QA Automation Engineer

ntst; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 860,000; Full time

Job summary

Netsmart is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer in Bengaluru to ensure high-quality software delivery. You will design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and harnesses, perform functional and regression testing, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and test coverage.

The role requires 1+ year of automated script development, strong QA fundamentals, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• At least 1 year of automated software script development and execution.
• At least 1 year of writing manual test cases, test plans, and test execution.
• Strong understanding of QA standards and practices with inquisitiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to interact across technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to analyze requirements and identify test scenarios and coverage.

Responsibilities

• This role will set up, configure, and maintain automation environment and framework.
• Develop modular, extensible, reusable test automation harness and scripts.
• Create efficient and accurate automated performance test scripts.
• Communicate testing estimates, status, and remove roadblocks to ensure on-time delivery.
• Identify, report, and track defects; address need for additional functionality.
• Participate in product design reviews to assess testing implications and automation feasibility.
• Maintain a full test automation library with coverage and regression checks.
• Write and verify test plans and procedures for defect identification and environment needs.
• Support functional, regression, and integration testing on new or modified software.

Skills

Automated test script development

Manual test case writing

Strong communication skills

Problem solving

Requirements analysis

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience

Tools

Selenium

XPath

Java

JavaScript

Job description

Responsible for ensuring high quality outcomes through the software development process by testing each part to ensure it meets company standards before moving to the next phase.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for setup, configuration, and maintenance of automation environment and framework.
• Design, develop and maintain a modular, extensible and reusable test automation harness and scripts.
• Develop efficient and accurate automated performance test scripts.
• Accurately communicate testing estimates, status, and continually work toward removing project roadblocks with targeted on-time delivery against stated schedules.
• Identify, report, and track product defects as well as address need for additional product functionality in a clear and concise form.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, ability to automate, or testing implications.
• Evaluates, builds, executes, and maintains a full test automation library with test scenarios to ensure requirements coverage and regression coverage.
• Write, revise, and verify test plans and test procedures for program defect identification, environment needs, and product feature evaluations.
• Assist in the evaluation and perform functional, regression, and integrated testing against new or modified software programs and procedures used to verify that programs function according to requirements and conform to establishment guidelines, manual or automated.
• This position may require availability outside of standard business hours as part of a rotational on-call schedule

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience
• At least 1 year of work experience performing automated software script development and execution
• At least 1 year of work experience writing manual test cases, test plans, and test execution.
• Strong understanding of technology, software quality assurance standards and practices with a natural inquisitiveness.
• Strong written and verbal communication with active listening skills and the ability to interact with a wide variety of technical and non-technical personnel via matrix navigation.
• Ability to logically identify issues using a level of abstraction and troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills and prediction where necessary in identifying defects, test coverage, and gaps in requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret business requirements and read, write and identify test specifications, test plans, and test scenarios.
• Ability to balance individual and team effort in collaborative processes while meeting set deadlines.
• Strong written and detail-oriented skills to effectively produce quality test cases and related test and release documentation with a high level of coverage.

Preferred

• Experience with structured delivery processes
• Experience with full lifecycle development and using Agile methods
• Experience in working with web-based, pc-based, and mobile applications built with Java, .NET, Web technologies, Linux utilizing varying databases for data storage and retrieval.
• Knowledge of where test automation applies, its usage, and maintenance needs.
• Selenium or test automation scripting tool equivalent.
• Ability to interpret and apply scripting languages (e.g. JavaScript) used by the test automation tool.
• Familiarity with Node.js, web object identification (e.g. XPath)

Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience. Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, which is provided at Netsmart's sole expense.