Principal QA Automation Engineer - Yahoo Finance

$120,750 - $283,750/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Champaign, IL

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Champaign, IL

101-250 employees

About the position

The QA Lead position at Yahoo Finance involves providing leadership in quality assurance practices, focusing on automation strategies, and enabling developers to build high-quality software. The role requires developing comprehensive test plans, executing test cases, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure project success. The position emphasizes continuous improvement of automation frameworks and mentoring junior engineers, all while adhering to Yahoo's policies and promoting an inclusive work environment.

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.
• Mentor Mid and Junior QA Automation Engineers on automation best practices.
• Collaborate with Development, Business Analysts, and Product Owners for project success.

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.
• 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.
• Understanding of QA practices including white and black box testing, risk-based testing, and regression testing.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with one or more Test Case Management Tools (Rally, Quality Center/ALM, TestRail, etc.).
• Proficient in using JIRA to log defects and develop test scenarios.
• Proficient in performing cross-browser testing using tools like BrowserStack or SauceLabs.

Benefits

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