Senior Staff Engineer, QA Automation (Cypress)

Job description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total experience 7+ years.
• Strong experience in Quality Assurance, with a focus on Cypress test automation.
• Proficiency in using Jira for defect tracking and Confluence for documentation.
• In-depth knowledge of Browser Developer Tools for debugging and issue resolution.
• Analyse application requirements and specifications to create test plans and test cases.
• Design, develop and execute automated tests using Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, VBScript, or other languages as required.
• Should have experience in one Cucumber or Specflow.
• Have a good experience in Rest Assured.
• Use testing tools such as UFT, TOSCA, Test Complete, Katalon Studio, Appium, Coded UI, Protractor, Selenium, or other tools as required.
• Use testing frameworks such as Junit, Nunit, TestNg or other frameworks as required.
• Solid understanding of Agile principles and experience working in an Agile environment
• Ensure the quality, performance, and reliability of the applications.
• Identify and report bugs and defects.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues.
• Generate and maintain test reports and documentation.
• Collaborate with the software development team and other stakeholders on software quality assurance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understanding the projects functional and non-functional requirements and the business context of the application being developed. Understanding and documenting requirements validated by the SMEs
• Interacting with clients to identify the scope of testing, expectations, acceptance criteria and availability of test data and environment. Working closely with product owner in defining and refining acceptance criteria.
• Preparing test plan/strategy
• Estimating the test effort and preparing schedules for testing activities, assigning tasks, identifying constraints and dependencies
• Risk management identifying, mitigating and resolving business and technical risks. Determines the potential causes of problems and analyses multiple alternatives.
• Designing and developing a framework for automated testing following the project's design and coding guidelines. Set up best practices for test automation.
• Preparing test reports to summarize the outcome of the testing phase and recommending whether the application is in a shippable state or not.
• Communicating measurable quality metrics, with the ability to highlight problem areas and suggest solutions.
• Participating in retrospective meetings, helping identify the root cause of any quality related issue and identifying ways to continuously improve the testing process.
• Conducting demos of the application for internal and external stakeholders.
• Reviewing all testing artifacts prepared by the team and ensuring that defects found during the review are tracked to closure.
• Working with team and stakeholders to triage and prioritize defects for resolution.
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.