Serious Development is a boutique healthcare strategy, product, and software engineering firm. We partner with healthcare organizations to solve complex operational challenges through thoughtfully designed custom software.We are actively seeking a QA Automation Engineer to help us build HealthTech apps and systems for our clients by contributing as a member of one of our agile engineering teams. You’ll help your team increase the reliability of releases through maintaining the application stack’s test automation harness, generating test cases with developers to verify their work, and automating those test cases to continuously regression test code changes. Together with your fellow QA Automation Engineers, you will ensure that our releases are of the highest quality with minimal escaped defects. Overall, you’ll contribute your experience to make your team and the department stronger.Responsibilities (What you’ll do)Operate as a self-sufficient, T-shaped, QA Automation engineerReview technical architecture documentation for the project and ensure that the engineering team’s deliverables are implemented accordinglyDesign, implement, maintain, and administer automated test frameworks with results reportingBuild new QA automation tests in parallel with development of new user interfacesSupport manual QA testing efforts and the conversion of manual test cases into automated test casesWork with the TechOps team to deploy automation tests as part of the CI/CD processParticipate in reporting metrics for both manual and automated testingAuthor and maintain technical documentation and how-to instructions on automation frameworks and scriptsParticipate in functional and technical reviewsAssist in identifying process improvements and application enhancementsCreate and document test plansCollaborate with the development team to plan, create, manage and execute the overall test plan per featureMaximize test coverage for the most critical features and most critical systems.Prioritize automation scenarios based on associated business risk.Investigate, debug and triage problems in automation, and work towards solutions independently or with others in the department, as necessaryIdentify and report bugs, with clear, efficient steps to reproduceInvestigate customer problems referred by technical supportDive into code as technical challenges arise to perform root-cause analyses and implement resolutionsTrack the progress of defects and work closely with developers or system administrators to ensure they are fixed in a timely mannerEnsure quality standards are being met throughout the development and release cycleParticipate as a team-player that works together with your fellow team members to deliver commitments on timeWork effectively with an internationally-distributed team across multiple time zonesDevelop proofs of concepts as neededKeep current with QA automation engineering best-practices, design principles, technology, security, and compliance in order to apply that knowledge to all of the responsibilities aboveRequirements (What we’re looking for)Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar engineering major2+ years of Quality engineering automation testing experience in a cloud-based environment, excluding internshipsManual and automated testing experience in user interfaces and web servicesExperience with QA automation frameworks, scripting, and codingStrong troubleshooting and debugging skillsAbility to work across the full technology stack (front-end plus back-end)Experience engineering in linux and/or MacOS environmentsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsAuthorization to work in a Guatemala, Brazil, or other LatAm country
