Automation Engineer / SDET Engineer / QA Engineer  (Remote Work) (Addison, TX)

Unclassified - Addison, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Addison, TX

About the position

The Automation Engineer / SDET Engineer / QA Engineer role at Cedent involves providing expertise in Testing and Quality Assurance methodologies. The position focuses on crafting and executing test scripts, preparing test strategies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software applications. The role requires collaboration with software engineers to drive quality at the application level and involves reviewing user stories and requirements for completeness and weaknesses. This is a remote position with a duration of 12-36 months.

Responsibilities

• Provides domain expertise to engineers on Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) methodologies and processes.
• Crafts and executes test scripts, assists in preparation of test strategies, and maintains test data & environments.
• Functions as a platform SME who drives quality strategy at the application level.
• Identifies new opportunities and drives Software Engineers to deliver the highest quality code.
• Involved in the review of the user story backlog and requirements specifications for completeness and weaknesses.
• Plans and defines the testing approach, providing advice on prioritization of testing activity.
• Develops test plans, testing resource requirements, and overall scheduling of testing tasks.
• Executes test cases/scripts to ensure delivery of quality software applications, including Systems Integration, Regression, and Performance Testing.
• Generates test data to support the requirements and test case for various test phases.
• Responsible for handling the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes.
• Monitors and tracks the resolution of defects.
• Recognizes opportunities to adopt creative testing technologies and techniques.
• Looks beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a QA Automation Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Software Developer, or similar Automation role.
• Working knowledge of the Travel Industry.
• Experience with Global Distribution Systems such as SABRE, Travelport, Amadeus, etc.
• Experience writing functional, regression, performance test cases from the requirement.
• Proficiency testing RESTful APIs using Postman is a MUST.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL Database like Postgres, MSSQL, Cassandra is a MUST.
• Experience with Agile software development methodology (SCRUM).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems and think abstractly.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Test automation using JAVA, SELENIUM, CUCUMBER, TestNG, Junit, etc.
• Experience testing applications in public clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
• Constant curiosity and a desire to improve yourself and your fellow engineers.
• Strong sense of ownership and a proponent of DevOps culture.
• Experience with Java-based service frameworks.

Benefits

• Opportunity to be part of a great culture and an awesome team.
• Challenging work environment with fun activities.