Quality Automation Engineer (SDET)

Equifax, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Equifax, Inc. is seeking qualified candidates for Quality Automation Engineer (SDET) positions in Saint Louis, MO.

You will code, test, and debug software solutions, lead testing efforts, and collaborate with business users and development teams to ensure end-to-end quality aligned with business requirements. The role requires hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks, strong problem-solving, and the ability to work across platforms and teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field plus five (5) years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer (SDET) or related occupation in software QA automation or software development.
• Or, alternatively, a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field and three (3) years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer (SDET) or related occupation in software QA automation or software development.
• Performing test automation using Java, JavaScript, Python, or SQL/NoSQL.
• Building automation test frameworks using Selenium, TestNG, RestAssured, or Intuit.
• Karate, Cucumber, Allure Reporting, Mockito, Splunk, Jmeter, or AppDynamics.
• Jenkins, Confluence, or Jira for full testing life cycle.
• Load, fail-over, fault-tolerance, or chaos testing, as well as conducting performance tests, including 2 of the following: capacity, load, or soak testing; and
• At least 3 of the following observability tools: AppDynamics, Lighthouse, Datadog, DPA, Splunk, or GCP stack driver.

Responsibilities

• Code, test, debug and implement software solutions.
• Lead complex testing efforts, estimating time and resources; define test environment configuration.
• Define test cases based on user requirements and perform testing of applications, focusing on functional and end-to-end testing, validating that system response and output accurately reflect business requirements as outlined in requirements document.
• Coordinate with business users and development team to plan and execute user acceptance testing; identify and resolve test environment issues.
• Perform defect analysis, identifying trends and recommending process improvements.
• Design, develop and implement short and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems architecture, network systems and applications infrastructure.
• Conduct quality control tests in order to ensure full compliance with specified standards and end user requirements.
• Execute tests using established plans and scripts, documents problems in an issues log and retests to ensure problems are resolved.
• Create test files to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow.
• Make decisions within guidelines and policies that impact a range of customer, operational, process, or project activities and explain complex and sensitive information and work to build support and agreement.
• Work with others to achieve results and proactively address sources of conflict and emotion with focus on the best solutions.
• Develop work plans for short-term assignments of moderate complexity, typically contained within their own function.
• Identify, recommend and implement changes to enhance effectiveness of Quality Engineering strategies.
• Multiple positions available.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Python

SQL/NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

RestAssured

Cucumber

Allure

Mockito

Splunk

JMeter

AppDynamics

Jenkins

Confluence

Jira

Job description

What you will do

• Code, test, debug and implement software solutions.
• Lead complex testing efforts, estimating time and resources; define test environment configuration.
• Define test cases based on user requirements and perform testing of applications, focusing on functional and end-to-end testing, validating that system response and output accurately to reflect business requirements as outlined in requirements document.
• Coordinate with business users and development team to plan and execute user acceptance testing; identify and resolve test environment issues.
• Perform defect analysis, identifying trends and recommending process improvements.
• Design, develop and implement short and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems architecture, network systems and applications infrastructure.
• Conduct quality control tests in order to ensure full compliance with specified standards and end user requirements.
• Execute tests using established plans and scripts, documents problems in an issues log and retests to ensure problems are resolved.
• Create test files to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow.
• Make decisions within guidelines and policies that impact a range of customer, operational, process, or project activities and explain complex and sensitive information and work to build support and agreement.
• Work with others to achieve results and proactively address sources of conflict and emotion with focus on the best solutions.
• Develop work plans for short-term assignments of moderate complexity, typically contained within their own function.
• Identify, recommend and implement changes to enhance effectiveness of Quality Engineering strategies.
• **Multiple positions available.**

What experience you need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer (SDET) or related occupation in software QA automation or software development
• Or, alternatively, a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field and three (3) years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer (SDET) or related occupation in software QA automation or software development.
• Specific skills/other requirements - Must also possess the following (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section):
  • Performing test automation using Java, JavaScript, Python, or SQL/NoSQL;
  • Building automation test frameworks using Selenium, TestNG, RestAssured, or Intuit;
  • Karate, Cucumber, Allure Reporting, Mockito, Splunk, Jmeter, or AppDynamics;
  • Jenkins, Confluence, or Jira for full testing life cycle;
  • Load, fail-over, fault-tolerance, or chaos testing, as well as conducting performance tests, including 2 of the following: capacity, load, or soak testing; and
  • At least 3 of the following observability tools: AppDynamics, Lighthouse, Datadog, DPA, Splunk, or GCP stack driver.

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