Senior Software QA Automation Engineer

We are rapidly expanding and looking to hire talented and ambitious software engineering talent in Pune. As a member of the team, you will create, grow, and manage a distributed network of marketplaces and applications. We love the entrepreneurial spirit and those who bring experience from established organizations. You are a highly technical, hands-on developer with a passion for producing maintainable and robust code. You will design and develop well-tested software, build mission-critical services, and APIs that scale with our increasingly elegant set of features.

What you’ll do and how you’ll have an impact

Represent the interests of users and customers through the relentless pursuit of a quality product Document issues and bugs; relentlessly move each bug through its life cycle Design and create test plans, Test automation for UI and REST APIs using Cypress. Automate mundane tasks and build meaningful dashboards for the team to promote efficiency Collaborate with developers, QA team, product managers, partners and consultants to deliver the highest quality with each release Consistently raise the bar of what exceptional quality looks like by researching and promoting improved QA practices for the team.

What we’re looking for

• 4-6 years of experience in manual and automation testing for large-scale web applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, software development lifecycle, and working in Agile environments (Jira).
• Strong troubleshooting skills across frontend, backend, and full web application stack.
• Proficient with automation tools like Cypress, and experience in test automation using NodeJS, Puppeteer (or similar).
• Basic hands-on knowledge of DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker), build tools (Maven, Gradle), and source control tools (Git, Bitbucket).
• SQL fundamentals (preferably MySQL, MongoDB).
• Comfortable with Unix/Linux commands.
• Familiarity with microservice architecture, browser debugging tools, and monitoring tools like Datadog.
• Excellent communication and time management skills with the ability to multitask.
• Flexibility to collaborate with global, remote teams across different time zones.

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.

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