Senior QA Automation Engineer

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Job description

At STX Next, we are continuously expanding our Quality Assurance capabilities within a vibrant and innovative environment. Our QA Engineers play a vital role in ensuring the excellence of our software products, collaborating closely with our development teams. While our team often works remotely, we actively participate in various initiatives and industry events related to QA, software testing, and emerging technologies. Our QA team members are not just contributors but also thought leaders, speakers, and organizers in the community. We place high value on opportunities to meet in person, collaborate as a team, and foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

We approach quality assurance holistically, developing expertise across various testing methodologies and tools, including automated, performance, and API testing. Our team stays ahead of industry trends, continuously refining our processes and adopting new technologies to enhance our efficiency and the quality of our work. By leveraging AI and other innovative solutions, we strive to optimize our testing efforts and deliver superior results in all our projects.

Responsibilities

• Verifying the correct operation of software by conducting functionality tests

• Designing new test scenarios in line with expected system functionalities and business needs

• Executing test scenarios according to the established test schedule

• Analyzing the results and metrics of conducted tests

• Reporting new bugs (in accordance with the project process), tracking their processing, retesting functionalities after the corrected source code is delivered, and closing the bug after the process is completed

• Actively participating in scheduled meetings, particularly team meetings within the project

• Active communication with all stakeholders during the process of preparing and executing test scenarios to efficiently deliver a high-quality product

Requirements

Must have:

• Deep knowledge of topics like: testing best practices, software quality, testing process, type of tests, product lifecycle and bug reporting

• Commercial experience in Playwright or Cypress.

• Ability to design and develop automated test scripts (both UI and API) using tools like Playwright, Cypress, or others.

• Experience with Cucumber, Gherkin, or other BDD testing tools.

• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.

• Knowledge of programming languages (Python or JavaScript).

• Knowledge of GIT version control system allowing to use it freely.

• Familiarity with test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, or similar).

• Practical knowledge of technologies used in web applications i.e. (HTML, HTTP, REST API).

• Knowledge of SQL.

• Ability to collaborate with frontend and product teams to maintain automation scripts, understand business logic, and develop BDD user stories with acceptance criteria.

• Analytical thinking.

• Good knowledge of English (min. B2).

• Great communication skills

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of mocking objects for testing.

• Knowledge of Page Object Patterns.

• Commercial experience in performance tests (JMeter, Locust).

• Commercial experience in API tests (Postman, Tavern, or similar).

• Own GitHub repository with some code to share.

• Familiarity with Docker.