Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global market leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. We are on a mission to redefine how organizations connect with their audiences - and that’s just the beginning!

Organizations, large and small, depend on us to accurately publicize market-moving news and multimedia, and generate social engagements that develop interactions with their target audiences.

About the Role

Business Wire’s Software Quality Engineering team supports a wide array of on-premises and cloud-based applications. We collaborate with several development teams across multiple product areas and focus on continuous improvement through incremental adjustments and rapid integration of feedback. The Software Quality Engineering team quickly identifies and improves our processes and testing methods so that we deliver excellent and dependable products. We are a strong team of skilled, motivated, and detail-oriented professionals hailing from diverse backgrounds and continually learning to solve new, challenging problems. 

The Quality Assurance Automation Engineer has experience in software development and quality engineering. The right candidate can apply their knowledge of programming languages, data structures, and algorithms to identify and fix issues in the code while helping to create test automated frameworks, integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline, and write code to improve the overall testability of our software. They investigate and determine how best to automate testing of applications and services and will be responsible for updating the test automation framework, maintaining test cases, and troubleshooting application test failures from sprint to sprint. 

What You'll Do

•  Partner with the Engineering and Product teams to understand software features, help debug code, automate repetitive tasks, and help implement new tools and frameworks to streamline the quality process. 
• Perform exploratory and manual testing as necessary to ensure high test coverage. 
• Collaborate with your Agile team to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and test cases that closely mimic real-world scenarios. 
• Plan, create, automate, and run API, functional, and non-functional test cases. 
• Identify, log, and track test results including defects discovered during all phases of test, and troubleshoot any errors and points of failure. 
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers in test design and coding best practices through code reviews. 
• Coordinate with leadership and all parties involved in the SDLC to ensure test coverage for code deploy events. 
• Produce a large amount of consistent, high-quality automation code, and ensure extensive unit, API, and regression test coverage. 

What You'll Need

• Must be able to work west coast hours - 8am to 5pm Pacific.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field with relevant work experience. 
• 3+ years of Quality Assurance Automation experience with strong coding skills and a comprehensive understanding of key concepts of software quality. 
• 3+ years of experience creating, running, and troubleshooting automation scripts for testing web applications, microservices, and Java applications using open-source test tools. Selenium is required. Pytest and TestNG are pluses. 
• 3+ years of experience programming in Python/Java. 
• Experience creating, modifying, and maintaining Automation Framework Models such as Modular, Keyword-Driven, Data-Driven, or Hybrid. 
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and perform multiple tasks under minimal supervision. 
• Experience working with DevOps installing, configuring, and integrating Automation scripts on Continuous Integration (CI) tools. 
• Experience working in version control systems. 
• Experience implementing quality improvement and Agile software development methodologies. 
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving skills and an ability to explain concepts and solutions in simple terms. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills that drive positive outcomes.
• Experience with stress, performance, and load testing using Locust and/or JMeter. 
• Mobile application test experience. 

Business Wire will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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What We Offer

The base salary range for this position is $115K to $127K/year.  Offered salary will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to: applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with geographic market data.  Business Wire reserves the right to modify this salary range at any time.




Business Wire’s total rewards include:

• Ability to work remotely
• Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
• $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
• 401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
• PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!

A pre-employment background check will be required after the acceptance of an offer. Business Wire is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Business Wire will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.