Senior Quality Engineer I

The Senior Quality Engineer I for the Enterprise Commerce team is a key technical leader, responsible for driving quality assurance and automation excellence across multiple commerce tracks. This role ensures the highest standard of deliverables by managing robust end-to-end testing strategies, fostering collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, and advancing automation practices for scalable, secure, and reliable commerce solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor quality engineering teams, overseeing quality assurance across all commerce tracks and ensuring the integrity and reliability of deliverables.
• Design, implement, and optimize automation frameworks and test strategies for complex backend systems, REST APIs, Kafka-dependent applications, NoSQL document databases, and cloud-based deployments.
• Validate and automate test cases for systems leveraging event-driven architectures and cloud infrastructure (AWS or other providers).
• Integrate test cases with CI and CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align testing activities with release goals and business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement in test processes, defect management, and automation coverage, proactively identifying and addressing gaps in test execution.
• Facilitate technical training and development for team members to elevate overall quality standards.
• Coordinate the scheduling and execution of testing and report errors and issues for resolution.
• Contribute to the identification and ongoing monitoring of risks and concerns.
• Review and approve test scripts and automation flows, ensuring best practices are followed across all commerce initiatives.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate/bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on experience in automation scripting for large-scale applications.
• At least 4+ years of experience working with backend systems, RESTful APIs, and validating/automating test cases for applications dependent on Kafka event streaming.
• At least 6+ years of experience in Spring Boot and Java application development and automation.
• Prior experience integrating automation test scripts with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong expertise with NoSQL document databases (e. g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, Couchbase) and experience testing solutions deployed on AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to manage distributed and offshore quality engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and technical problem-solving skills.
• At least 5+ years of cumulative experience with backend automation testing frameworks, including but not limited to Tricentis Tosca, Smartbear ReadyAPI, Cucumber BDD, and Karate BDD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with Tricentis Tosca, SmartBear ReadyAPI, Cucumber BDD, or Karate BDD.
• Demonstrated experience with Spring Boot and Java.