Software Test Engineer at Euromonitor International

• 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, analyse 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.

Skills/Proficiencies required:

• Minimum of 3 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 TFS, Azure DevOps, TFS Git, Protractor, Postman, Jasmine, Karma, 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 TFS.
• Must have worked in an Agile environment and be able to illustrate the effectiveness of testing against deliveries.
• Believer of T shaped competencies.
• Strong Analytical skills with problem solving/solution-oriented mind-set.
• Should be able to work and communicate effectively with team distributed at multiple locations.