Senior QA Automation Engineer

Avenue Code; Colombia; Vor Ort; COP 9.000.000 - 15.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Avenue Code is seeking a Senior QA Engineer with strong experience in test automation, API validation, performance testing, and security testing. The role focuses on designing and executing testing strategies for high-availability applications within Agile teams.

The candidate will coordinate security and UAT activities, ensure release quality, and drive automation improvements across the software delivery lifecycle, collaborating with engineering, product, and security teams.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience as a QA Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks and automation best practices.
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools and methodologies.
• Experience with performance testing and load testing tools.
• Experience coordinating or executing security testing activities.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into delivery workflows.
• Strong understanding of Agile QA methodologies and software development lifecycle.
• Experience working with complex applications requiring high reliability and security standards.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases across application features and releases.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Design, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks and test suites.
• Perform API testing and validate integrations between distributed systems.
• Coordinate security testing activities, including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and compliance validation.
• Support performance and load testing initiatives to ensure application scalability and stability.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders.
• Provide release certification and quality sign-off based on defined acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to identify risks and improve software quality.
• Integrate automated testing processes into CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to Agile QA practices, continuous improvement initiatives, and quality standards.

Kenntnisse

QA Engineer

Test Automation

API Testing

Performance Testing

Security Testing

CI/CD

Agile QA

SDLC

Jobbeschreibung

About The Opportunity

Avenue Code is the leading software consultancy focused on delivering end-to-end development solutions for digital transformation across every vertical. We7re privately held, profitable, and have been on a solid growth trajectory since day one. We care deeply about our clients, our partners, and our people. We prefer the word ‘partner’ over ‘vendor’, and our investment in professional relationships is a reflection of that philosophy. We pride ourselves on our technical acumen, our collaborative problem-solving ability, and the warm professionalism of our teams.

About The Opportunity

Avenue Code is the leading software consultancy focused on delivering end-to-end development solutions for digital transformation across every vertical. Were privately held, profitable, and have been on a solid growth trajectory since day one. We care deeply about our clients, our partners, and our people. We prefer the word ‘partner’ over ‘vendor’, and our investment in professional relationships is a reflection of that philosophy. We pride ourselves on our technical acumen, our collaborative problem-solving ability, and the warm professionalism of our teams.

Avenue Code has been believing in and promoting plurality actions for over 10 years, understanding that recognizing differences and fostering a safe environment, employment opportunities, representation, and support are the best ways to promote an increasingly equitable culture.

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong experience in test automation, API validation, performance testing, and security testing practices. The ideal candidate will have experience testing complex, high-availability applications, working within Agile teams, and supporting secure transaction-based platforms.

This role will be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, coordinating security and user acceptance testing, ensuring release quality, and improving automation capabilities across the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases across application features and releases.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Design, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks and test suites.
• Perform API testing and validate integrations between distributed systems.
• Coordinate security testing activities, including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and compliance validation.
• Support performance and load testing initiatives to ensure application scalability and stability.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders.
• Provide release certification and quality sign-off based on defined acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to identify risks and improve software quality.
• Integrate automated testing processes into CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to Agile QA practices, continuous improvement initiatives, and quality standards.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a QA Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks and automation best practices.
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools and methodologies.
• Experience with performance testing and load testing tools.
• Experience coordinating or executing security testing activities.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into delivery workflows.
• Strong understanding of Agile QA methodologies and software development lifecycle.
• Experience working with complex applications requiring high reliability and security standards.

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience testing PCI-DSS compliant applications or payment processing platforms.
• Knowledge of secure card-data handling, tokenization, and transaction processing systems.
• Experience validating authentication and authorization mechanisms, including MFA and RBAC implementations.
• Experience with SFTP-based integrations and secure data transfers.
• Familiarity with OWASP security controls and application security best practices.
• Experience coordinating penetration testing activities and security assessments.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and cloud-based environments.
• Experience with audit logging, monitoring, and observability practices.

Avenue Code reinforces its commitment to privacy and to all the principles guaranteed by the most accurate global data protection laws, such as GDPR, LGPD, CCPA and CPRA. The Candidate data shared with Avenue Code will be kept confidential and will not be transmitted to disinterested third parties, nor will it be used for purposes other than the application for open positions. As a Consultancy company, Avenue Code may share your information with its clients and other Companies from the AI/R Group to which Avenue Codes consultants are allocated to perform its services.