Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a QA Engineer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Minneapolis, MN .
As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for testing proprietary software solution, design, build and support of Test Automation software. You will be integrated with a project Team to deliver strategic and tactical enhancements to the firm's proprietary software suite. You'll also collaborate with other technology teams in the organization as necessary, including Infrastructure, DevOps, InfoSec and Release Management.
Responsibilities :
- Design, implement and maintain Test Cases and Test Plans for the firm's proprietary software
- Design, implement and maintain Automated Test Suites for the firm's proprietary software
- Perform functional, exploratory, user acceptance testing and automated testing as part of Software Development Lifecycle and Release Process
- Strive to develop and conduct software testing with high standards, thinking about engineering excellence.
- Assist and mentor other QA engineers with User Acceptance Testing, which includes answering client questions, tracking all reported issues and identifying whether they are bugs or enhancements
- Learn and contribute to development across the entire stack (backend, DB, front end, UI)
- Engage in a highly collaborative team environment including business partners and product owners
- Contribute to high-velocity delivery with safety; enable agility and iterative changes to the UI and product design
Required Skills :
Bachelor's degree or equivalent field and / or comparable work experienceyears of software testing and test development experienceStrong communication skillsWell-versed in all testing methodologies (black box, white box, system, functional, exploratory and automated testing)Ability to quickly understand complex business problemsExperience in one or more Test Automation Frameworks – Appium, SeleniumProven experience building high quality and comprehensive test plans and test cases custom softwareProven experience testing web applications, web apis and data driven applicationsProven experience designing and implementing automated test suitesProven experience with CI / CI pipelinesExperience in an Agile delivery environmentExperience with cloud platform servicesStrong SQL coding and debugging skillsPreferred Skills :
Experience with service oriented architectures a plus