Quality Assurance Engineer II

Job Overview

As a Quality Assurance Engineer II at LG Ad Solutions, you will be responsible for creating and executing comprehensive test strategies for product features while taking ownership of testing processes with minimal oversight. You will demonstrate advanced testing capabilities, mentor junior team members and work across project teams to ensure high-quality product delivery. This role requires excellent communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to various audiences, strong analytical abilities to identify risks and opportunities and technical expertise to implement efficient testing methodologies. As a QAE II, you will be a key contributor in driving quality improvements and innovation across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Author comprehensive test plans for product features and facilitate appropriate reviews and signoffs
• Create thorough test cases with detailed steps aligned with test plans and according to documented standards; methodically executes test cases (API, functional, integration, system, E2E) and documents results
• Document defects with appropriate severity levels and detailed steps to reproduce as well as tracing each defect to a test case and updating test cases to include validation of the defect to ensure ongoing re-testing
• Prevent defect escapes with close to zero defects through thorough testing and quality advocacy
• Analyze and document defect root causes to prevent similar issues in future releases
• Assess requirements and work with Product Team to clarify to ensure each is unambiguous, testable and overall the requirements are complete as well as generate traceability matrices to ensure 100% test coverage
• Authors comprehensive and clear test summary results including metrics
• Consistently follow established QA processes and procedures
• Conduct detailed test artifact peer reviews and clearly explain feedback importance
• Mentor less experienced team members on testing methodologies and best practices
• Proposes own work priorities to the Manager for approval
• Provide accurate task estimates, meet all deadlines and communicate impediments in a timely manner
• Showcase ability to multi-task effectively across related items
• Provide regular status updates to management and project managers, adjusting detail level appropriate to the audience
• Identify and communicate risks, issues and opportunities (RIOs) including impact analysis through appropriate channels
• Recommend improvements to standard operating procedures (SOPs), tools and metrics
• Champion appropriate and effective usage of test environments
• Develop and maintain efficient automated test scripts using advanced frameworks/techniques and industry-standard tools like Playwright, Selenium, UFT, TestNG, Cypress, etc
• Execute API tests using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, Rest-Assured, etc
• Demonstrate excellent teamwork and collaboration across projets teams; prioritizing team goals over personal preferences
• Anticipate needs and prevent problems across the Team
• Propose innovative ideas to improve testing processes and product quality
• Act with the end user in mind, soliciting first-hand Product and Business information for process improvements
• Actively seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and testing methodologies
• Gain proficiency in at least one LG Ads Product and develop understanding of upstream/downstream applications

Requirements

• 3+ years of Quality Assurance experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with test management tools (such as ALM, Tosca, TestRail, etc) and project workflow tools (like Asana, JIRA, etc)
• Demonstrated proficiency in efficient test automation scripting and debugging practices
• Operational level experience with test automation tools (like Playwright, Selenium, UFT, TestNG, Cypress, etc)
• Ability to author basic SQL statements and understand database interactions
• Experience reading and understanding development code (such as JavaScript, Python, C++, GoLang or Java)
• Experience with version control tools such as Git/GitLab/GitHub
• Knowledge of cross-browser and cross-platform testing strategies
• Operational level experience using API testing tools (like Postman, SOAP UI, REST-Assured, etc)
• Operational knowledge of software test lifecycle (STLC) as well as software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA's role within it
• Familiarity with test data management principles
• Ability to quickly comprehend technical concepts
• Ability to convey complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight
• Inquisitive nature and quality-mindset
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in digital advertising, media or related technology sectors
• Quality Assurance certification (like CSQE, ISTQB, etc)
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience
• Growing expertise in at least one of: JavaScript ), Python or Java
• Experience with data-driven, keyword-driven and/or hybrid test automation frameworks
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and QA methodologies
• Experience with service virtualization concepts and tools
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Performance testing fundamentals and familiarity with performance test tools (such as LoadRunner/Performance Center, JMeter, NeoLoad, Locust, etc)

Benefits

1. Competitive salary and benefits package
2. Industry-leading health benefits
3. Company paid life insurance
4. Mentorship and guidance from experienced software developers
5. Hands-on involvement in development projects to gain practical software engineering experience
6. Dynamic and collaborative work environment