Junior QA Software Engineer - Automation

We’re an energized bunch, who love to be at the forefront of innovation. We make it our mission to develop and stay ahead of the latest trends and technology. Our goal? To put customers at the core of what we do and to deliver solutions that drive transformation and unlock the potential of people and businesses.

Required skills and experience:

- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related area of study
- Formal SDLC experience using Agile methodologies
- 0-1 years of hands on experience in test automation development
- Experience using UI and API automation tools preferably CodedUI, Selenium, Java
- Applied knowledge of QA methodology
- Understanding the concept relational database structure and usage
- Ability to manage priorities and conflicting timelines and work in a fast paced environment with firm deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Team player
- Ability to shift from automation to manual testing as required
- Good time-management skills

Nice to have skills:

- Preferable coding skills in one or more of the following: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python or other similar ing
- Hands on experience working with one or more of the following: VSTS, Octopus, Visual Studio, TFS, Microsoft Test Manager, HP Quality Center, Jira
- Hands on experience creating and executing performance testing using performance testing tools

What will you contribute?

As a member of Cheque Technologies Quality Engineering team, the Junior QA Automation Engineer will be responsible for designing developing and executing back end automated tests, enhancing and maintaining test automation framework and designing and executing integrated regression test suites across all projects within Cheque Technologies. Responsibilities will also include creating and executing performance and load tests for projects. QA Automation Engineer will work closely together with the assigned project scrum team and be an integral part of product delivery from planning to release.

Your deliverables as a QA Automation Engineer will include, but will not be limited to:

- Work with the project scrum team to design, implement and execute an effective test strategy
- Work with the team to develop and execute both manual and automated test sets
- Work with the project scrum team to plan, analyze and estimate user stories
- Execute application functional and integration testing
- Maintain a source code repository of all s and programs related to automation framework and tests
- Track testing progress on QA automation as well as manual testing and report back to scrum team and manager
- Enhance test automation framework in a timely and accurate manner to extend technical QA capabilities for projects
- Work with the team to develop and execute performance and load test sets for each project
- Log and track detailed defects in Jira

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In Cheque technologies, you would be given an opportunity to be part of a team which innovates and re-engineers technology that drives majority of revenue for Canadian TEMS business. That includes building use of Cloud Azure environment, development on open source NOP commerce platform, use of tools and frameworks such as MVC, Angular, ASP.net, C# etc. If you are eager to see your new ideas materialize and you are ready to be a part of an innovative team, this is a perfect opportunity for you!