Senior Software Automation Test Engineer

Intelligence Node is a real-time retail intelligence platform that empowers businesses to drive product-level profitability and grow margins using data-driven real-time competitive insights. Intelligence Node's cutting-edge technology leverages AI to aggregate and analyze billions of data points across 1,900 retail categories in 34 global markets. Intelligence Node's business model provides a comprehensive suite of solutions encompassing product matching, digital shelf analytics, assortment & availability, pricing & promotions, and brand compliance, to aid retailers and brands in all strategic and operational decision-making. Its patented product matching engine and proprietary AI offer 99% data accuracy and 10-second data refresh rates. In December 2024, Intelligence Node was acquired by Interpublic Group (IPG), a global leader in marketing solutions. Joining forces with IPG through this strategic acquisition allows Intelligence Node to deliver a future-ready combined solution to companies navigating the complexities of today's commerce landscape. Together, we can provide the comprehensive data, advanced analytics, and strategic expertise that enterprise brands and retailers need to win market share and drive sustainable growth.

Job Description:

Intelligence Node is looking for an experienced Senior Software Automation Test Engineer who can seamlessly handle testing and verification. You will work closely with other technology and content operations teams to define and build the quality verification systems for our tools and platform.

Joining our team will give you endless opportunities to use your passion, ingenuity, experience, and pragmatism to build a world-class experience for our customers. The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for the development and maintenance of manual and automated testing and test frameworks for teams. The successful candidate will be a strong leader with a passion for improving quality throughout the organization. Come join us, in building one of the most disruptive digital businesses, at the earth's most customer centric company

Specifically, you will:

• Develop functional and performance test plans and cases for internal and external-facing software systems.
• Drive improvements in software engineering practices across engineering teams.
• Build tools and frameworks for automated testing.

Candidate Profile:

• 5–9 years in QA/Automation with 3+ years hands-on Cypress (JS/TS).
• Strong with POM, data-driven tests, custom commands, intercepts, stubs/mocks, and handling dynamic elements/retries.
• Solid TypeScript/JavaScript fundamentals (modules, async/await, promises).
• Proven CI/CD experience (any of: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) with artifacts and parallelization.
• Experience with API testing (Cypress request flows), JSON assertions, schema/contract validation.
• Comfortable with git, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Exposure to BrowserStack or similar cross-browser platforms.
• Clear, concise communicator; can turn ambiguous requirements into testable scenarios.

Nice to Have

• Cucumber/BDD with Cypress (@badeball/*), Allure/Mochawesome dashboards.
• Node.js scripting for test data and utilities.
• Dockerized test execution; basic Kubernetes familiarity.
• Performance basics (Lighthouse/Web Vitals) and accessibility tooling (axe).
• SQL basics for test verification (e.g., Postgres/MySQL).

Tools & Stack (typical)

• Cypress (JS/TS), Node.js, npm/yarn, Git, CI (GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins/Azure), Allure/Mochawesome, BrowserStack/Sauce, Postman/Insomnia, ESLint/Prettier, Docker.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills and an ability to come up with creative solutions to impossible-to-solve problems
• Experience with testings Angular / Ruby on Rails based web applications is a Plus.
• Experience with testing mobile apps.
• Past success with being a forward thinker and an advocate for the customer