Design, write, and execute manual and automated QA tests (majority automation). Review user stories, create test cases/automation scenarios, find defects, demo stories, and participate in agile ceremonies.
Company Description
Company Name: AKAR ventures
Location: Westford, MA
Job Title: QA Automation Engineer
Job Order #AKAR678
Date Posted: July 5th, 2018
Valid through: August 30th, 2018
Job DescriptionGreat team, learning and growth, making an impact, being heard, opportunity, excellent benefits and fun! We are a powerful technical team leading the way with innovative ideas in the employment space. In our agile environment we are able to quickly grasp, analyze, contribute, and put ideas into motion. The work environment is highly-collaborative and intellectually stimulating. Our efforts are acknowledged with small celebrations when we hit our sprint goals. This is a company you can feel proud of, and a team that feels like family.
Job Responsibilities
- Review user stories, identify incorrect or missing acceptance criteria, outline test cases/write automation scenarios, test for defects, demo user stories to product owners
- Participate in: backlog grooming (discuss upcoming user stories), demo to stakeholders, team retrospective, sprint planning and deployments
- Software QA manual testing experience is required
- Software QA automation test experience is required (70% of the job)
- Object oriented language is a must (we use Java/Groovy)
- HTML and CSS experience is a plus
- Ability to find elements using XPath (or read about this skill online and be prepared to discuss)
- Cucumber and Selenium WebDriver automation experience is a plus (at a minimum, read about Cucumber online and be prepared to talk about why it is used and what the parts are)
- Top notch communicator, both written and verbal, since none of us are mind readers
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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