Senior QA Automation Engineer - iGaming

Welcome to Caesars Digital, the forefront of innovation in North America's gaming industry. As the largest gaming company on the continent, we are dedicated to extending Caesars renowned hospitality to our digital customers. Within our dynamic Product Technology department, we are proud to house some of the brightest minds in the tech world. Our Sports Betting and iGaming products are constantly evolving to meet our customers’ needs, thanks to a proprietary platform built from the ground up. Fueled by a culture of autonomy and decisiveness, our team relentlessly pursues excellence through continuous improvement and data-driven product development.  

Join us in charting the course for the next generation of Sports Betting and iGaming products as we grow our market share, working alongside like-minded superstars who thrive on innovation and excellence.  

The Senior QA Automation Engineer role is a critical component of our Product Technology team. 

What You Will Do:

• Be a Senior QA engineer in terms of "hands on" contributions and being a driving force of excellence amongst all AQAs; as well are our entire iGaming product team 
• Build and deliver high-quality automation for API, Mobile, and some web to support high quality deliveries in an agile environment. 
• Provide testing and automation support for mobile devices (Android and iOS apps) and their supporting backend services. 
• Work closely with developers, project manager, and other stakeholders throughout the SDLC to understand and refine requirements, scope testing efforts for features and identify regression impacts. 
• Determine the priority for test scenarios and create execution plans to implement these scenarios. 
• Drive integration of testing into the teams CI/CD pipelines and promote the benefits of Test-Driven Development. Be a champion an ‘automation first’ strategy. 
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with applications and domains 
• Continuously drive improvements to processes and tools for automation. 
• Work with DevOps Engineers to enhance Continuous Integration pipelines. 
• Participate in design and architecture discussions 
• Document, track and escalate issues as appropriate, using JIRA  
• Review and debug code both automation and product. 
• Develop a deep understanding of your specific product area and understand how that area fits into the broader product offerings. 
• Enjoy learning new skills and are passionate about new developments in technology  

What You Will Need:

• 6+ years of experience in SDET or Automation Engineer 
• Experience in coding (or ability to learn very quickly) Javascript /or Typescript and Python 
• API Automation and UI Automation (mobile or web) experience with good organizational and automation practices being used, including familiarity with the page object design approach 
• Strong hands-on experience testing mobile devices such as iOS and Android  
• API/RESTful service testing experience 
• Familiar with CI/CD processes in Gitlab or similar tooling 
• Ability to decompose a feature to identify the critical automation components 
• Experience thinking about risk, creating test strategies, and validating the quality of testing plans & procedures. 
• Experience with Jira or other PMT for issue & task management. 
• Ability to train, mentor, and lead junior and mid-level AQAs  
• Expertise in Agile software product delivery  
• Self-Starter who can take ownership of your work in a fast-paced environment  
• Proven ability to engage with engineers, data scientists, internal customers, and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative way 

A mix of experience in the following areas: 

• Linux/Unix 
• Kubernetes/Docker 
• AWS platform experience 
• Kafka exposure  
• Automation platforms like Browserstack or Saucelabs 
• Performance testing experience with tools like Gatling, K6 or others. 
• Splunk/New Relic monitoring 
• Terraform  
• Experience with either Java or Scala 

What makes you stand out: 

• A passion for sports, sports betting, online games, and/or casino games 
• Passion for achieving excellence in technical, process, product quality, and reliability 
• Being extremely detail and technology-oriented and possess excellent communication skills 
• You are a Self-Starter who can take ownership of your work in a fast-paced environment 
• Experience working on or closely with DevOps teams 
• Experience doing code reviews for Scala 
• Ability to build trusting relati