QA Engineer (hybrid)

About the position

14573 - QA Engineer (Hybrid) – Austin, TX Start Date: ASAP Type: Temporary Project Estimated Duration: 12+ months with possible extensions Work Setting: Hybrid, 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Thurs) required to be onsite. Only candidates able to relocate as required should apply to avoid removal from future consideration. Required: Experience in Quality Assurance and testing (7 years); Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools (7 years); Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting (7 years); Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch (7 years); Experience with functional testing principles (7 years); Experience with TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git (7 years); Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) (7 years); Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.) (7 years); SQL experience for backend validation (7 years); Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments (6 years); Experience in Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing (6 years); Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module (6 years); Strong defect lifecycle management experience (6 years); Ability to think from an end-user perspective (6 years). Preferred: Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) (7 years); Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution (7 years); Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS) (7 years); Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter) (7 years); Experience with containerization (Docker) (5 years); Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing (5 years); Experience in microservices architecture testing (5 years); Experience with security testing basics (5 years). Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium; Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD); Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing; Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases; Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites; Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment; Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.

Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium
• Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD)
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing
• Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases
• Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites
• Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment
• Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting

Requirements
• Experience in Quality Assurance and testing (7 years)
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools (7 years)
• Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting (7 years)
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch (7 years)
• Experience with functional testing principles (7 years)
• Experience with TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git (7 years)
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) (7 years)
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.) (7 years)
• SQL experience for backend validation (7 years)
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments (6 years)
• Experience in Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing (6 years)
• Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module (6 years)
• Strong defect lifecycle management experience (6 years)
• Ability to think from an end-user perspective (6 years)

Nice-to-haves
• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) (7 years)
• Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution (7 years)
• Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS) (7 years)
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter) (7 years)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) (5 years)
• Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing (5 years)
• Experience in microservices architecture testing (5 years)
• Experience with security testing basics (5 years)