| Location | Lowell, MA |
| Industry | Other/Not Classified |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Job Descriptio | JD: We are seeking an Automated QA Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain robust automated testing solutions for web, mobile, APIs, and backend systems. This role will contribute to delivering high-quality software by ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance through comprehensive test automation strategies while collaborating closely with software engineers, product managers, business analysts, and DevOps teams. ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities Automated QA Engineer • Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for web, mobile, API, and backend applications. • Create and implement automated functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and performance testing solutions. • Collaborate with product owners, software engineers, business analysts, and UX teams to understand requirements and define test strategies. • Participate in requirements reviews, design reviews, and sprint planning activities to ensure testability and quality considerations are addressed early in the development lifecycle. • Develop and maintain reusable automation frameworks, libraries, and utilities following established coding standards and best practices. • Create and execute API tests using REST, GraphQL, and other service-based architectures. • Analyze test results, identify defects, and work closely with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and rapid delivery. • Implement test data management strategies and support test environment setup and maintenance. • Monitor product quality metrics and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. • Perform root cause analysis of production defects and provide recommendations to prevent recurrence. • Create and maintain testing documentation, including test plans, test cases, automation architecture diagrams, and quality reports. • Participate in code reviews for both application and test automation code. • Collaborate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. • Advocate for quality engineering best practices across the software development lifecycle. ________________________________________ Key Qualifications / Requirements Education • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience. Experience • 3+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance or software development. • 2+ years of hands-on experience developing automated test solutions using modern automation frameworks and programming languages. • Experience testing web applications, APIs, and distributed systems. • Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, testing strategies, and quality assurance principles. • Experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, or similar technologies. • Experience with API testing tools and frameworks. • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar. • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. • Familiarity with test management, defect tracking, and Agile development practices. • Experience with Git-based source control workflows. • Understanding of software architecture, system integrations, and microservices-based applications. • Experience working within Agile development teams using tools such as Jira and Confluence. • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills. Nice to Have • Experience with Playwright and TypeScript-based automation frameworks. • Experience with mobile test automation using Appium or similar tools. • Knowledge of performance and load testing tools such as JMeter, k6, or LoadRunner. • Experience testing cloud-native applications deployed on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. • Familiarity with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes. • Understanding of behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks such as SpecFlow or Cucumber. • Experience implementing test reporting and quality dashboards. • Knowledge of secure software development and security testing practices. • Exposure to CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, or TeamCity. • Experience working within large-scale enterprise software development environments. • Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), microservices architectures, and event-driven systems. • Experience testing distributed enterprise applications and microservices architectures. • Experience validating integrations across APIs, message queues, databases, and external systems. • Familiarity with RBAC/security testing and enterprise identity management solutions. • Ability to establish quality gates and testing standards across multiple development teams. • Experience building quality engineering practices within Agile product organizations. |
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| Years of Experience: | 9.00 Years of Experience |