Senior Automation Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

Senior Automation Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

Take a seat on the rocket ship and join us as Senior Automation Engineer to help people succeed across the world. We're a global team of builders, listeners and problem-solvers who are relentlessly focused on making life simple, so our customers can get back to growing their business, engaging consumers, and doing what they love.

Responsibilities

This position is tailored for the individual in this role will be accountable for establishing and implementing industry best practices for front-end automation (primarily Web) throughout the entire organization.

• Responsible for implementing the TCOE Architect approved re-usable automation framework for testing web applications to support regression testing and new functionality testing.
• Formulate & document automation test plans, strategies, best practices & recommendations for delivery teams for testing their web applications & maintaining the automation around it.
• Should be able to make recommendations & implement solutions aimed at reducing the overall test execution time & reducing the efforts involved in test maintenance for the automation suites.
• Should be able to train & mentor the team members in adopting to the automation framework & understanding the overall CICD process & its implementation to establish Web Automation as a part of the Continuous Integration process.
• Should be knowledgeable in scaling the automation setup to cover multiple browsers for cross browser testing (preferably through Lambda Test) & Accessibility testing.
• Analyse and understands product's environment, architecture, and interdependencies to determine and apply appropriate test methodologies and cases relative to applications being tested.
• Should be able to build roadmaps for automation adoption and can mentor teams in adopting it.
• Ensuring the scalability and maintainability of automated test suites including regular updates, refactoring, and of optimization test scripts to accommodate changes in mobile app and ensure consistency of tests.
• Analyse any existing web automation practices & provide feedback for improvements & guide the teams on avoiding pitfalls where automation could prove to be counterproductive.
• Should be able to work closely with the delivery teams in helping them with the initial automation adoption & setting up the processes such as PR review, adopting TCOE defined coding practices, etc.

Qualifications

Proficiency in programming languages such as Java or C#.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Software Quality assurance with at least 5+ years of experience in Web Automation.
• Should have experience in automated web testing and setting up web automation frameworks.
• Experience of working with Automated Web test Framework with Selenium.
• Design, implementation, and delivery of scalable, maintainable, configurable, and robust test automation frameworks.
• Good understanding of web technologies and protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JSON).
• Demonstrated experience in cross-browser testing, ensuring functional, usability, and accessibility aspects of web applications across multiple browsers and platforms.
• Proficiency in utilizing cloud-based platforms like BrowserStack or LambdaTest for executing both automated and manual testing of web applications.
• Understanding GitHub, Azure, or other Repos.
• Sound understanding working in a CI/CD and DevOps environment.
• Experience with mobile application testing, including functional and non-functional testing, UI testing, and compatibility testing.
• Solid understanding testing web applications, REST API's (ideally using Postman).
• Mature understanding of the different types of testing that QA will engage in: Functional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance, and Release Management.

Desired Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of working with upcoming web automation frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright or similar frameworks is a big plus.
• Familiarity with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Prior experience of working in a Testing Centre of excellence or similar set up would be an added advantage.
• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role in test automation.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills working with diverse distributed teams located across the globe.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.