Software Engineer - Quality Assurance

As a Quality Assurance professional with over 3 years of experience, you will play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of robust and scalable automated test scripts for both front-end (UI) and API layers. Your responsibilities will include executing automated test cases to ensure the quality, functionality, and performance of new features and existing systems. Moreover, you will integrate automated tests into the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to facilitate rapid and reliable deployments. Your collaboration skills will be put to the test as you work closely with software developers and product managers to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and reproduce bugs. Additionally, you will take ownership of the regression test suites, ensuring comprehensive coverage for the entire platform. You will also contribute to performance, load, and security testing efforts to identify and report potential issues. Accurately logging, tracking, and managing defects through their lifecycle will be part of your responsibilities, providing clear and detailed information to the development team. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable automated test scripts for front-end (UI) and API layers. - Execute automated test cases to ensure quality, functionality, and performance of new features and existing systems. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable deployments. - Collaborate with software developers and product managers to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and reproduce bugs. - Take ownership of regression test suites to ensure comprehensive platform coverage. - Assist in performance, load, and security testing efforts to identify and report potential issues. - Accurately log, track, and manage defects through their lifecycle. Qualifications Required: - 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with a strong focus on test automation. - Proven experience in designing and building automated test scripts using frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress for front-end testing. - Strong proficiency in API automation using tools such as Postman, Rest Assured, or Karate DSL. - Solid programming skills in at least one modern language (e.g., Python, Java, C#/.NET, or JavaScript/TypeScript). - Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions). - Familiarity with Agile methodologies and a clear understanding of the software development lifecycle. - Experience with database testing against relational databases like PostgreSQL. - Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.,