Ventura Foods · 1 month ago
Principal QA Engineer
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$136K/yr - $179K/yr
5+ years expVentura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. The Principal IT QA Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing testing automation frameworks and defining quality metrics while collaborating with development and ops teams.
Food ProcessingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Deep expertise in Python, PyTest and Playwright automation frameworks and testing tools like Playwright, Jmeter, Jenkins, Grafana, Jira, and GitHub. Proficient in extending automation framework and enhancing test automation coverage. Develop automation test plan, test strategy, test scenarios and review with pod leaders and business
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Proven hands-on work experience with both white box and black box testing. Develops and executes test plan and test cases. Identify and report bugs, and identifies quality issues. Drafts, revises, and approves test plans and scripts. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software quality issues
Provide technical leadership to QA engineers and developers on best practices. Ensure environment readiness for testing cycles. Conduct root cause analysis and retrospectives for production defects. Accurately estimates test workload and coordinates with development teams on priorities. Evaluates test results against expected results, implements improvements to process and recommend alternative testing as needed. Confirm the correctness of resolved defects and documents results
Provides regular updates on progress of allocated test designs and test cases to ensure deadlines are met. Communicates promptly with team, management, and project managers. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process. Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases. Define release criteria and sign-off processes and ensure test coverage and validation in staging/production environments. Perform other duties as assigned
Define secure coding and testing practices in collaboration with Security teams. Define and implement smoke, regression, user acceptance test suites, performance testing standards and benchmarks. Define test data management strategy for integration, UAT, and production-like test environments
Additional responsibilities as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
5+ years of experience in software automation testing
Hands-on experience with Python and Playwright to automate web regression testing
Deep expertise in Python, PyTest and Playwright automation frameworks and testing tools like Playwright, Jmeter, Jenkins, Grafana, Jira, and GitHub
Proficient in extending automation framework and enhancing test automation coverage
Develop automation test plan, test strategy, test scenarios and review with pod leaders and business
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Proven hands-on work experience with both white box and black box testing
Develops and executes test plan and test cases
Identify and report bugs, and identifies quality issues
Drafts, revises, and approves test plans and scripts
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software quality issues
Provide technical leadership to QA engineers and developers on best practices
Ensure environment readiness for testing cycles
Conduct root cause analysis and retrospectives for production defects
Accurately estimates test workload and coordinates with development teams on priorities
Evaluates test results against expected results, implements improvements to process and recommend alternative testing as needed
Confirm the correctness of resolved defects and documents results
Provides regular updates on progress of allocated test designs and test cases to ensure deadlines are met
Communicates promptly with team, management, and project managers
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
Define release criteria and sign-off processes and ensure test coverage and validation in staging/production environments
Define secure coding and testing practices in collaboration with Security teams
Define and implement smoke, regression, user acceptance test suites, performance testing standards and benchmarks
Define test data management strategy for integration, UAT, and production-like test environments
Preferred
Knowledge of API and performance testing using Postman and Jmeter is a plus
Bachelor's degree emphasis in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is desired
Experience in CPG/Foodservice industry preferred
ERP (i.e. JDE EnterpriseOne, SAP, Oracle, etc.) experience preferred
Experience with Web automation testing with Playwright, Python, Pytest preferred
Benefits
Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions)
Company
Ventura Foods
Ventura Foods – a leading producer of custom and proprietary dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, oils and other flavorings. It is a sub-organization of CHS Hedging.
1001-5000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Richard Mazer
Retired CEO and President
Bassam Fawaz
SVP & Chief Information Officer
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