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QA Automation Engineer for Sora Union
Jobs for Humanity, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298
Company Description
Sora Union is a professional services company specializing in Engineering, Design, and QA projects for businesses, organizations, and governments. The Sora Union team is globally distributed and made up of diverse and talented professionals impacted by or at risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change.
Job Description
We're looking for an experienced
QA Automation Engineer
to join our team of diverse and experienced professionals and help expand it.
As a QA Automation Engineer collaborating with our clients, you will engage with a variety of products and companies, both large and small. Your main responsibility will be to ensure they provide the best possible experience for their users. You will work closely with software developers, product managers, designers, and customer service teams to enhance confidence in our clients' releases. This includes testing applications, investigating issues, and reporting findings.
Success in this role comes from your enthusiasm for becoming a top expert on a product and its delivery to consumers. You should be an adept communicator, able to share information in a straightforward manner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You'll be responsible for:Creating, maintaining, and reporting on a reliable suite of tests and regression lists to ensure confidence in the quality of product releasesWorking closely with customer support and internal feedback channels to investigate, triage, and prioritize discovered issuesBecoming a power user of our client's products, you will understand the functionality at the deepest levels and use that knowledge to improve testing and, ultimately overall qualityRecommending, creating, implementing, reporting, and maintaining the UI and API automation tests using the Industry's best coding and automation tools and practicesPerforming and reporting on application performance and security testingExecuting and reporting on both manual and automated testsQualifications
Ideally, you'll have:
Computer science or math degree with at least 5-7 years in a professional QA roleDemonstrated ability to use both manual and automated testing methodologies to test web and mobile (Android & iOS) app product experiences and identify discrepancies in functional, usability, and design issuesStrong written and verbal skills with the ability to communicate with diverse teams, including experts and novices in both technical and non-technical rolesExperience with automation test tools, preferably with Playwright and Appium, Selenium/Cypress, etc.Experience with Web, Android & iOS Automation with at least two of the following programming languages: Preferably TypeScript and Java/C#/PythonExperience with API Automation Testing using Postman, Playwright, RestSharp, PyTest, etcExperience with Git and Integrating automation testing with CI/CD toolsExperience with Performance testing tools preferably with Artillery, JMeter, and Grafana K6Knowledge and experience with SQL and scripting for Database testing is a mustExperience with Security and Penetration testing is a plusExperience in Defect Management Processes and relevant tools such as GitHub, Atlassian Jira, Azure Test Plans, Notion, BacklogUnderstanding of Agile, Scrum processYou are comfortable with ambiguity and change, learning new systems, and finding creative solutionsProven success working as a self-starter in a fully distributed work environmentEnglish Upper-Intermediate
Additional Information
The QA Automation Engineer role is a full-time, 6-month contract position initially reporting to the QA Manager. This role is a distributed position and can be based in any location.
Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.
Sora Union is a professional services company specializing in Engineering, Design, and QA projects for businesses, organizations, and governments. The Sora Union team is globally distributed and made up of diverse and talented professionals impacted by or at risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change.
Job Description
We're looking for an experienced
QA Automation Engineer
to join our team of diverse and experienced professionals and help expand it.
As a QA Automation Engineer collaborating with our clients, you will engage with a variety of products and companies, both large and small. Your main responsibility will be to ensure they provide the best possible experience for their users. You will work closely with software developers, product managers, designers, and customer service teams to enhance confidence in our clients' releases. This includes testing applications, investigating issues, and reporting findings.
Success in this role comes from your enthusiasm for becoming a top expert on a product and its delivery to consumers. You should be an adept communicator, able to share information in a straightforward manner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You'll be responsible for:Creating, maintaining, and reporting on a reliable suite of tests and regression lists to ensure confidence in the quality of product releasesWorking closely with customer support and internal feedback channels to investigate, triage, and prioritize discovered issuesBecoming a power user of our client's products, you will understand the functionality at the deepest levels and use that knowledge to improve testing and, ultimately overall qualityRecommending, creating, implementing, reporting, and maintaining the UI and API automation tests using the Industry's best coding and automation tools and practicesPerforming and reporting on application performance and security testingExecuting and reporting on both manual and automated testsQualifications
Ideally, you'll have:
Computer science or math degree with at least 5-7 years in a professional QA roleDemonstrated ability to use both manual and automated testing methodologies to test web and mobile (Android & iOS) app product experiences and identify discrepancies in functional, usability, and design issuesStrong written and verbal skills with the ability to communicate with diverse teams, including experts and novices in both technical and non-technical rolesExperience with automation test tools, preferably with Playwright and Appium, Selenium/Cypress, etc.Experience with Web, Android & iOS Automation with at least two of the following programming languages: Preferably TypeScript and Java/C#/PythonExperience with API Automation Testing using Postman, Playwright, RestSharp, PyTest, etcExperience with Git and Integrating automation testing with CI/CD toolsExperience with Performance testing tools preferably with Artillery, JMeter, and Grafana K6Knowledge and experience with SQL and scripting for Database testing is a mustExperience with Security and Penetration testing is a plusExperience in Defect Management Processes and relevant tools such as GitHub, Atlassian Jira, Azure Test Plans, Notion, BacklogUnderstanding of Agile, Scrum processYou are comfortable with ambiguity and change, learning new systems, and finding creative solutionsProven success working as a self-starter in a fully distributed work environmentEnglish Upper-Intermediate
Additional Information
The QA Automation Engineer role is a full-time, 6-month contract position initially reporting to the QA Manager. This role is a distributed position and can be based in any location.
Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.