Automation engineer- Kotlin/expresso

We're hiring a senior SDET to work on our hybrid android application (WebView based). Our app is now over 10 million dairy farmers trade cattle, in a peer-peer marketplace, to improve their economic conditions. Your frameworks and tools will have a far-reaching impact on a dairy farmer's life and indirectly make a positive impact on our GDP.

Ideally, you're a person who loves performing test automation, including the creation & management of test scenarios, documentation, and coding tests. You will help drive the design & building of E2E test automation and frameworks for our React. js-based hybrid mobile application. Moreover, you will find bottlenecks & thresholds in existing code with the help of automation tools.

Requirements:

• Prior experience with Appium or other automated mobile testing technologies.
• Knowledge of front-end/UI testing is highly desired.
• Hands-on experience on more of TestNG, JUnit, Spring Test, etc.
• Experience in working with Agile + DevOps' process management methodology.
• Experience in using one or more of Rest Assured, Super Test, Postman, and Swagger.
• Experience in using mocking frameworks.
• Experience in using API testing frameworks.
• Experience in Performance testing frameworks and the ability to design performance tests.
• Experience in some scripting languages, like Shell, Python, etc.

• Expected Salary bands

  3 - 5years - upto 8lpa
  5 - 7years - upto 11lpa
  7 - 9years - upto 14lpa
  9 - 12 years - upto 16lpa

• Minimum 2 years of hands on experience in Automation testing
  
  

• Experience with either or more of these tools

  Selenium-Web driver, Selenium Grid, Selenium Page Object Model, Page Factory concept
  JS based automation tools like Webdriver.io, Protractor, Cypress, Jasmine, Karate, etc.
  API automation tools like Karate, SoapUI, Postman, RestAssured, etc.
  Mobile automation tools like Appium, Calaba.sh, SauceLabs, BrowserStack, etc.
  Commercial tools like UFT, Ranorex, TestComplete, etc.

• Must have hands on experience in using either or more of

  Programming/Scripting languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScripting
  Reporting frameworks: ReportPortal.io, ExtentReports, TestNG, Allure Reports, etc.

• Must be aware of effective use of one or more of

  execution tools like TestNG, NUnit, Junit, MBUnit, MSTest
  source control management tools like git, TFS, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, etc.
  build tools like Maven, Ant, Graddle, MS Build, circleCI, Azure Pipeline, etc.
  continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Dockers, etc.

• Must have experience of designing and implementing test frameworks like Data driven, Keyword driven or Hybrid.

• Should be able to write basic DDL, DML command using any database like Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, PostGreSQL, etc.

• Good to have experience in automating different layers (Front end, backend, web-services/API) of application using different automation approach.

• Good to have exposure to various
  test methodologies like BDD, TDD, ATDD will be a plus
  test management tools like AzureTestPlans, Zephyr, Xray, Jira, etc.

Part of consumer facing front end applications that will be used by millions of users.

What you will do:

• Design and implementation of internal automation tools for QA.
• Create and implement test plans, test cases, integration tests for both functional and performance use cases.
• Respond to support team tickets as needed to resolve bugs and issues
• Reviewing error logs and metrics.

Experience Range: 

2-3 years with technical hands-on coding and analytical skills.

Technical Expertise:

• 2-3 years experience in manual or automated testing.
• Experience with testing consumer facing mobile applications.
• Willingness to learn and build automation frameworks for testing.
• Confirm, verify bugs and determine steps to reproduce. 
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bias for action shipping quality code quickly.

What you will be doing:

• Review and analyze system specifications.

• Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans.

• Execute test cases (automated) and analyze results.

• Evaluate product code according to specifications.

• Create logs to document testing phases and defects.

• Report bugs and errors to development teams.

• Help troubleshoot issues.

• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing.

• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role.

• Experience in QA methodology.

• Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing is a plus.

• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors.

• Working knowledge of test management software (e.g. qTest, Zephyr) and SQL.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Attention to detail.

• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Hands-on experience with Selenium/Appium, Java/Python, Rest Assured, BDD.

• Knowledge of mobile automation, API automation, and API testing.

What will I be doing? 👩💻👨💻

1. You will be owning features through inception, design feedback, implementation, and launch. This will include building test plans for new features and improvising on existing test plans for feature updates and customer feedback.
2. You will collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, Backend Engineers, Data Engineers, and Customer Support
3. You will identify areas for automation and writing automated tests to ensure repeatability, coverage, reliability, and catching regressions.

What do I need? 🤓

1. Strong quality sense and experience working closely with web/mobile development teams
2. Excellent communication skills and passion for tough technical problems
3. Attention to detail and voice of customer experience
4. Experience automating end to end UI tests for mobile and web apps
5. Experience in championing customer feedback post-launch and bringing it to the attention of relevant teams
6. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

Brownie points 🍰

1. Understanding of the importance of test plans and how to approach writing informative bug reports

Feel free to apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. As long as you're a quick learner, and are excited about changing the status quo for tech recruitment, we're happy to support you as you come up to speed with our tech stack.

• Work very closely with development teams to ensure technical specifications and final product meet business requirements. 
• Responsible for setting up and implementing test automation strategy from a Functional and Non-functional perspective for one module or multiple modules who you work with.
• Understand User Experience, design thinking, and its importance to product features.
• Responsible for the addition of new capabilities and features in the automation framework which is used by the entire QA team for test automation.

• +3 years of exposure to manual testing on different methodologies.
• Experience in generating test cases.
• QA knowledge in test automation for products or systems.
• Exposure to agile methodology, cross-browser testing, functional testing, Regression testing, and Performance testing.
• Prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure and risks on the project or closure of escalations.
• Experience in generating Test Case documentation.
• Strong Knowledge of Test Automation, Software Testing, Selenium, TestNg, API Testing, Jmeter, Appium, and Cucumber 8. 8. Framework
• Good to have knowledge of Jenkins (CI)
• Extent Report generation in selenium
• Programming language - Java (preferred), Javascript, Database

ABOUT RIA

RIA is an InsurTech company on a mission to actively partner with our customers to improve their health and health outcomes. We are taking a very differentiated approach which is backed by how we use health data and digital health to keep our customers healthier.

To enable our mission, we are building our own core InsurTech platform in-house. This platform is cloud-native and on a microservices architecture. We’re building all our core components internally, such as - insurance APIs, an AI/intelligence layer, our own risk models, a health data platform, and a low-code insurance workflow automation platform. 

WHY JOIN US

We’re building the foundation of our team right now, and are looking for ambitious team members to join us and grow rapidly with us. The work environment is fast-paced and you would make a clear impact! 

You’ll partner with a stellar leadership team that comes from IIT Kanpur, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, IIT Guwahati, UChicago Booth, IIT Madras & University of Michigan. The team has also worked at companies such as McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Max Bupa, Swiss Re, ICICI Lombard, ICICI Prudential, etc.

We’re a well-funded start-up, which has raised capital from top VCs, global insurers, and prominent Indian family offices. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

RIA’s vision is to build the gold standard for healthcare technology systems and healthcare data platform in India. The core technology we are building is a data platform on the cloud bringing together vast volumes and types of health data. A data analytics layer will sit on top and allow us to create AI and ML models in the near future. Additionally, we are working on an API ecosystem where we integrate with a number of partners for insurance distribution and business partnerships. And to tie it all together a cutting-edge user experience to deliver better healthcare and insurance experience to customers.  

If you’re looking to not just test applications in a mundane/mechanical way this is the right place for you. Over the next few years, you will get to build automation tools & frameworks in order to productize testing itself at RIA. You will get to understand RIA’s applications inside out like no one does as you create, execute and automate testing at RIA. This is a great opportunity to be part of something new and cutting edge.

REQUIREMENTS

 Must Have:

• 3-4 years of experience as QA Engineer with demonstrable experience in Manual testing
• Experience in Testing web apps and APIs is a must
• Mobile app testing is a plus
• Should be able to define user scenarios using black-box testing and also, identify possible failure modes using white-box testing.
• Automated testing using Selenium and Java - preferred, but can consider others with automation experience too
• Automated testing of APIs and mobile apps is a plus

What You’ll Do

• Manual and automated testing of the various software components that power our robots, cloud services, and mobile and Web applications.

• “Own” the feature or product you test and be the testing expert for your features and products.

• Gather technical requirements, understand functional specification, participate in software design reviews, and validate that a feature or product meets our customers’ requirements.

• Write test plans, execute test cases, and report bugs.
• Your bug reports should describe, in detail, the conditions under which a bug manifests and how it can be reproduced, the resulting product behavior, and the extent of the bug’s impact on our customers.

• Automate software testing to the extent possible to make it more efficient.

• Reproduce and debug customer issues escalated from the field.


What We’re Looking For 

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in CS/CE/IT/EE/E&TC or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in software testing, particularly in Web, mobile, cloud, and embedded systems applications.
• Experience in writing software test plans, executing test cases, and managing the end-to-end bug life cycle.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Java and Python programming skills.
• Familiarity with Android and iOS mobile app testing automation using Appium, and Android and iOS emulators.
• Ability to work well in a team, including remote team members in overseas locations.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with tools such as Eclipse (IDE), TestNG, Maven, Selenium, and JIRA.

• 2-5 years of experience in Manual and Automation testing for Cloud based Web and Mobile Application
• Experience with automation design, scripting, and execution
• An understanding of requirements analysis, design, coding, and unit testing of scalable, distributed, Cloud based applications
• Familiar with agile or other rapid application development
• Expertise in testing API's and debug application issues through API
• Exposure in Continuous integration process implementation by building CI / CD Pipeline using Jenkins and Integrate with Mavens
• Expertise of coding and programming skills in Java / Python
• Solid understanding of software design principles for Building Test Frameworks;
• Think out of the box coming up with creative test design automation frameworks to build / utilities plus tools to develop
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Ability to work in a results-oriented, rapidly changing, dynamic and fast-paced environment that requires collaboration across multiple stakeholders and constituents
• Good Communication skills