QA Engineer

Quality Assurance EngineerWe are seeking a highly motivated Quality Assurance Engineer with 4+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test planning, and test automation. This role is ideal for a quality professional who is passionate about advancing automation practices, improving software quality, and helping drive the evolution of our QA organization across a diverse portfolio of enterprise applications. This individual will play a key role in promoting automation best practices, mentoring team members, identifying opportunities to increase automation coverage, and supporting the QA team's strategic transition toward an automation-first testing approach. The position requires collaboration with developers, business analysts, project managers, and other QA professionals to ensure high-quality software delivery across multiple enterprise systems.Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and reusable test scripts for web, mobile, and API applications.Lead the expansion of test automation across multiple enterprise applications and identify opportunities to increase automation coverage.Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on business and technical requirements.Execute manual and automated functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.Establish and promote QA automation standards, best practices, and coding guidelines.Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and continuous delivery.Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and project managers throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).Analyze test results, identify defects, perform root cause analysis, and work with development teams to ensure timely resolution.Develop and maintain automated API, database, UI, and integration tests.Track and report quality metrics, automation coverage, defect trends, and test execution results to project teams and management.Mentor and coach QA team members on automation tools, scripting techniques, and testing best practices.Participate in code reviews for automated test scripts to ensure maintainability and adherence to standards.Continuously improve testing processes to reduce manual effort and increase testing efficiency.Support performance, load, and security testing initiatives as required.Maintain test data, and automation assets.Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and automated test scripts.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure software releases meet quality standards and business expectations.Stay current with emerging QA methodologies, automation frameworks, AI-assisted testing tools, and industry best practices.Qualifications and Skills:Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a quickly changing environment with strict deadlinesStrong SQL skills, Oracle and SQL Server databasesKnowledge of, UI Path test manager, Azure Devops, and JiraDemonstrated leadership capabilityStrong analytical skillsAbility to multi-taskStrong attention to detailProven communication and documentation skillsExcellent organizational, troubleshooting and analytical skills requiredKnowledge of all aspects of the software development life cycle