Lead Software Test Automation Engineer

Groupe Kardol; Newtown (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupe Kardol in Newtown, PA seeks an experienced Lead Software Test Automation Engineer to act as a subject matter expert within Software, System, and Test Engineering. You will work in Newtown, PA and various long-term unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S.

Responsibilities include testing software, leading distributed teams, building automated tests, and driving ongoing quality improvements. Strong programming and tooling skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or foreign equivalent.
• 30+ months of relevant work experience in test automation or QA.
• Experience with at least one programming language: Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Experience with multiple testing tools/frameworks and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Test software programs.
• Lead and coach distributed test automation teams.
• Develop and maintain reliable automated tests and increase coverage.
• Drive continuous improvement of test processes and test suites.
• Document defects and coordinate with developers.

Skills

Test automation

Java

Python

JavaScript

Docker

Git

Jira

Confluence

Selenium

JUnit

Appium

Cucumber

Pytest

Rest Assured

AWS

Azure

GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

.NET

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Test Automation Engineer to act as a subject matter expert within Software, System, and Test Engineering. You will work in Newtown, PA and various long-term unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Test software programs
• Make decisions, establish, follow and enhance test automation process from scratch without supervision
• Develop and maintain reliable high-quality automated reusable tests, increase test coverage while ensuring application functionality, integrity and consistency
• Proactively drive continuous improvement to test processes, test coverage, test cases quality/ maintenance and test execution
• Lead and coach distributed test automation engineering teams.
• Perform quality review and analysis
• Coordinate the creation of new and elaboration of existing manual and automated test suites, utilizing different programming languages, frameworks and tools
• Identify, analyze, and document problems
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics, Management Information Systems, Cybernetics, IT Management, Radiophysics, or closely related discipline
• 30+ months of employment experience in the job offered (Lead Software Test Automation Engineer), Software Test Automation Engineer, Software Testing Engineer, DevOps Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Test Automation Engineer, Developer, or closely related occupation
• At least one of the following: .NET, Java, JavaScript, Python, Swift, or Kotlin
• At least one of the following testing tools/frameworks: Appium, Cucumber, Pytest, Rest Assured, Selenium, or JUnit
• At least one of the following cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Using Docker or RESTful environments to increase test coverage while ensuring application functionality, integrity, and consistency
• Using Git, Jira, or Confluence to document software defects in a bug tracking system and report them to software developers