Quality Engineer I - Automation

About Albertsons Companies Inc.:

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

Position Title: Quality Engineer I

Job Description:

Roles & responsibilities:

• Work closely with program management and development to understand requirements and design.
• Design and review test cases focused on a specific project(s)/component.
• Ensure test cases match anticipated customer scenarios.
• Effectively prioritize and schedule work and provide accurate quality status.
• Clarify quality/risk impact of design change/defect fix.
• Raise test estimation/scheduling problems in a timely manner with stakeholders.
• Explore automated solutions to testing.
• Execute test passes based on software test life cycle and share test pass results.
• Develop test scripts by leveraging automation tools and libraries.
• Uncover, report and document defects with clear reproduction steps.
• Target appropriate test cases/scripts for validation of defect fixes.
• Escalate quality issues appropriately and offer solutions.
• Use test tools for quality management.
• Ability to perform new and existing testing tasks without overly relying on guidance from a manager or mentor.
• Develop test plan that is reviewed and approved by appropriate stakeholders
• Incorporate feedback from other disciplines in test plan
• Ensure documentation follows standardized procedures and appropriate approval hierarchies

Experience Required:

• 0-2 years of experience
• Experience with authoring and executing test plans.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies and processes.
• Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (Agile).
• Organizational and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience uncovering and clearly documenting defects with attention to detail.
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.
• Passion for quality and performance
• Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to learn beyond formal training and a strong aptitude for delivering quality products.

Competencies:

• Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.
• Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal/business ethics.
• Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.
• Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally

Additional Skills Required:

• Azure Services
• Linux
• ServiceNow (SNow)
• Backend Automation Experience
• GitHub
• Jmeter
• Mobile testing - Appium/Espresso
• API - Karate, Postman, Rest Assured, Swagger, SoapUI, Wiremock/Mockito
• Language - Java, JavaScript or Python
• Web Testing - Selenium Cucumber Testing JUnit
• Performance - JMeter, Load Runner, K6, Grafana, Selenium, Lighthouse
• Accessibility - WAVE, AXE, AccessScan or similar tools
• Logging / Monitoring tools - DataDog, Azure Log Analytics, Grafana, AppD
• Dashboarding and documentation - Jira and Confluence
• Database - MongoDB, SQL and Cassandra