Position: Senior Test Automation Engineer
Company: Zoolatech
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

If you join our team, you’ll be recreating a system that helps run all medical research. The platform uses the power of a slashing stack and is designed according to the tenets of event-driven architecture (Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, Microservices).

Members of the team are all senior-level and above, so everyone is used to working together effectively and is always up for a good time during daily standups.

Clients who are both tech-savvy and courteous are a plus. They require talented engineers to assist them in delivering a great life-changing product on time.

You can find more info about the client at https://www.mastercontrol.com/

This Senior Test Automation Engineer role will help us design and execute our modern test automation framework and strategy. If you have a passion for software engineering, test automation, and integrated testing at scale, this position is for you! It will be a critical role in MasterControl's transition away from monolithic to lean distributed architectures. The Automation Engineer also works as a mentor, influencer, and hands-on contributor. They deliver value by technically strengthening his/her team and owning value delivery. 

Responsibilities

Define, create, and evangelize testing standards and processes.

Build testing framework for at-scale SaaS testing.

Provide guidelines for test strategy and tool selection.

Incorporate robust test feedback reporting (coverage, results, change, errors) from the ground-up.

Communicate test results to applicable technical and non-technical parties.

Work with cross-functional groups to drive resolution of test issues.

Work with pipeline, architecture, and teams to implement and improve on testing framework.

Contribute to the culture of accountability and fun found in our Engineering organization.

Participate as an evangelist in the organization for newer methodologies, tools and frameworks as required.

Manage cross-functional priorities of high complexity.

Support the integration of new products and services, regulatory requirements, tools, technologies and markets into existing operations.

Ensure available technology is fully leveraged.

Skills Required

4-year degree or equivalent experience required, advanced degree preferred.

7+ years of software testing experience.

Java

JavaScript (to less extent)

Playwright, Gatling

knowledge of microservice pattern architecture and Spring.

CI/CD tools and experience.

Familiarity with cloud-native platforms (especially AWS).

Experience with contract-driven development and related tools and frameworks.

Passion for testing, test mindset, automation, performance at scale.

Experience with modern test frameworks and test/deployment orchestration.

Experience with feature flag and various deployment methodologies: Green/Blue, A/B, red/black.

Working experience with Agile/Scrum and Jira/Confluence.

Familiarity and passion for industry standards and best practices around DevOps, DevSecOps and CI/CD.

Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, trust-building, conflict-resolution, and writing skills.

Passionate about creatively solving business problems.

Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Meet multiple, challenging deadlines while communicating expectations clearly.