Automation Quality Engineer

Empower is a company focused on transforming financial lives by providing a supportive work environment and encouraging internal mobility. The Automation Quality Engineer will design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts to validate software application functionality and data pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality assurance strategies are met.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain moderately complex automated test scripts for UI and API, and data/ETL validations
• Execute moderately complex automated test cases and report test results
• Identify, document, and track software defects through resolution using defect tracking tools such as JIRA
• Create clear and concise documentation for test cases, test results using Zephyr
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to understand application functionality and testing requirements
• Update existing automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver in IntelliJ to align with application changes and enhancements
• Follow automation best practices and recommend improvements
• Provide guidance to associate automation quality engineers to support skill development and understanding of automation
• Perform manual testing when needed
• Validate ETL tables and data pipelines using SQL. Perform data reconciliation
• Test and monitor AWS batch jobs on EMR, Step function, and Lambda. Verify job execution status and validate S3 output files and Redshift loads

Requirements:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT
• 2 to 4 years of overall testing experience with 1 to 2 years of automation testing experience, or equivalent automation training
• Proficiency in Java programming language core concepts
• Strong understanding of and experience with requirements analysis
• Experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG, along with debugging skills
• Knowledge of version control systems such as Git
• Knowledge of BDD frameworks such as Cucumber
• Experience validating ETL tables/data using SQL
• Knowledge of AWS service for testing batch jobs: S3, EMR, Step function, Lambda, CloudWatch
• Experience in UI and API functional testing
• Experience using JIRA and Zephyr management tools
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to analyze test results and identify issues
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Good understanding of design and estimation techniques
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies