Software Test Analyst

Role Overview: As an experienced QA Engineer, you will be responsible for leading QA and automation as well as manual testing activities within the team. Your role will involve translating high-level business goals into practical testing strategies, ensuring platform reliability in a high-volume environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting CI/CD pipelines for zero-downtime deployments. You will have the opportunity to mentor junior team members, adhere to clean code principles, and work on complex projects with minimal supervision. Key Responsibilities: - Lead QA and automation and manual testing responsibilities across the team. - Translate high-level business goals into actionable testing strategies. - Adhere to clean code principles and mentor junior team members. - Ensure platform reliability in a high-volume, high-availability environment. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define success criteria and deliver quality solutions. - Support CI/CD pipelines and ensure zero-downtime deployments. - Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for backend services and APIs. - Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to define and implement QA best practices. - Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing. - Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on product requirements and technical specifications. - Identify, document, and track bugs and issues using tools like JIRA or similar. - Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups to ensure test coverage and quality goals are met. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar. - Monitor and analyze test results and provide actionable insights to improve product quality. - Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes. Qualifications Required: - 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with a focus on automation. - Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes. - Proficiency in Java and experience testing microservices-based architectures. - Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, RestAssured, or similar. - Familiarity with API testing, Postman, Swagger, and contract testing tools. - Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, CI/CD pipelines). - Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, Gatling, or Locust. - Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS). - Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum development processes. - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.,