Senior QA Engineer (automation)

<p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <p>Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization’s GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge.</p> <p>At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact.</p> <p>Learn more at <a href="https://www.diligent.com/" target="_blank">diligent.com</a>.</p><p><strong><u>Position Overview:</u></strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Boards Platform Team. The Boards Platform team is focused on delivering multiple applications and services within the Boards product space. The team are responsible for maintaining our core Boards platform, several interfaces to a detailed back-end platform and monitoring/responding to production performance requirements.  </p> <p>The Senior QA Engineer will be working as a part of a Scrum team and primarily responsible for creating and automating test cases and identifying/reporting defects. This individual will work closely with all members of the team to create and drive a successful automation strategy for a product. This role requires technical intellect, strong communication, mentoring and leadership skills and someone who enjoys being part of a pro-active and self-managing team.</p> <p><strong><u>Key Responsibilities:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Work as part of agile team to groom user stories and ensure work items are clear and testable</li> <li>Evaluate existing and new components to identify best automation candidates among existing manual tests</li> <li>Take leadership role in creating the automation framework for new products</li> <li>Develop and maintain tests in an automated framework</li> <li>Perform test design reviews and include team’s feedback</li> <li>Identify, analyze, and document test results</li> <li>Contribute to process improvement, look for ways of working smarter</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>Required Experience/Skills:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of hands-on experience automating tests</li> <li>Experience with developing a test automation framework</li> <li>Experience with CI tools (Jenkins)</li> <li>Experience with the following: Typescript, Javascript, C#, Ranorex, Cypress.io, Playwright and Mocha</li> <li>Automating UI level tests</li> </ul><p><strong>What Diligent Offers You</strong> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Creativity is ingrained in our culture.</strong> We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients</li> <li><strong>We care about our people. </strong>Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few</li> <li><strong>We have teams all over the world</strong>. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.</li> <li><strong>Diversity is important to us.</strong> Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.</li> </ul> <p>Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. </p> <p>Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney. </p> <p> </p> <p>We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, stat