Position: Lead Automation Engineer
Company: Don`t Panic Recruiting Agency
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Since 2009 Solvd, Inc. has shaped the quality into the business value of our

customers. Originating from QA company, we are passionate about the user experience

for any project we work with. Solvd provides full Software Design, Development and

Quality Assurance for your product. We work with emerging companies and leading

enterprises in numerous areas: fin-tech, education, sharing economy, gaming, fitness,

medical, eCommerce and management software.

Our services: Quality Assurance and Test Automation, Mobile/Web apps development,

VR/AR systems development, Data Science and AI.

Solvd, Inc. is actively looking for a Lead Automation Engineer to join our team.

The Automation Lead Engineer will drive the effort to extend existing frameworks and/or build new test frameworks that support UI and API testing. The tool/s accommodates both functional and load testing. The Automation Lead Engineer will be working with QA engineers, SDETs, Developers, etc. to ensure automation tests are prioritized, with the test engineers to design and develop a reusable architecture for the test automation.

The Automation Lead will provide a practical approach to complex product testing,

specifically in the areas of the automation of test cases for the purposes of regression

testing. You will be a creative and proactive thinker willing to learn new systems and

technologies.

Project tech stack:

● Programming Languages: Python

● Scripting Languages: JavaScript

● Libraries & Frameworks: Chai

● Tools: Cypress, Mocha, Pytest, Allure

● DevOps: Jenkins, Circle CI, Azure DevOps

Responsibilities:

● Influence the direction of the automation effort, and its schedule and prioritization;

● Work with QA Manager, SDETs, and quality assurance engineers, to meet

automation goals and objectives;

● Plan, define, execute, and analyze automation related testing strategies and

solutions;

● Incorporate automated testing suites into the build pipelines;

● Test Automation requirements gathering and analysis;

● Build function libraries, and object repositories;

● Analyze test results and defect reporting;

● Review code and approve pull requests;

● Organize and prioritize backlog;

● Lead Scrum Ceremonies;

● Train, mentor & support new SDETs, Developers, QA Engineers on BDD/TDD,

automation tools and framework.

Position requirements:

● 5 years+ of experience in automation testing both UI and backend;

● Strong knowledge of Javascript;

● Knowledge of Javascript Testing Frameworks;

● Strong knowledge of Python;

● Experience with REST/SOAP API Services test automation;

● Experience working with a cloud environment;

● Deep knowledge of Agile (Scrum, Kanban) software development process;

● Experience leading and building teams, building best practices & processes;

● Excellent communication, problem-solving and team-working skills;

● Upper-intermediate English level.

Benefits (Belarus):

● Modern cozy office in the city center near Instytut Kultury metro station with all

the bonuses inside: lounge zone, shower, board and video games, kicker, fruits,

cookies and drinks;

● An option of automatic conversion of the salary to your USD account using the

benefit of the business conversion rate;

● Mentorship and partial compensation for professional courses/conferences;

● Free English lessons;

● 50% sports compensation;

● Computer Mac — for every employee;

● Internal clubs (volleyball, football, running, and stretching);

● Hackathons twice a month;

● Seasonal corporate events and team-buildings;

● Yearly company-wide Elevator Pitch;

● Corporate discounts and perks.

Benefits (Ukraine):

● Competitive salary;

● Comfortable work environment;

● Brand new modern office located in a peaceful green zone;

● Family mode office atmosphere;

● Fruits, cookies, and drinks at the office;

● Free English classes

● Free accounting services;

● Long-term and stable projects;

● 4-weeks paid vacation;

● 50% sports compensation;

● Paid professional conferences and meetups;

● Corporate discounts and events;

● Computer Mac — for every employee;

● Other perks and bonuses.