Quality Assurance Engineer Ii, Kix-qa

DESCRIPTION The Kindle Ingestion and Expansion KIX team create technology to empower authors to publish in both Kindle and Print through Print-On-Demand formats on kdp amazon com so that readers have the largest catalog of books possible We own Print-on-Demand tech all up including publishing through Kindle Enterprise Publishing kep amazon com and the tech required to manufacture and ship books globally We also include Mesa multitenant software and services that accelerate time-to-market for businesses across Amazon such as Amazon Video Amazon Music Merch By Amazon Digital Software and Video Games ComiXology Kindle Periodicals Amazon locker and more Key job responsibilities Knowledge of QA methodology and tools with Demonstrated QA experience in an SDET or QAE role Knowledge on testing frameworks UI API and AI and automation experience Reporting skills proficient in creating status reports based on automation results Shows creativity and initiative to improve product coverage and effectiveness Experience working closely with development and business teams to communicate impacts and to understand business requirements Experience with web and mobile application development or testing Organizational skills demonstrated ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize results Comfortable communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings Experience with API automation testing including unit test automation frameworks A day in the life Quality Assurance Engineers at Amazon test applications and products at the user level and code level both manually and with automated tools Our QAEs are not pure black box testers they are able to understand software internals debug problems using log files and write automated tests with scripting tools and or user-level automated tools QAEs at Amazon are excellent individual contributors capable of taking up tasks from start to completion with minimal help QAEs are responsible to understand the product domain define test strategy and test plans develop and drive test case execution and drive best practices to release high quality software to our customers You will work with Software Development Engineers to understand features and technical implementation You will also work with groups such as Product Management UX designers to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies You will develop automated tests to help fasten testing cycles and release faster to our customers In this role you will be responsible to deliver manual automated solutions to test customer facing features As innovators we embrace new technology you will be empowered to choose the right highly scalable and available technology to solve complex problems in software quality assurance If you enjoy building software quality solutions for highly distributed systems and solving challenging problems come join us About the team KIX-QA exists in Chennai and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of features delivered by the KIX Team with the primary goal of delivering exceptional customer experience for KDP Authors and KEP Publishers Empower engineers to efficiently and confidently roll out features delivering the optimal end-to-end user experience Boost engineering productivity with gray-box testing tooling and resilient automation frameworks BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 4 years of quality assurance engineering experience - Experience in manual testing - Experience in automation testing - Experience scripting or coding - Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium - Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner