QA Automation Engineer, RateHub

• The ideal candidate is a hands-on person who takes ownership of reliable automation, drives quality and efficiency through systems and processes, and collaborates with the existing team to build user-centric, high-quality experiences for Ratehub members
• 3+ years of quality assurance and test engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, test strategies, and best practices
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into automated test plans
• Proven ability to implement and evolve QA processes to get effective test coverage, and to scale testing efforts across multiple products
• Experience working in an agile development environment, following all the Scrum/Kanban ceremonies
• Proven track record in developing maintainable automated test suites
• High proficiency in test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress or equivalent
• High proficiency with Java, TypeScript, or equivalent language
• Proficient with source control, specifically git
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Curiosity and ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment

Desirable

• We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer (14 month contract with potential to become permanent) to join a cross-functional team of developers, product managers, and other quality engineers to test and deliver amazing products
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design to define test strategy and test plan to deliver high-quality, user-centric products
• Own testing plans, processes, and strategies to ensure testing is efficiently executed throughout the development lifecycle
• Design and maintain automated test suites to perform end-to-end testing including functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing
• Perform manual cross-browser testing for responsive design and compatibility, while taking initiative to automate as much as possible
• Troubleshoot and debug test failures; identify root causes and work with development teams to resolve issues
• Participate in best practice discussions and code reviews to suggest improvements to our processes, libraries, and ways of working across the QA and Engineering teams
• Contribute towards the release cycle and CI/CD pipeline; offering feedback and recommendations for quicker release cycles with an emphasis on automation
• Define and track quality metrics like test coverage, automation coverage, number of defects, etc, helping to identify gaps and areas for improvement