Test Automation Engineer III

At PDI Technologies, we empower some of the world's leading convenience retail and petroleum brands with cutting-edge technology solutions that drive growth and operational efficiency.

By "Connecting Convenience" across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with customers through loyalty programs, shopper insights, and unmatched real-time market intelligence via mobile applications, such as GasBuddy.  We're a global team committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving real impact. Explore our opportunities and become part of a company that values diversity, integrity, and growth.

Role Overview

As a Test Automation Engineer (a.k.a. Software Engineer In Test) you will be part of an Agile team and involved in all aspects of our projects' lifecycle from inception through release working closely with the team's product owner, architects and engineers. Your mandate on the team will be to: (a) 
maximize the quality, measurability and supportability
 of the 
production features
 being developed, (b) 
maximize the testability
 of the software by finding and closing gaps in test coverage (c)  minimize 
the team's overall internal defect escapes
 by shifting the balance of how we manage quality from 
end-of-cycle defect detection & containment
 (bug-finding & fix cycles) to 
up-front defect prevention
 (automation backed coverage of all our application features).

You will not be writing production code.  You will however be writing 
a lot of code
 in the form of tools, emulators, mocks, fakes, stubs, unit, component and integration tests. You will also be working closely with the Engineering DevOps teams helping enhance our integration with our continuous integration (CI) systems, our virtual labs and helping build out fully automated reporting of all the various project quality metrics with a vision of achieving "push-button" reporting of a project's software quality and trending (code coverage, static analysis, test surface coverage).

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up test environments as required including client and web applications, services and databases
• Preparing Automation Test Plans for Service Level Tests, Integration Tests and UI tests as needed
• Review product owner acceptance criteria and look for Non Functional Requirement gaps to fill
• Mentor and support other engineering teams on how to write good unit tests, component, integration and E2E tests using best practices and standard frameworks
• Question & challenge manual QA by other teams and guide them to eliminate it replacing manual with automation
• Support automating traceability of Stories, Acceptance Criteria and Test cases through the integration of CI and BDD frameworks and tools
• Be part of an Agile team, participate in all Agile ceremonies & activities and be accountable for the sprint deliverable
• Participate in Release/Iteration planning, smoke, feature and regression test planning
• Design & build automation smoke, feature & regression tests
• Review code with your peers for testability, supportability and look for full unit test coverage
• Write feature use cases in BDD to drive the creation of automated and/or manual test cases
• Build mocks, emulators, fakes, stubs and test case libraries driving towards 100% acceptance test coverage of stories

Qualifications

• 5 - 9 years
  of experience in software development and software automation
• Proficient in SQL based RDBMS, DML & DDL (e.g. 
  MySQL
  , 
  PostgreSQL
  , 
  Microsoft SQL Server
  , 
  MariaDB
  ...)
• Proficient in two or more of:  
  WCF
  , 
  .NET WebAPI
  , 
  Selenium/Appium
  , 
  Coded UI
  , 
  MS Automation UI
• Experience integrating testing results with CI tools: 
  MSBuild
  , 
  Jenkins
  , 
  SonarQube
  , etc
• Experience with network management, windows application, services, web application and database setup
• Experience with BDD, gherkin language (
  SpecFlow
  , 
  Cucumber
  , 
  JBehave
  )
• Experience with multi-tenant architecture, infrastructure security & routing
• Experience writing functional and performance tests for Web APIs and Web Applications
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., 
  Redis
  , 
  Cassandra
  , 
  MongoDB
  , ...)
• Experience writing tests for SPA client development stacks(Angular, AngularJS, Xamarin Forms, React, NativeScript)
• Experience with mocking frameworks and IoC/DI: 
  Moq
  , 
  RhinoMocks
  , 
  CastleWindsor
  , 
  EF
• Experience hooking windows and web controls via code

Preferred Qualification

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
• Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
• Considers 'best-practice' standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures
• Experience with one or more mainstream programming languages: 
  C#
  ,
  Node.JS/JavaScript
  , 
  Go
  , 
  Python
• Experience writing functional E2E automation tests
• Aware of CI, CD & DevOps tools & scripting (i.e. 
  Jenkins
  , 
  Bash
  , 
  PowerShell
  , 
  Chef
  , 
  Puppet
  , 
  Ansible
  , 
  SaltStack
   
  Artifactory
  )
• Strong computer science fundamentals: OOP, design patters, data structures & algorithms
• Preferred: Fuel Retail, Wholesale or Logistics domain experience

Behavioral Competencies

• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Communicates Effectively
• Balances Stakeholders
• Collaborates Effectively

PDI is committed to offering a well-rounded benefits program, designed to support and care for you, and your family throughout your life and career.  This includes a competitive salary, market-competitive benefits, and a quarterly perks program. We encourage a good work-life balance with ample time off [time away] and, where appropriate, hybrid working arrangements.  Employees have access to continuous learning, professional certifications, and leadership development opportunities. Our global culture fosters diversity, inclusion, and values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought, ensuring a supportive environment for all.