QA Engineer

The Opportunity“Come join our highly energetic team of software engineers to create the next generation decisioning platform for FICO’s feature management capabilities. As a QA Engineer, you will be part of an expanding and highly valued software development team which is developing cutting edge analytic software for high profile customers across a wide variety of industries using the latest technologies and software development methodologies” - Director, Software EngineeringWhat You’ll Contribute- Develop test plan and test strategy meeting functional requirements, user stories and user acceptance criteria.- Participate in release planning and product roll-out.- Perform hands-on manual and automated testing (both "black" and "grey" box). Execute application, usability, functional, regression and performance testing for backend business applications written in C++ and Java and applications in a client/server environment.- Review, author and maintain flexible and maintainable automated test scripts to support QA automation.- Identify and analyze issues, bugs, defects, and other problems, particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommend and facilitates solutions to these issues.- Communicate product readiness, generation of quality metrics, level of quality, and results to Quality Assurance Management and the project team.- Identify gaps in the quality assurance and testing processes, generate solutions, and actively address them for continuous improvement.What We’re Seeking- Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science, Applications Systems Design, or other related field of study.- 7+ years of overall experience.- Expertise in the software quality assurance industry with strong QA process knowledge.- Excellent testing skills and experience with commercial software development processes, SaaS or ASP (Application Service Provider) for browser-based applications, client/server application and database driven applications on Unix/Linux, Windows.- Ability to develop and implement test automation strategies.- Collaborate with development and Product management team for current and future releases.- Ability to explore new/latest testing tools as per the product requirement.- Should have hands on experience in migration, upgrade, integration, end to end testing- Should have hands on experience in building automation framework for GUI and API/Webservices.- Should have good knowledge and experience in Agile methodology and related processes.- Proficiency with test management tools like qTest, Allure, JIRA, Quality Center.- Proficiency in QA concepts and methodologies.- Proficiency in C++ , Python is a must.- Should have basic knowledge of Java 17+.- Knowledge of UI automation tools like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress (or any other tool which use Java).- Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.- Proficiency in GitHub/SVN. Experience with CI/CD tools knowledge for e.g. Github Actions, Jenkins.- Good to have knowledge of performance tools like Apache Jmeter, Load, Soak, Stress, Spike etc.- Strong with RDBMS and NoSQL skills with the ability to generate complex queries, for database systems like Oracle, MongoDB or the likes.- Should have knowledge and experience for working in Unix.Our Offer to You- An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.- The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.- Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.- An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.