Senior Software QA Automation Engineer I

Senior Software QA Automation Engineer

 

Location:                   Remote, USA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation:        $90,000.00 - $130,000.00 (Range applies to US candidates only) + Benefits/Variable Comp/Equity - Range may vary based on experience. 

Benefits Offered:    Vision, Medical, Life, Dental, 401K

 

Summary

The Senior Software QA Automation Engineer I has a strong background in Microsoft technologies and an ability to work as a key member in a platform engineering team for a rapidly growing company. Our company provides Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software for large corporations. Our product is designed for high-end deployments at customer facilities or in the Microsoft Azure cloud. The core engine contains complex OLAP-type, multi-dimensional, multi-server, multi-threading, web, and SQL technologies and is specifically designed to solve problems for the Office of Finance at extremely large corporations.

 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the QA and Development staff to understand the goals of test automation, build and create automated test scripts and repair and maintain test scripts.
• Work with QA Automation architect to enhance and maintain the test automation framework. 
• Guide the testing approach for new feature development in collaboration with engineering group counterparts .
• Responsible for development of new tooling and infrastructure in collaboration with other quality department team members.
• Recommend new test automation tools and processes that will improve our quality and velocity. 
• Take ownership of test failures and ensure that our CI system is reliable. 
• Regularly lead discussions on test generation, test enhancements and process improvements.
• Analyze engineering metrics and make suggestions to improve KPIs. 
• Identify test gaps and prioritize adding coverage based on areas of risk.
• Provide input into testing the security and scalability of the product and tests. 
• Mentor and train other engineers.

 

Communication, Strategy, and Relationship Management  

• Ensure distribution of project status updates to other departments to build awareness of current projects, gather feedback, and seek input for future initiatives. 
• Create and strategize quality assurance automation strategies and best practices (test plans, test cases, enhanced documentation, increased test result visibility, manual/automation balance, etc.). 
• Establish and cultivate strong business relationships with IT professionals, and other internal stakeholders. 

 

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or IT-related field. 
• 8-10+ years quality assurance experience, preferably in Financial Applications. 
• 8+ years of experience with test automation tools including Selenium, BrowserStack, TestComplete. 
• 5+ years of experience with an object-oriented programming language.
• C# preferred 
• Proven experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies. 
• Enterprise software experience, Cloud or SaaS providers, or web application providers is key. 
• Recent Microsoft technology focus.
• Experience with the following technologies/tools: 

• VB .Net, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Web Services, WCF, WPF, XAML, XML, MVC, HTML5 and CSS 
• Visual Studio, DevExpress, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Xray, and GIT 

• OLAP and multidimensionality knowledge 
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills. 

 

 

 

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master's degree in engineering or IT-related field.
• EPM/CPM knowledge or financial background. 
• Experience with Consolidation Software, such as: 

• OneStream 
• Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) 
• SAP BOFC (Cartesis) 
• SAP Outlooksoft BPC 
• IBM Cognos 
• Other EPM solutions 

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Leadership qualities. 
• Strategic mindset. 
• Technical capacity.
• Presentation skills. 
• Thoroughness. 
• Problem solving/analysis. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills. 
• Strong interpersonal skills. 
• Keen attention to detail. 
• Highly logical.

 

 

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