Software Test Automation Engineer - Selenium & Javascript

Job Description

The Wolters Kluwer Digital Experience Group co-creates products and solutions with Wolters Kluwer businesses around the globe to serve professionals in the Legal, Tax, Health, Finance and Compliance sectors. This wide and growing array of solutions supports business units in building and expanding their online product portfolios. The Digital Experience Group provides global leverage of industry and customer insight, driving technology capabilities for local product innovation.? ? We have a Software Quality Assurance position opportunity available! We are looking for self-motivated and passionate professional that will perform the below responsibilities:? Responsibilities: ? Provide Technical QE perspective as part of Development Programs and Projects, supporting Content Management/Delivery Platforms, Systems, and related Applications.? Work as a member of the WK dXg Platform Engineering Team to help support an effective QE capability to underpin and support Projects, Programs, and the management team's strategic goals.? The Software test automation engineer, will report to the QE Manager? Strong test automation skills ? Java Script, Selenium, C#, Python etc. Experience with SQL programming and database technologies. Understanding of SaaS infrastructure and components (RDBMS, Web and Application Servers, Queues, Caching, etc.) Writing various types of test scripts including but not limited to web services, messaging, database, file handling and xml/json parsing. Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, design and debugging skills. Proven experience contributing towards automated test framework, e.g., Selenium, TestNG, ETL, unit tests. Must be self-motivated and take initiative in performing tasks and growing skills and knowledge. Proficiency in code versioning and CI/CD tools. Participate in technical reviews and provide feedback on Requirements, Design Documents and Specifications, and Project Plans and Initiatives from a Quality Engineering and testing perspective.? Develop effective and efficient Test Strategies to support Development Programs, Projects, and Prototyping activities? Participate in creating Test Strategies that define the testing scope and approach for projects? Assist in developing and defining test data requirements to execute defined test strategies.? Creation of QE deliverables participating as a part of the Agile Scrum Team? Proactively determine more efficient test approaches to increase quality and reduce overall QE costs? Develop end-to-end test plans with other teams to ensure complete system testing coverage? Participates in yearly team objective progress? Participates in Escaped Defect Analysis process and maintain all quality data? Maintain all Atlassian JIRA & Tricentis qTest project setup and data maintenance for projects? Independent QE thought leadership to drive evolving QE processes? Identify meaningful gaps in the QE process on an on-going bases that will drive measurable improvements in QE testing effectiveness and reduced defects into UAT and Production? Bachelor's degree preferred in a Computer Sciences or related technical discipline? Minimum of 3+ years in testing activities?? Able to work independently with direction from Sr. QE Analysts? Multi-disciplined technical background, (Networking, Application Development, SQL DB)? Strong system troubleshooting and analysis skills required to solve technical problems?? Experience in the following areas is desirable: enterprise platform operations, content management and delivery, search engines, system engineering, and performance testing? Strong collaboration and mentoring skills? Strong verbal and written communication, particularly in crafting messages and status reports to Senior Management and Business Partners? This position is global in nature and requires interfacing with and supervising multinational teams. The successful candidate must work comfortably across numerous time zones and amongst culturally diverse teams.? ? Qualifications? Qualifications:? Bachelor?s degree or equivalent work experience. 3+ years of development/ test automation experience, preferably with complex web applications. Strong test automation skills ? JavaScript Experience with SQL programming and database technologies. Understanding of SaaS infrastructure and components (RDBMS, Web and Application Servers, Queues, Caching, etc.) Writing various types of test scripts including but not limited to web services, messaging, database, file handling and xml/json parsing. Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, design and debugging skills. Proven experience contributing towards automated test framework, e.g., Selenium OR Playwright Must be self-motivated and take initiative in performing tasks and growing skills and knowledge. Proficiency in code versioning and CI/CD tools. Agile software development tools for test management e.g., JIRA, ALM, QTest. Quality assurance principles and best practices. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.