Associate Test Engineer at Euromonitor International

Role Overview

Reporting to the Tech Lead, we are seeking a strong Associate Software Test Engineer who will collaborate with development teams to build and execute comprehensive suites of automated test plans and test cases. The role involves maintaining and enhancing our existing automation framework, evaluating test cases for regression inclusion, automating new feature testing, and using various toolsets to support Quality Engineering (QE) and Development testing. The successful candidate will work closely with distributed Scrum teams, including business and engineering teams, to deliver quality software reliably and predictably using various tools and methods. You will take ownership of test design, automation, and execution for various project deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop test strategies and execute test plans/cases with a strong emphasis on using code to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle through automation.
• Estimate Automation test efforts with your Scrum team, analyze and communicate test results and participate in day to day activities.
• Help improve the test frameworks, tools and technologies used by the organization to maintain a high-quality baseline.
• Work with Developers and Business Analysts to design and implement test and validation strategies (Acceptance Criteria).
• Execute and manage test cases and results; report on test and defect metrics.
• Create, execute and troubleshoot automated test scenarios across our systems.
• Contribute to robust, scalable and high-quality test automation solutions for functional, regression and performance testing
• Contribute to the building of a Continuous Integration (CI) environment and ongoing process improvement activities.
• Contribute to improvements in the test and development processes
• Identify and proactively communicate risks associated with change including residual risks

Requirements

Skills/Proficiencies required:

• Minimum of 2 years of solid experience with software testing and automated test techniques with a strong focus on quality throughout the software development cycle.
• Excellent understanding of test methodologies and techniques including automated and functional/manual testing.
• Exposure to Performance/Load/Stress testing
• Experience of tools including Azure DevOps, Postman, JMeter, Cypress, Owasp Zap etc.
• Good knowledge of object-oriented programming, along with requisite coding and debugging skills (C#, JavaScript, TypeScript).
• Understanding of software design principles, patterns, algorithms, data structures and multi-threading concepts would be advantageous, as would knowledge on TDD and/or BDD
• Experience of Continuous Integration (CI) practices, preferably using Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Must have worked in an Agile environment and be able to illustrate the effectiveness of testing against deliveries
• Strong Analytical skills with problem solving/solution-oriented mind-set.
• Should be able to work and communicate effectively with team distributed at multiple locations