QA Automation Engineer

Description

At Snowbird Agility, we are building a team of world-class Agilists that can respond to any organizational challenge. A QA Automation Engineer at Snowbird Agility thrives in an exciting, fast-paced environment, working remotely. A QA Automation Engineer is a professional who applies engineering principles to the design and development of software tests. Their primary goal is to automate the testing process to identify bugs and issues before the software reaches end-users, ensuring the product’s quality and reliability. They are responsible for defect tracking, bug fixes, system maintenance (i.e. - releases, patches, upgrades) and deployment.

At Snowbird Agility, we believe in putting people first. Our foundation is Agile, and we meet our clients where they are with tailored solutions. We combine expertise with empathy to rise to every challenge. We enact change through collaboration and practical solutions - empowering organizations to create impact and meet people’s needs. We remain grounded in our values and our culture of learning and trust that drives collective success. Together, we turn challenges into opportunities, transforming how work gets done for the benefit of all.?

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Drives the software quality assurance lifecycle within an Agile process.
• Establishes test strategies and designs test plans and cases.
• Creates, maintains, and executes automated test scripts to ensure software quality.
• Collaborates with developers and QA teams to identify test requirements.
• Develops automated tests for new and existing features.
• Develops and executes automated UI and functional tests.
• Analyzes test results and reporting defects.
• Ensures comprehensive test coverage and regression testing.
• Troubleshoots automation issues and updates scripts as needed.
• Implements best practices in test automation frameworks and tools.
• Documents testing processes, test cases, and results.
• Continuously improves automation strategies for efficient testing.
• Enhances and maintains automated CI/CD flows.
• Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Works individually or as part of a team.
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the automation testing environment.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities)

• Three (3) years experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python).
• Experience with web application testing and Continuous Integration processes.
• Experience with version control, defect tracking, and test management tools (GIT, Jenkins, Jira).
• Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Takes initiative, detail-oriented, problem solver, willing to ask questions, clear communicator.
• High emotional intelligence and sensitivity.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• Able to analyze, think quickly and resolve conflict.
• Able to adapt to a changing environment.
• Skilled at supporting multiple clients at a time.
• Self-motivated, and able to maintain a professional, positive, “can-do” attitude while staying focused in the middle of distraction.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience