Automation Engineer

• Play a central role in enhancing our automation capabilities for testing our core platform.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers and stakeholders to write test cases for new changes and work within an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Develop and agree on test plans with BAs and Software Development engineers, reviewing requirements, specifications, and technical design documents.
• Contribute to improving our test automation framework around the growing suite of APls and Uls on the platform.
• Contribute to our BDD framework, allowing testers to carry out tasks and generate test data via Jira input or Gherkin feature files.
• Log bugs, report issues to developers, and take full ownership and accountability for follow-up to ensure corrective action is taken.

Required:

• Experience: 7+ years as a Software Test Engineer or Developer with a focus on Test Automation.
  • Languages: Proficient in Java, C#, and JavaScript.
  • Testing Types: Extensive experience in functional, performance, compatibility, usability, reliability, security, and maintainability testing.
• Automation: 5+ years in automating web and API testing; 4+ years in modern automation frameworks (Playwright, Cucumber, Cypress, Mocha, Chai, Jest), with 2+ years specifically in Playwright and Cucumber.
• Development Methodologies: 5+ years in BDD and TDD, generating test cases from User Story Acceptance Criteria.
• Test Environment: Skilled in preparing test data, setting up environments, and working with mobile apps, microservices, and distributed systems.
• QA Processes: 5+ years in QA methodology and Agile/Scrum practices.
• Tools: Strong experience with JIRA/ADO, QTEST/XRay, GITLAB/Bitbucket, and CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Harness). Familiar with API testing tools (Postman, SOAPUI).
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and client coordination experience.

Desired:

• Node experience
• Docker
• Serenity/SerenityJS
• Kubernetes
• Experience with things like A/B Testing, Blue/Green releases, Canary releases, Feature flags
• Good knowledge of databases and SQL, highly desired.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, military, or work experience.

GalaxE, now Endava, is a professional IT services firm that specializes in platform-driven solutions and the use of automation to achieve enterprise business transformation and mission-critical change for some of the largest companies in the world. Using our proprietary solution set, GxFource®, we apply machine learning techniques and predictive analytics tools as part of a broad artificial intelligence strategy that provides effective impact and data-driven business transformation. 

Since its founding, GalaxE has been dedicated to advancing the benefits of technology. Recently, we have joined forces with Endava, to offer our employees global exposure and enhanced opportunities. As we continue that legacy and look to the future, a focus on business enablement through agile, cost-efficient, and effective integration of people, process, and technology anchors our success. We revolutionize change in the costs of doing business that transform companies and their ability to leap beyond the competition.

We value people and are committed to diversity and inclusion where our employees are made to feel comfortable and are encouraged to be authentic.

We are always looking for passionate, entrepreneurial-minded innovators and disrupters; game-changers that take ownership of the work they produce and bring it each and every day. Working with like-minded team members you will get a chance to discover, develop, and use cutting-edge technologies to transform the way we deliver creative business solutions.

Sound like you? Join us and find out for yourself what it means for you, and your career, to be part of the GalaxE team. Let’s build something, together.

*Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

** Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on actual job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of remaining stationary at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift to 15 lbs., as needed
• Must be able to work on-site (corporate/client offices), as needed (not applicable for 100% remote roles)
• Occasionally required to bend, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead.
• Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. 
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, the ability to tolerate fluorescent lighting, and the ability to adjust focus.

Employees must be able to perform the physical requirements of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees requiring accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs, absent undue hardship.

For more information, please visit https://info.endava.com/galaxe-has-joined-endava