Quality Assurance Engineer

Position Summary

Are you a problem solver with a desire to develop, automate and test We're in need of a creative and passionate Quality Assurance Engineer on a high performing agile software development team. You'll work with a dynamic team comprising of Quality Engineers, Developers, Business System Analysts, and Software Project Managers and report to the Product Engineering Manager. You'll be asked to test software using an automation framework, create reports, perform software analysis, perform functional, regression and performance testing, apply black box and white box testing techniques and become a subject matter expert in your teams owned applications. You will also be asked to lead the testing automation best practices group and work to enhance and expand the testing frameworks and tools.

Responsibilities

Create, review and execute feature test cases within the automation framework (Selenium with Gauge framework in Java)

Collaborate with developers and quality engineers to enhance regression coverage and maintain the automated regression suite

Create, enhance, maintain testing utilities as needed

Review, create and execute manual test cases

Create defects and keep the storyboard up to date

Establish and follow industry standard automation testing methodology

Identify process improvements, conduct gap and root-cause analysis, and make recommendations for efficiency to peers and management.

Actively participate in Agile development, testing and CI/CD methodologies

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology experience

2+ years minimum software development

3+ years programmatic integration with relational database systems (SQL Server)

Experience in automation of web service APIs (REST/SOAP)

Experience in automation of web, mobile device, localization, accessibility and security

Experience in creating and socializing QA and Automation best practices

Experience performing software evaluations and proof of concept activities

Experience in CI/CD environment (TeamCity)

3+ years Agile experience

Ability to test front end and back-end solutions

Experience in running Test Strategy reviews

Experience in performing code and test case reviews

Experience with test-driven development

Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools

Proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications

Must have strong time management skills - including ability to plan, set priorities, adapt to change, work well under pressure, and meet established timelines

Must have a positive and energetic demeanor

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Creative problem-solving skills

Experience with Splunk monitoring

Experience with New Relic Synthetics & Insights

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type:

Req ID: 25011

Quality Assurance Engineer III