Position: Lead Automation QA Engineer (Python)
Company: Star
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

**THE OPPORTUNITY**
You will work on troubleshooting our platform for our clients, working in multiple technical environments, triaging issues, and tracking. This includes spotting issues in Slack or the Customer Support Channel and alerting corresponding teams with accurate and informative information, writing detailed reports of the unique issues with clear steps to reproduce these issues, exposure to the database structures and writing effective queries, and working on setting forward and enforcing company-wide standards. In this role, you will receive continuous opportunities to learn new technology and grow as an engineer. You will also take an active part in onboarding new customers and contributing to process improvements. 
This is a great opportunity to leverage your existing skills, build alongside a world-class team, and have a huge impact on how marketplaces can be redefined. Here, we are just getting started.

**Qualifications & Experience**
- 4+ years of working experience in software quality assurance (with focus on web applications);
- Upper-intermediate level English or above is required;
- Understanding of SCRUM processes;
- Experience developing API or UI test automation frameworks;
- Experience with Python is a must;
- Experience maintaining QA documentation: test cases, test strategy, test plan, test reports;
- Proven experience with GIT or any other version control system;
- Understanding of CI concepts. 

**Good to have:**
- Prior experience  developing automation testing frameworks from scratch;
- Experience running performance tests;
- Experience as a primary contact person for QA-related matters;
- Computer science degree or similar.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide technical guidance for QA engineers (2 team members at the present);
- Collaborate with QA team to support a lean, stable automation testing frameworks development;
- Research up-to-date automation techniques and tools;
- Build and support automation tools for stable and efficient automation execution;
- Report QA team status on a regular basis, plan sprint scope;
- Support BE automation framework on Python;
- Help with troubleshooting product issues;
- Manage internal/external team communication.

**COMPENSATIONS AND BENEFITS**
We offer a rewarding compensation and benefits package, an intellectually and creatively stimulating environment, professional flexibility, and unique international travel opportunities.
Star is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are key to our ability to provide our clients and crew members with unique business and career outcomes. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability do not affect our hiring decisions. If you have a special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.