Quality Engineering Lead; Automation

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As part of a cross‑functional Agile squad, chapter, and tribe, an SDET’s primary role is to provide thought leadership within the Quality Engineering discipline and ensure quality through delivery of test automation best practices. Responsibilities include developing new test automation frameworks using various automation tools, maintaining existing test automation code with high quality, leveraging strong software design and test automation principles, and using personal ingenuity and creativity to find new ways to test software solutions.

The SDET works with all members of the Agile squad to determine customer and product requirements and their applicability to product code and test code, performs exploratory testing when needed, continually partners to exchange ideas, elevate concerns, and follow quality policies and procedures as defined by customer quality governance standards.

• Working on an Agile squad, leading quality engineering efforts while collaborating with the squad, chapter, and tribe.
• Having accountability for test strategy, test planning, framework implementation, and test execution within the agile squad and tribe.
• Implementing high‑quality, reusable, maintainable test automation code using various automation tools and frameworks.
• Creating structured, clean, and cohesive test automation and exploratory tests for all new features and or functional changes in the software, organized into repeatable test suites for native mobile applications and browser‑based applications from the UI as well as through APIs.
• Authoring test cases in test management software.
• Efficiently reproducing reported software problems, analyzing data, and working with other team members to quickly remove obstacles.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven track record of building test automation in one or more programming languages (Java, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience creating test automation and performing exploratory testing for native mobile applications and browser‑based applications from the UI as well as through APIs.
• Experience with a code repository like Git Hub.
• Experience with application life cycle management tools such as Version One, Quality Center, or similar tools.
• Experience working in a Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, or Continuous Testing environment using Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Concourse, Circle
  
  CI or similar tooling.
• Proven knowledge of internet protocols, web proxies, caching and other web related fundamentals.
• Experience working in a Cloud environment.
• Proficient in SQL.
• Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language appropriate for each group.
• 3–5+ years of experience as a test automation engineer in a high‑performance and dynamic team environment.

• Experience coaching others on implementation of test strategies, automation practices, and tools.
• Experience using Webdriver
  
  IO and Postman/Newman.
• Worked in a Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) environment.
• Experience performing accessibility testing.
• Quality Engineering certifications.

Encore Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.