Software Development Engineer - Test - Automation Testing

Job Description :

Job Designation : SDET (Automation Test Engineer)

Role Overview & Responsibilities :

What You will Do :

• Design and develop test strategy, test planning, and test approach for product design, develop, execute, and maintain test scenarios and test cases and, for Web-based, Mobile, Desktop, and API applications across different platform offerings.
• A very good understanding of Behaviour Driven Development, the strategies that result in fast-running, flexible test suites, and how BDD impacts the design of the software.
• Develop bespoke automation frameworks with multi-layer automation across UI, APIs, and back-end systems
• Establish testing as an integral part of the development process within cross-functional teams. Develop maintainable automated checks in collaboration with our development teams.
• Proactively suggest improvements in testing tools for better test coverage for automation.
• Detect and report defects and close follow-up to ensure closure of issues
• Assess and bring continuous improvements to the overall quality work closely with the development team to debug any issue participate in scrum calls with customers and internal stakeholders contribute to POC on the upcoming toolsets
• Conduct Root cause analysis for the production defects and improve test assets work on refactoring the existing framework as per the requirement.
• Develop and execute SQL queries to perform database testing and validate data integrity
• Test and validate APIs using tools like Postman or REST Assured
• Participate in code reviews to ensure the testability, maintainability, and performance of software applications
• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks using JavaScript
• Write and execute automated test scripts to ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Collaborate with software engineers and QA teams to define testing strategies
• Identify, report, and track defects, ensuring timely resolution
• Contribute to continuous integration and delivery (CI / CD) pipelines for automated testing
• Perform both functional and performance testing to ensure application reliability
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including experience with test automation frameworks like Cypress
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, testing strategies, and best practices
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience with API testing using tools like Postman
• Familiarity with cross-browser testing and mobile automation
• Knowledge of cloud environments like AWS

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