Senior Test Engineer

 Candidate must have an agile mindset; An expert in Scaled Agile delivery model, experienced with agile ceremonies such as daily scrums, spring planning, sprint reviews and sprint demos
. Design and develop high-quality automated UI and API tests for web applications.
. Design and build industry-standard test automation solutions and scripts.
. Perform in-sprint manual and automation testing in an agile setting.
. Develop and manage software test plans, and traceability. Write high-quality regression test plans for application under validation.
. Provide manual and automation testing estimates during discover and sprint planning phases of development lifecycle.
. Investigate automated & manual test failures to ensure application correctness, update automated UI/ API test scripts as needed.
. Replicate prod defects in the lower environments, log defects in defect management system for resolution. Provide issue walkthroughs to the developers or software engineers.
. Collaborate with DevOps team in to set up quality gates and execute automated tests in the delivery pipeline.
. Automate repetitive validation tasks in browser-based/ API based test automation products.
. Report testing results/ metrics to the QA lead/manager and other project stakeholders.
. Partner with product teams to design and develop acceptance criteria and BDD tests
. Report progress, test metrics and results to the project stakeholders
Perform all activities involved in the software testing lifecycle.
. Highly effective written and verbal communication skills

. Over 5+ years of experience working as a quality engineer in an Agile team.
. 5+ years of test automation experience using Selenium and Cucumber.
. Experience in Karate and Playwright.
. Experience in managing code repositories and versions using Azure DevOps, GIT or SVN.
. Experience developing API tests using Karate framework.
. Experience developing tests using cucumber and BDD frameworks.
. 3+ years of experience developing, maintaining & executing automated regression tests for web and backend applications.
. 5+ years of experience writing SQL scripts.
. Good understanding of Agile project management/ DevOps tools.