QA Automation Specialist

Our client is seeking a highly skilled QA Automation Specialist to join their dynamic team. Your primary role will be to design, develop, and implement automated testing solutions that ensure the quality and functionality of our digital products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to uphold engineering excellence, drive improvements in testing practices, and contribute to the rapid delivery of high-quality solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Automation Framework Development:

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks.
• Develop automated test scripts for regression, functional, performance, and API testing.

Quality Assurance and Testing:

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to identify test requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Execute automated test cases, analyze results, and report defects, ensuring prompt rectification.
• Engage in manual testing practices such as exploratory testing

Continuous Improvement:

• Work with the team to establish best practices for test automation and quality assurance.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging testing technologies, recommending tools or practices for adoption.

Integration and Collaboration:

• Integrate automated testing processes into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure fast and reliable deployment cycles.
• Participate in agile ceremonies like sprint planning and retrospectives to align on testing objectives and priorities.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Document test plans, test cases, and test results, providing detailed reports to stakeholders on test coverage, defects, and testing effectiveness.
• Ensure that documentation is kept up to date and is accessible to team members and stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in QA automation and software testing.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Typescript, or JavaScript for automation purposes.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, Jest, Cypress, JMeter, …) and frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience in an agile team environment.

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.