QA Automations Engineer

Company Overview:

Our success lies at the powerful intersection of people and technology. Bringing innovative training and education solutions to more than 2 million customers a year, Certus enables lifelong learners at every level — from trusted industry brands, such as Amazon, Siemens, Geico and Chick-fil-A, to individual learners seeking to enter, sustain or advance their careers. Our people come with a get-it-done spirit and a desire to impact a rapidly growing industry. Certus is committed to continuously evolving to ensure a culture where employees can be themselves, do their best work, and thrive, both professionally and personally. We choose to be a remote workforce so we can hire top talent regardless of location — all while empowering employees to work from wherever they choose. Innovative, brave, kind and diverse are defining traits of our team. Our talent is positioned in numerous roles, with opportunity for internal mobility, such as software engineers, instructional designers, creative writers, consultative sales professionals, innovative marketers and more.

Job Overview:

Work within agile sprints using our QA Automation framework to enhance automated testing capabilities. This role involves creating new functional tests and identifying opportunities for automation.

Responsibilities: (specific tasks and responsibilities – bulleted list):

·       Oversee QA Automation processes across all projects.

·        Develop and execute automated test scripts using C#.

·        Collaborate with various scrum teams to automate different aspects of our platform as needed.

·        Conduct automated testing including functional, smoke, regression, load, and API tests.

·        Occasionally perform manual test verifications in complex scenarios requiring team-wide input.

·        Collaborate with Operations and Engineering teams on necessary setup configurations.

·        Mentor and guide QA team members who want to enhance their automation skills.

·        Develop reusable test cases that allow functionality to be easily adapted or extended without requiring significant changes to underlying classes or components.

Requirements

Requirements:

·       Proficiency in software QA testing types: functional, regression, negative, end user, API, and load.

·       Openness to learning and experimentation.

·       Experience with object-oriented programming.

·       Knowledge of Playwright is preferred.

·       Comfortable working with C# and Playwright.

·       Solid understanding of software testing principles.

·       Familiarity with software engineering concepts and methodologies.

·       Proficiency in SQL.

·       Ability to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.

·       Capable of explaining automation concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

·       Experience in smoke, functional, regression, browser compatibility, and end-to-end testing.

Performance Expectations:

·       Demonstrated ability to enhance automation systems and tooling.

·       Development and implementation of smoke and regression test suites.

·       Expansion of automated test coverage.

This position will have a base pay between $85,000 - $95,000/year and will be eligible for up to a 5% annual bonus.

EEO Statement: Certus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.