QA Automation Engineer - Northbrook, United States - Velvetech LLC

Description

Velvetech

is an American global software development company headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients.

As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois,
USA.

US clients

are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise

are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions.

We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies:
NET Core, , Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ.

For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java.

Most of the systems are designed for cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, GCP, and heavily rely on Docker, Kubernetes while modern CI/CD is made using GitLab CI or TeamCity.

In September 2021, Velvetech LLC received the status of the official Training Provider of the International Institute of Business Analysis.

This status gives us the right to conduct regular quality trainings for Business Analysts and anyone performing BA activities regardless their job title.

Principles

are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban.

Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack.

Velvetech constantly follows the Tech trends and actively cooperates with startups in such breakthrough areas as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, FPGA, and AI.

Responsibilities

We have one ticket for this race, working for us fully remotely from the coziness of your home with many benefits, and a competitive performance-based salary.

We're currently seeking a QA Automation Engineer to serve as a key member of our quality assurance team. We're looking for someone who is a self starter with experience building automation from the ground up. Added automation tests in the CI/CD pipeline is a plus. This role will work within the Agile framework of continuous delivery. You should have in-depth experience with Cypress, Selenium or other testing frameworks.
Do manual testing of the application
Develop automated test cases using Cypress
Testing frontend, database and API

of application
Implement and document best practices for test automation and assist the development teams in improving code quality
Ability to translate product requirements into test plans and test cases for test execution. Prioritizing what needs to be automated
Participate in scrum meetings and estimating efforts with English-speaking team members
Work closely with product managers and engineering team to release high quality applications
Requirements

Experience in Katalon studio and Postman nice to have skill

Experience in both:
manual and automation testing
Expertise in test automation tools such Cypress, Selenium or other frameworks
Experience in testing all three layers of the application frontend, database and API
Experience in using Project Management tool JIRA
Experience using Version control system (GitHub, Bitbucket...)
Experience in Agile project methodologies (Kanban or Scrum)
Good English knowledge reading, writing, speaking
Ability to create test plans, strategies and identify roadblocks during sprints
Cross teams communication with engineering, product, and client success
Velvetech is in the

TOP 5

development companies in Illinois,


USA
You have


FLEXIBLE
working conditions and a


COOPERATIVE
environment
A


COMPETITIVE
and performance-based salary, fair compensation and benefits
Many


CHALLENGING
and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning

GROWTH
opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification
In-company


TRAINING
(English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)
What we offer

Future projects as highly loaded SaaS web-based services for automating business processes in the field of medicine, insurance, finance, energy, including modules for processing large data arrays, billing subsystems, integration with external data sources, mobile applications, and IP telephony systems.

Our team

We are a friendly team of 150+ professionals where everyone is able to achieve high results and grows professionally not only due to their own knowledge and skills but also with the support of colleagues.

Values that we highly appreciate are

high performance, responsibility, respect, and loyalty . In order to have a highly motivated team, Velvetech invests in their people, additional education, certification, and others.

You choose your career path and we are here to support you
People work together in harmony, encouraging each other to continuously learn, progress, and pursue perfection. Our employees enjoy working as we turn challenges into advantages to share success with each other.

You have a chance to become a part of a friendly and professional team that creates robust software solutions to deliver maximum value to our international clients.

Let's fly together
Visit us in Chicago: 601 Skokie Blvd., Suite 105, Northbrook, IL 60062,
USA

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