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Company Summary
Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for six consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.Job SummaryThis Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer will need to be well versed in all aspects of Quality Assurance with heavy focus on UI and API level Automation. Has knowledge of software engineering practices including continuous integration, configuration management, build optimization, build automation, and deployment. The candidate drives software architecture to be focused on test automation and is familiar with multiple test automation frameworks.Essential Functions- Create test plans, test cases and drive continuous improvements to the quality assurance processes
- Write manual and automated test cases for frontend and backend
- Assist with the creation and development of Automated Test scripts for Ui and API
- Execute periodic manual and automated test cases
- Investigate and reproduce bugs and drive fixes through test and production stages
- Build scripts to automate critical path tests
- Interpret and report testing results and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process
- Own QA for large scale systems
- Work with Dev and QA engineers to develop best practices for software quality assurance across multiple software teams
- Engage in design and development of quality infrastructure that encourages the optimal combination of component/integration and end to end tests
- Document Test Cases, Planning, Tasks, and Results in shared repository
- Strong/Expert knowledge of Development and QA processes: different types and categories of testing, unit/integration/system/acceptance, functional/regression/performance, black/grey/white board
- Practical/Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Quality assurance: 5-8 years of both Web application and web service testing
- 3-5 years of experience with running and developing automated test scripts
- B.S. Degree (Engineering preferred) or significant equivalent experience
- Experience developing automation code in Selenium, C#
- Strong experience with UI and API test automation tools (Selenium, etc.)
- Experience in Agile Software development methodologies
- Experience in Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Experience with AWS cloud hosting environments
- Experience with usability best practices; able to influence and improve user experience
- Manages own work queue, assists others on the team with their work queues as necessary
- Work under general direction from lead
- Works with one or more functional teams
- Mentors junior team members
- Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
- 5+ years of Software QA experience
- Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools
- Have experience in defining test strategy spanning across multiple systems, writing test plans, test automation
- Have experience owning QA for large scale systems
- Working knowledge of common automation frameworks such as JUnit or TestNG
- Obsession with quality and customer experience; attention to detail coupled with ability to think abstractly
- Expert knowledge of the (SDLC) Software Development Lifecycle
- Expert knowledge of QA process: different levels, types and methods of testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance, functional, regression and performance, black, grey and white box
- Strong knowledge of APM (Application Performance Management) tools & SDLC integration
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Actively designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents apps/tools/test automation, knowledge of 2+ programming languages to an intermediate/expert level. (C, C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, Python)
- Pluses:
- Knowledge of multiple load test tools and frameworks
- DB administration knowledge
- Experience working with commercial software applications, or mid-to-large scale websites (1-5k+ users)
- B.S. Degree (Engineering preferred) or significant equivalent experience
- 5-7 years Software/Test Engineering experience
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