Principal QA Automation Engineer - Yahoo Finance

$120,750 - $283,750/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Moffett Field, CA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Moffett Field, CA

About the position

The Principal QA Automation Engineer at Yahoo Finance is responsible for leading quality assurance efforts, driving automation strategies, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. This role involves collaborating with developers, business analysts, and product owners to translate customer requirements into effective test strategies, while also mentoring junior team members and continuously improving the automation framework.

Responsibilities

• Provide QA Leadership through driving best practices and Automation Strategizing.
• Develop Software Quality Assurance (SQA) test plans and prepare test cases.
• Translate customer requirements into test strategy and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Execute test cases to detect errors and defects in the product.
• Drive creation of scripts for automation of repetitive tasks in CI/CD.
• Collaborate with software developers to resolve coding errors and develop unit testing plans.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to identify business needs and monitor progress.
• Collaborate with the QA organization on continuous improvement of the automation framework.
• Mentor Mid and Junior QA Automation Engineers on automation best practices.

Requirements

• 7+ years of combined experience in Web Automation Frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience in software testing and knowledge of the software development life cycle and Agile methodology.
• Strong experience with Automation Testing Frameworks such as Selenium Webdriver and Appium.
• Strong technical competency in Javascript.
• Senior SQL Level: able to create SQL queries and have advanced Database Experience.
• Experience testing and building test automation for APIs and Integration testing.
• Experience in building UI and Native App Test Automation Frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of source control tools, like GIT or GitHub.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and Continuous Integration Tools (e.g. TFS, Jenkins).
• Experience in Postman, Eclipse, Maven, TestNG or similar tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of QA practices including white and black box testing, risk-based testing, and exploratory testing.
• Experience with Test Case Management Tools (Rally, Quality Center/ALM, TestRail, etc.).
• Proficient in using JIRA for logging defects and creating status reports.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation and sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program