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Praxent · 2 months ago

LATAM Senior QA Automation Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Praxent is a company focused on transforming the financial services industry by modernizing outdated customer-facing software applications. They are seeking a LATAM Senior QA Automation Engineer to enhance the team’s capacity for delivering assigned stories, perform automated and API testing, and mentor junior team members.

SoftwareWeb Design

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Enhance the team’s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint

Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout the project team and that these values are reflected within the QA assurance team and department

Perform automated testing and API testing for complex applications and scenarios; locate and document edge cases by understanding the depth and intricacies of a project; assess possible risks and propose modifications to the acceptance criteria

Demonstrate proficiency at automation, API testing, or accessibility testing principles and solutions

Enhance the team's capacity by documenting plans to anticipated risks/blockers, advancing best practices, and mentoring peers and more junior team members

Serve as a technical SME in the sprint, ensuring successful delivery of the sprint commitment by prioritizing testing efforts, enhancing acceptance criteria, etc

Conduct recruiting interviews and analyze candidates to ensure successful hiring/contracting

Present robust testing plans, metrics, and other valuable insight and direction during sprint review meetings; propose solutions and improvements to clients that improve our ability to deliver value

Ensuring the team understands acceptance criteria, tracking daily progress, limit team’s QA kickback, deliver stories as assigned, find opportunities to increase capacity and velocity

Qualification

Test automation frameworksCI/CD integrationAPI testingPlaywrightCypressSeleniumAppiumClient communicationOutcome orientationMentorshipTechnical leadershipTeam collaboration

Required

demonstrable proficiency with desired technologies and tools

Deep expertise in developing and maintaining end-to-end test frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, and/or Selenium (TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python) for web applications and Appium (Java/Python) for mobile (iOS and Android) testing

Strong proficiency in CI/CD integration of automated tests using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, including parallel execution, test reporting, and environment management

Testing up a test automation framework from scratch

5-8 years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including ongoing adherence of best practices, leading and executing automated testing for web and mobile applications, and leveraging industry-standard tools to ensure optimal product quality across all stages of the software development lifecycle

Experience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating technical and business value

Experience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impact

Experience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews

may include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a equivalent experience

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