QA Automation Engineer

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For over 10 years, we have developed technology-driven and innovative solutions thanks to our team of 220+ talented #DaCoders, including developers, architects, UX/UI designers, PMs, QA testers, and more. Our team collaborates on projects with clients across LATAM and the United States, delivering outstanding results.

At DaCodes, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally, work on a variety of projects across different industries, and contribute to building innovative, high-performance iOS applications.

Our DaCoders play a crucial role in the success of our company and our clients. You will have the chance to work with disruptive startups and global brands while contributing your expertise to impactful projects.

Position: QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities
- Operate as a self-sufficient, T-shaped, QA Automation Engineer
- Review technical architecture documentation for the project and ensure that the
engineering team’s deliverables are implemented accordingly
- Design, implement, maintain, and administer automated test frameworks with results
reporting
- Build new QA automation tests in parallel with development of new user interfaces
- Support manual QA testing efforts and the conversion of manual test cases into
automated test cases
- Work with the TechOps team to deploy automation tests as part of the CI/CD process
- Participate in reporting metrics for both manual and automated testing
- Author and maintain technical documentation and how-to instructions on automation
frameworks and scripts
- Participate in functional and technical reviews
- Assist in identifying process improvements and application enhancements
- Create test plans
- Collaborate with the development team to plan, create, manage and execute the
overall test plan per feature
- Maximize test coverage for the most critical features and most critical systems.
Prioritize automation scenarios based on associated business risk.
- Investigate, debug and triage problems in automation, and work towards solutions
independently or with others in the department, as necessary
- Identify and report bugs, with clear, efficient steps to reproduce
- Investigate customer problems referred by technical support
- Dive into code as technical challenges arise to perform root-cause analyses and
implement resolutions

- Track the progress of defects and work closely with developers or system
administrators to ensure they are fixed in a timely manner
- Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the development and release cycle
- Participate as a team-player that works together with your fellow team members to
deliver commitments on time
- Work effectively with an internationally-distributed team across multiple time zones
- Develop proofs of concepts as needed
- Keep current with QA automation engineering best-practices, design principles,
technology, security, and compliance in order to apply that knowledge to all of the
responsibilities above

Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software
Engineering, or similar engineering major
- 2+ years of Quality engineering automation testing experience in a cloud-based
environment, excluding internships
- Manual and automated testing experience in user interfaces, web services, and API’s
- Experience with QA automation frameworks, scripting, and coding
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Ability to work across the full technology stack (front-end plus back-end)
- Experience engineering in linux and/or MacOS environments
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Bonus Points
- Insurance industry experience, preferably in distribution
- Healthcare technology industry experience
- Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
engineering major
- Experience working as a member of a highly-collaborative engineering team

- Experience with automated CI/CD environments and tools
- Experience documenting test plans and results with TestMo
- Experience with UI testing frameworks and tools like Selenium
- Experience as a developer
- Experience engineering a SaaS product/platform
- Experience with cloud-based deployments
- Experience with performance testing in highly scalable cloud applications
- Experience engineering with containers
- Experience with multiple languages, frameworks, databases, services, and tools
- Experience engineering with TDD
- Experience engineering with message/event queues
- Experience with agile/scrum process methodology
- Active participation in widely-used open source projects

Benefits of Working at DaCodes

🚀 Work with global brands and disruptive startups.
🏡 Remote work / Home office.
📍 If a hybrid or on-site model is required, you will be informed from the first session.
⏳ Work schedule aligned with the assigned project/team.
📅 Monday to Friday schedule.
⚖️ Legal benefits (Applicable for Mexico).
🎉 Day off on your birthday.
🏥 Private health insurance (Applicable for Mexico).
🛡️ Life insurance (Applicable for Mexico).
🌎 Multicultural teams.
🎓 Access to courses and certifications.
📢 Meetups with industry experts and top universities.
📡 Virtual networking events and interest groups.
📢 English classes.
🏆 Opportunities within our different business lines.
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