Software Engineer (QE Automation)

About Williams-Sonoma

JOB DESCRIPTION Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide. Williams-Sonoma has established a technology center in Pune, India to enhance its global operations. The India Technology Center serves as a critical hub for innovation and focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions in areas such as e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management. By integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, the India Technology Center plays a crucial role in accelerating Williams-Sonoma's growth and maintaining its competitive edge in the global market.

Role Overview The Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Supply Chain Engineering organization is seeking an energetic and talented Software Engineer at our Pune location in India for driving high-value, high-quality features to our industry-leading Supply Chain capability. At Williams-Sonoma, Inc., we build 7 of the retail industry-leading websites -- Williams-Sonoma, west elm, Mark and Graham, GreenRow and the Pottery Barn family. This role will work across the entire functional domain of all the brands. The ideal candidate would have the ability to effectively come up with technical design for capabilities across supply chain systems, influence or participate in architectural and design discussions, strategic planning, roadmaps, and decisions to ensure we build impactful, compelling, and scalable solutions in an incremental fashion, unlocking hyper-growth, data-driven decision making and creating a world of possibilities for our customers and business.

Impact of the Role

• Success in the role requires agility and results-orientation
• Strategic and innovative thinking
• Proven track record of delivering new customer-facing software products at scale
• Rigorous analytical skills
• Passion for automation and data-driven approaches to solving problems Technology Platforms You Will Work On
• Java 17+
• XML and web-based SOAP/RESTful services
• SQL
• Testing frameworks such as TestNG, JUNIT, Cucumber
• Cross-browser testing tools such as Selenium Grid, Browser Stack, Sauce Labs
• CI/CD and DevOps solutions
• Agile software delivery practices

Key Responsibilities

• Define the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by development teams
• Collaborate with team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test scripts and scenarios
• Determine test dependencies including QE test environment, QE tools, training, build and deploy plans, infrastructure dependencies, and communication processes
• Create and execute manual and automated test scripts to validate acceptance criteria defined within epics and user stories
• Identify risks impacting timely delivery and collaborate with teams
• Execute smoke, functional, integration, and nonfunctional test scripts as part of the project lifecycle
• Determine the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts
• Identify existing manual and automated scripts impacted by new features and capabilities
• Maintain automated testing suites and corresponding frameworks for applications
• Integrate new tests into the CI pipeline
• Design and develop high-quality test automation frameworks for UI and API
• Enable repeatable automated tests for other QE engineers
• Raise the standard of QE practices and stay up to date with emerging technologies

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in creating and executing automated test scripts to validate acceptance criteria within epics and user stories
• Proven experience in developing, meeting deadlines, and operating under tight time constraints
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to make articulate and effective presentations to different audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills including teamwork, collaboration, negotiation, and respect across all levels
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Test Engineer in API, UI, or mobile automation
• Experience in testing with XML and web-based SOAP/RESTful services
• Technical expertise in Java 17+
• Experience in SQL and backend testing
• Experience with testing frameworks such as TestNG, JUNIT, Cucumber
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Knowledge of cross-browser testing tools such as Selenium Grid, Browser Stack, and Sauce Labs
• Experience with Agile practices at scale
• Knowledge of Supply Chain domain
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps solutions

Why Join Williams-Sonoma

• Work on industry-leading supply chain and e-commerce platforms
• Opportunity to build high-quality, scalable solutions across global brands
• Be part of a technology center focused on innovation and advanced technologies
• Contribute to improving customer experience and business outcomes

About Us Williams-Sonoma India Pvt. Ltd. Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide. Williams-Sonoma India sourcing office was established in 2013. We are based in Gurugram, India. We are sourcing premium products across all categories of Home Furnishing and recorded double digit year-on-year growth. We have a dynamic team of over 100 members handling versatile vendors across India, Nepal & Bangladesh. We are looking to onboard talented people and create successful professional journey.