Senior Quality Engineer

CarMax; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive retail sector seeks a Senior Quality Engineer for its Plano, TX location. This role involves partnering with Agile development teams to ensure the quality of software through automation and manual testing. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in quality assurance and automation tools, contributing to a flawless customer experience. Opportunities exist for professional growth in a dynamic and diverse work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in software quality assurance.
• Experience in test automation tools required.
• Strong communication for strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Participates in Agile ceremonies and executes testing.
• Leads test automation efforts and advocates for process improvements.
• Creates test strategies and plans for team.

Skills

Test Automation

Web Services

Database Understanding

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

NodeJS

C# / TypeScript

Playwright / WebDriverIO

Job description

Direct message the job poster from CarMax

Store Applications is a grouping of Value Streams that are responsible for all of the applications required to manage and execute the in-store experience for 200+ locations at CarMax. The in-store CarMax experience spans the entire customer journey; from customer inception to Sales to CarMax's loyalty programs. These teams operate within the Agile Framework and deliver continuous value to each of the Value Streams. These teams will help drive the bottom-line sales of a growing Fortune 500 company. As part of these Value Streams, CarMax is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to work directly with Agile development teams to ensure quality software is delivered to our associates and customers.

What you will do – Essential Responsibilities

• Participates in all Agile ceremonies for Team
• Plans and executes tests to cover functional, integration, compatibility and regression needs and reports back findings to the Team
• Helps lead test automation effort, advocating for automation and contributes to framework design and suggests process improvements
• Reviews automated test runs, reports out on automated test execution and coverage statuses, and maintains broken automated tests
• Works with various areas of the business, grasp their processes and learn how they work together
• Understands complex problems, develops solutions and can communicate to both people inside and outside of their team
• Uses and modifies existing libraries / tools for automation testing
• Creates test strategies and plans for team and assists other teams when needed
• Identifies new tools or processes for adoption
• Writes general documentation regarding QE processes and tools
• Develops key quality metrics and reports to stakeholders in the organization

Purpose of the role

The Senior Quality Engineer is an essential role in the software development life cycle and ensures only properly tested software is released to production. A flawless customer experience is our top priority and this role plays a major part in that company goal. By designing and executing properly prepared test cases (both manual and automated) and working closely together with the entire agile team, this goal is achievable. This position focuses on both the agile team as well as the QE organization.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 5+ years of work experience or
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 3+ years of work experience
• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance
• Strong understanding of Web services, databases
• Strong background in test automation with front end and back end automation tools
• Strong oral/written communication, presentation, and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for driving strategic initiatives through large and diverse organizations
• Ability to work within multiple work streams at one time
• Preferred Experience:
• NodeJS
• Playwright / WebDriverIO
• C# /TypeScript
• API/Integration test automation
• Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Decision Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required

Work Location and Arrangement: This role can be based out of the Richmond, VA Technology Innovation Center or our Dallas Technology hub and have a Hybrid work arrangement.

Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will be considered for this specific role.

About CarMax

CarMax disrupted the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity experience customers want and deserve. This innovative thinking around the way cars are bought and sold has helped us become the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, with over 200 locations nationwide.

Our amazing team of more than 25,000 associates work together to deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way, we help every associate grow their career and achieve their best, at work and in their community. We are recognized for our commitment to training and diversity and are one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For.

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Retail

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