QA Automation Engineer

Manage My Dream - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

Personal and Laundry Services

About the position

The QA Automation Engineer will be part of a small team focused on automating testing processes for digital sales and service applications within the Property and Casualty insurance domain. This role involves developing and executing test plans, creating automation scripts, and integrating testing processes into the development cycle to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute software test plans to identify software problems and their causes.
• Develop structured testing methods, tools, and templates; manage and monitor bug detection, resolve and track successes.
• Create and maintain UI-driven regression automation test scripts using Selenium.
• Create and maintain performance and load test scripts using Junit, JMeter, and Selenium Grid.
• Create and maintain API/web services automation test scripts using Selenium.
• Facilitate the integration of the test process into the development cycles to support the Continuous Integration environment using tools such as Jenkins, Maven, and Nexus Repository.
• Creation and management of test data for use by automated scripts.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
• Support user or third-party testing.
• Develop and maintain mobile automation frameworks using tools like Appium and Espresso.
• Design, implement, and execute automated tests for mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms.

Requirements

• 3-8 years of experience working with advanced automation testing tools and techniques.
• Strong knowledge of, and experience with, software development processes and procedures applied to a range of web technologies such as Java, Javascript, and SQL.
• Experience with IDEs such as Eclipse (preferred).
• Experience with Jenkins, Maven, SVN, Nexus repository.
• Prior experience developing test automation with Selenium.
• 3-8 years of experience developing software test cases and plans.
• Experience using and testing with XML and web services (SOAP and RESTful); Web services test automation using SoapUI or JMeter highly desirable.
• Excellent skills as a communicator and facilitator, both written and oral.
• Prior experience testing property & casualty applications a plus.
• Experience developing mobile automation frameworks from scratch is highly desirable.