Senior QA Automation Engineer

We, Blobstation, are one of the fastest growing companies in the software development industry. We work at a fast pace on awesome projects with our partners and clients. We are always looking for energetic, smart, and talented people to join our team.

The QA Automation Engineer will help to continuously improve the quality, reliability and end-user experience of various solutions delivered by our development team. Also, the QA Automation Engineer will help efficiently deliver high-quality solutions to end users using modern quality methodologies and test automation technologies combined with a streamlined release process. The individual must be forward-thinking and share in a common vision of quality, integrity, and efficiency.

Experience:- 3 Years

Workplace Type:- On-site

Responsibilities:

• Design and Develop Automated Test Suites: Collaborate with the development team to design, develop, and implement automated test suites using Cypress for web applications and Appium for mobile applications
• Test Planning and Strategy: Contribute to the development of test plans and strategies, ensuring comprehensive coverage of functional and non-functional requirements
• Execution and Maintenance: Execute automated test suites, analyze test results, and report defects. Maintain and update existing automated test scripts to accommodate changes in software functionality
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to facilitate continuous testing and deployment processes
• Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to validate the stability of software releases and ensure backward compatibility
• Documentation: Document test cases, test scenarios, and test results. Contribute to the development of testing standards and best practices documentation
• Identify & Record: Document thoroughly and track bugs including bug triage
• Investigate the causes of software quality and reliability issues and work together with architects and developers to help address them in the long term
• Design and monitor quality assurance metrics, like defect densities, open defect counts and test coverage
• Build QA reports for visibility on health and quality of the products
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies

Requirements:

• Proven 3 years of work experience in Software Development
• Proven 3 years of work experience in Software Quality Assurance
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
• Strong knowledge of Software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience with Selenium or Cypress automated Web UI testing
• Experience with integrated project management, build, release and documentation tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, TeamCity)
• Experience with automated API testing
• Proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript for Cypress and Java or Python for Appium
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools, CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (e.g., Git), and issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira)
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is an asset (e.g., JMeter)
• Experience in a DevOps environment is an asset

Benefits working at Blobstation:

• 5 days a week
• Health Insurance
• Sponsorship for certification
• Flexible working hours with possibility of working from home
• In-office games to relax