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 ContributeDevelop 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 SeekingBachelors' Degree in Computer Science, Applications Systems Design, or other related field of study.6+ 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 testingShould 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.Experience in C++ 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 YouAn 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.