QA Engineer

Job description

Description

The Role

Tesla is looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to provide successful validation and verification of applications (ERP and packaged applications) in the non-production environments before moving them to production. The QA Engineer will develop and execute exploratory tests, as well as automated tests, in order to ensure product quality. We would like to find a highly motivated individual who is comfortable working in an agile environment. This role requires a self-starter with the ability to manage day to day tasks, someone to conduct quality assurance activities for both manual / automated test and exploratory validation of application to assess usability and stability, and work with QA Leads in tracking of testing progress.

Responsibilities

· Independently work on project tracks assigned to the resources

· Develop test plans and test cases

· Responsible for preparation of test data for testing

· Work towards aggressive deadlines

· Testing mobile apps

· Execute functional system and integration testing, regression testing of website, ERP, CRM and packaged applications

· Develop automated test suits for applications

· Verify the quality of data; ensure data coming in matches existing data, verify functionality and data output against requirements

· Log, manage and retest defects in bug tracking system

· Report testing status, milestones and issues to project stakeholders

· Keen attention to detail and be exceptionally good at identifying inconsistencies and flaws

· Support off-hours launch and monitoring of systems with IT teams as needed

· Update and use confluence page extensively for open knowledge-sharing

Requirements

· BA/BS in Computer Science, IT, or related field

· 3-5 years professional work experience in QA / Analyst position

· Website/mobile testing, ERP or packaged or auto service application testing experience preferred

· Worked in projects implemented in agile methodology

· Solid professional knowledge of web protocols, web applications and client-server technology

· Experience in data conversion testing

· Strong analytical skills combined with a detailed oriented mindset

· Experience in system testing, regression testing, functional testing, black-box testing and white-box testing

· Experience in bug tracking tools such as JIRA & test management tools like Zephyr & Test Link

· Experience with automated end-to-end testing using open source test tools like Selenium, coded UI and Python

· Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and team oriented environment

· Experience in setting up and maintaining QA environment and test data management

· Good SQL experience querying and extracting data from databases

· Basic programming skills (e.g.: Java, Visual Basic, C/C#/C++, XML, etc.)

· Incredible attention to detail and to be proactive

· Strong written and verbal communication skills; works effectively independently and in teams.

· Extremely flexible and willing to switch tasks based on project priorities

Additional Desired Qualification (functional):

· Experience with LAMP stack and Drupal a plus

· Experience in ETL and ESB testing will be added advantage

· Experience in testing mobile apps

· Experience in SOA will be added advantage

Additional Desired Qualification (Automation Candidates):

· Coding skills in Python & one or more of the following languages: Java, PHP, JavaScript or Ruby

· Experience in VSTS, TFS & Git on Stash

· Test frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG or continuous integration systems

· Strong knowledge of Selenium/Webdriver

· Strong understanding of REST and demonstrated experience with web services APIs

· Knowledge and experience with javascript

· Debugging distributed systems and applications

· Basic knowledge of open source tools such as curl, TestNG, JUnit

· Previous experience with unit testing, continuous integration testing (e.g., Jenkins, Hudson) or delivery

· Mobile testing automation using open source tools like Appium