Quality Assurance Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:
• Break down problems and estimate time required for quality related tasks
• Demonstrate increasing expertise in application domain and functional areas
• Apply various testing types and methodologies effectively during SDLC
• Take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques
• Work independently and delivers testing and use case creation which meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
• Write effective tests according to best practices so that crucial functional requirements are verified and tests remain valid when code is refactored
• Begin to collaborate with development team in bugs fixing and build plans
• Collaborate with Quality Leaders in creating test plans
• Implement and configures testing tools and at times help junior staff
• Implement system-level integration testing
• Be skilled in core data structures and algorithms
• Define quality metrics, best practices and coding patterns, and provides deep expertise on the coding

Required Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with advanced experience.
• Able to legally work in Mexico. This position can work remotely only within Mexico.
• Effective written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Basic experience and knowledge on QA role within Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban.
• Knowledge on foundational QA concepts and principles
• Experience performing different types of testing like System, Regression, Smoke, etc.
• Basic understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts.
• Practical experience with a programming language (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.)
• Hands on experience on test automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Katalon, etc.)
• Basic SQL knowledge at least so they can write simple queries

Desired Characteristics:

• Proficiency in test design techniques like boundary value, equivalence partitioning, etc.
• Experience writing detailed test cases for web applications.
• Experience writing detailed defects and keeping track of them until resolution
• Basic knowledge on test management tools (Zephyr, qTest, etc.)
• Experience on project management tools (Jira, ADO, etc.)
• Basic understanding of Restful APIs and tools like Postman.
• Familiarity with test automation concepts (POM, Object Repository, XPath, etc.)

Business acumen:
• Has the ability to take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary
• Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence
• Recognizes collaborative behaviour and participates in collaborative activities
• Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision
Personal Attributes:
• Demonstrates the ability to help team members
• Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present
• Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks
• Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources
 

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