Lead QA Automation Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: India
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About the role
- Develop and execute a comprehensive API automation strategy aligned with the overall quality goals of the organization.
- Identify and implement innovative testing approaches and technologies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our QA processes.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable API automation frameworks using RestAssured and BDD principles.
- Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable automation scripts to validate API functionality, performance, and security.
- Implement data-driven testing strategies to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Integrate automation scripts into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous testing.
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure testability.
- Participate in design and architecture reviews to provide feedback on testability and identify potential quality risks.
- Communicate test results and quality metrics to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
- Work with extended integration partner teams to define and execute exploratory and automated API tests.
- Establish and enforce QA guidelines, best practices, and standards across the team.
- Actively review code to ensure software quality and functional accuracy.
- Handle operational issues with minimal oversight, troubleshooting and resolving problems quickly and effectively.
Requirements
- 8-12 years of experience in software development and quality assurance, with a strong focus on API automation.
- Extensive experience with RestAssured for API testing.
- Proficiency in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) frameworks like Cucumber/Gherkin.
- Experience with API testing tools such as Hoppscotch, Postman, Swagger, or ReadyAPI.
- Knowledge of API security testing principles and tools (e.g., OWASP).
- Strong proficiency in Java and related open-source technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud frameworks for building microservices.
- Experience with dependency injection, RESTful APIs, and other core Spring concepts.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies and architectures.
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (e.g., Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions).
- Experience with unit testing frameworks like JUnit and TestNG.
- Proficiency in using IDEs such as Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
- Basic knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL datastores (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
- Experience with data quality testing and working with large datasets.
- Proficiency in using version control systems like Git.
- Experience with collaborative tools like GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
- Knowledge of contract testing using Pact or similar frameworks.
- Exposure to performance testing tools like JMeter or Gatling.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Keen to learn the design and architecture of the product and participate in ceremonies that can influence both.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
API automationRestAssuredBehavior-Driven DevelopmentJavaSpring BootSpring CloudDockerKubernetesJUnitTestNG
Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical abilitiesindependenceteamworkfeedbacktestabilityquality assurance