Automation Engineer

Job Description
About the Role
The Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Supply Chain Engineering organization is seeking an energetic and talented Software Engineer at our Pune location in India for driving high-value, high-quality features to our industry-leading Supply Chain capability. At Williams-Sonoma, Inc., we build 7 of the retail industry-leading websites -- Williams-Sonoma, west elm, Mark and Graham, GreenRow and the Pottery Barn family. This role will work across the entire functional domain of all the brands.

The ideal candidate would have the ability to effectively come up with technical design for capabilities across supply chain systems, influence/participate in architectural/design discussions, strategic planning, roadmaps, and decisions to ensure we build impactful, compelling, and scalable solutions in an incremental fashion, unlocking hyper-growth, data-driven decision making and creating a world of possibilities for our customers/business.

Success in the role requires agility and results-orientation, strategic and innovative thinking, a proven track record of delivering new customer-facing software products at scale, rigorous analytical skills, and a passion for automation and data-driven approaches to solving problems.

Responsibilities
Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by development teams.

Collaborate with team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test scripts and scenarios.

Determine the test dependencies including the QE test environment, QE tools, training, build and deploy plans, infra-team dependency and communication process.

Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories.

Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery and collaborates with teams.

Executes smoke, functional, integration and nonfunctional test scripts as part of project lifecycle.

Able to determine the root cause of the failed manual or automated test scripts.

Collaborate with team members to identify existing manual and automated scripts impacted by the development of new features and capabilities.

Maintains the automated testing suite and corresponding framework for a given application.

Integrate the new tests into the CI pipeline.

Design and develop high quality test automation frameworks, from which other QE engineers can create repeatable automated tests for UI as well as for API.

Raise the standard of QE practices and stay up to date with the latest technologies emerging in Quality Engineering.

Criteria
5+ years of overall experience in creating and executing automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories.

Proven experience in developing, meeting deadlines and operating under tight time constraints.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Demonstrated experience in making articulate and effective oral presentations to different audiences.

Excellent interpersonal skills including such areas as team spirit, negotiation, collaboration, pitching in where needed, valuing and respecting individuals irrespective of seniority levels.

Bachelor's Of Engineering degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Technical Competencies Required
5+ Years demonstrable experience as a Software Development Test Engineer in API/UI/mobile automation.

Experience in testing with XML and web-based SOAP/RESTful services.

Technical expertise in Java 17+.

Experience in SQL.

Experience with any of the Testing Frameworks (TestNG, JUNIT, Cucumber)

Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.

Experience with backend testing and writing SQL queries.

Knowledge of Cross-browser testing using Selenium Grid, Browser Stack, Sauce Labs etc.

Software delivery leveraging agile practices at scale.

Knowledge of Supply Chain Domain.

Experience with building CI/CD and DevOps solutions.

About Us
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide.

Williams-Sonoma has established a technology center in Pune, India to enhance its global operations. The India Technology Center serves as a critical hub for innovation and focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions in areas such as e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management. By integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, the India Technology Center plays a crucial role in accelerating Williams-Sonoma's growth and maintaining its competitive edge in the global market