolution skills
• You enjoy breaking software, finding bugs and seeing them through their lifecycle