Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing a comprehensive set of products and services including recycling and waste management. The QA Test Engineer will lead quality assurance efforts for web and mobile applications, focusing on test planning, automation, and execution within Agile methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Designs, develops, implements and automates test plans and test cases in an Agile software delivery model environment
- Builds, executes and maintains automated test frameworks for end to end integration testing across applications, devices, and platforms using JavaScript or other appropriate languages such as C#, Java, and VBscript
- Builds automation and test coverage tools using JavaScript or other appropriate languages to enable Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Builds or uses existing automation tools to test interfaces between systems and applications such as RESTful services, or other APIs
- Accountable for all aspects of quality within the software development team
- Tracks and prioritizes defects throughout product releases and lifecycles
- Designs, develops and executes reusable and maintainable test automation scripts using JavaScript or other appropriate languages
- Uses quality control tools and metrics to discover defects and make recommendations for resolution
- Works with Agile teams or other IT teams to plan, estimate, schedule and execute testing for applications including: Establishes, organizes and executes testing deliverables, Documents and executes complex software test plans and strategies, Ensures traceability of test cases back to project requirements, Executes end to end test scenarios, Coordinates and supports user-acceptance test plans, Works with Scrum/Agile team or other IT teams to report and resolve complex issues
- Ensures software applications meet functional and non-functional requirements
- Participates in all aspects of testing at all levels, including functional, system, regression and load testing
- Records and reports on testing metrics
- Follows test documentation standards and makes updates as necessary
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent
Requirements:
- Experience automating the testing of web applications utilizing JavaScript with Protractor, and Selenium with C# or Java
- Experience with the following: Rally and HP ALM for test management, Automating the testing of mobile applications using Appium, Agile using tools such as Rally or Jira, Performance/load testing tools such as Blaze Meter and jMeter, TDD frameworks such as Cucumber
- Understanding of open source web frameworks such as Angular, Bootstrap, Node.js, Express, Selenium, SoapUI, HP UFT, and HP ALM
- Understanding of web application testing tools such as Selenium, Jasmine, Protractor, and HP UFT
- Knowledge of Cloud platforms and services such as Amazon, Heroku, Perfecto Mobile, and SauceLabs
- Minimum of 1 year of software test experience with focus on web and mobile applications and test automation
- Experience with software automation testing methodologies including regression, functional, unit, integration, coverage, performance, and load
- Experience testing applications that integrate with other systems through RESTful API's
- Experience building automation utilizing the Page / Object design pattern