Senior Engineer Quality - Performance [T500-20939]

About Albertsons Companies Inc. :

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers’ problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India :

At Albertsons Companies India, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company’s technology journey to support millions of customers’ lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

Position Title : Senior Engineer Quality

Job Description :

Roles & responsibilities :

Work in an Agile environment and adhere to all QE best practices.

Set up the test framework and build and maintain automated test cases for Mobile and Web application components to improve quality and development velocity.

Perform testing using a variety of test methodologies including manual and automated testing by scripts.

Set up the pipelines to ensure the functional, regression and E2E testing can be triggered automatically.

Proactively track both functional testing and regression testing status for each sprint release.

Assist the developers to analyze the root cause and the impact of software defect, provide suggestions for quality improvements.

Report and track and help determine priorities for enhancements and defects utilizing tools like JIRA.

Work in partnership with Scrum team members, including engineering and product management, to deliver business functionality on-time, with required quality, and that meets the acceptance criteria.

Write test cases and scenarios from the requirements / designs; manage bug tracking.

Create, trigger, monitor and control the execution of automated test suites, identifying issues and potential gaps.

Support QE governance of test processes, data, and execution metrics to help drive improve the performance of team.

Perform risk analysis for features / projects in your ownership, provide mitigation and escalate appropriately.

Collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to analyze, debug and resolve any issues.

Develop high-quality, end-to-end automation tests that match acceptance criteria and user scenarios.

Be a key contributor to the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines. Perform code reviews for your teammates. Help develop and build the test infrastructure with the DevOps team.

Work with our Product Management Team to define good acceptance criteria for our stories.

Perform manual exploratory testing and troubleshooting to help identify difficult to find bugs and UX issues.

Ensure the monthly releases are validated and ready for our customers.

Develop and document quality risks and mitigations.

Develop documentation standards, procedures and approval hierarchies.

Propose and implement changes in overall testing processes.

Represent the Quality / Test perspective to determine the release readiness for the entire program / project(s).

Recommend ways to load-balance work as needed across the program team which results in more effective and efficient testing.

Provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff in resolution of escalated issues and / or complex production, application or system problems.

Mentor team members.

Oversee the work of less experienced team members.

Experience Required :

Specialized knowledge of test automation techniques for complex interdependent programs / projects.

Specialized knowledge of Java, JavaScript, or Python

Specialized knowledge of developing and executing web automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver or any similar automated test tools for web applications.

Specialized knowledge of developing and executing Mobile automation scripts using Appium, Expresso, or any similar automated test tools for Mobile applications.

Specialized knowledge of developing and executing API automation scripts using Karate, Postman, Rest Assured, WireMock, Mockito, or any similar automated test tools.

Specialized knowledge of developing and executing UI / API performance test scripts using JMeter, LoadRunner, Lighthouse or any similar tools

Specialized knowledge of Accessibility testing using WAVE, AXE, AccessScan or any similar tools

Specialized knowledge of monitoring and logging tools using DataDog, Azure Log Analytics, Grafana, AppD or similar tools

Specialized knowledge of testing methodologies and processes.

Specialized knowledge of the full software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (Agile).

Excellent organizational and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.

Strong ability to mentor, coach and train lower-level Quality Engineers

Passion for testing excellence through automation and process improvements.

Leadership skills and self-starter.

Competencies :

Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.

Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal / business ethics.

Embrace an inclusion-focused mindset, seeking input from others on their work and encouraging the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions

Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.

Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally

Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work

Skills Required :

JMeter performance testing

Selenium

Language – Java / JavaScript / Python

Additional skills :

Web Testing - Cucumber Testing JUnit

Mobile testing - Appium / Espresso

API - Karate, Postman, Rest Assured, Swagger, SoapUI, Wiremock / Mockito

Accessibility - WAVE, AXE, AccessScan or similar tools

Logging / Monitoring tools - DataDog, Azure Log Analytics, Grafana, AppD

Dashboarding and documentation - Jira and Confluence

Database - MongoDB, SQL and Cassandra

Linux operating systems.