Test Automation Engineer - Germany

Key responsibilities

• Propose a test automation strategy/plan, facilitating automated scripts maintenance and design (framework, modularization etc.)
• Design efficient functional test scenarios and cases ensuring there is traceability back to all business requirements
• Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to ensure early detection of defects and provide rapid feedback to development teams
• Schedule automated execution according to the shared best practices
• Identify, document, and report software defects and inconsistencies using bug tracking systems
• Perform the automated execution results analysis and debug automated test scripts
• Create clear and concise test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, to facilitate knowledge transfer and maintain consistency in testing processes
• Define required test environment and test data needs
• Coordinate test data requests/create test data
• Create test reports / Support test reports / Support risk assessment

What we are looking for

• Previous experience with low code automation frameworks (Tosca)
• Previous experience in Web UI and API Automation with Java, Selenium, Maven, GIT, Rest Assured
• Previous experience in API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, etc.)
• Good testing and troubleshooting experience across the software development lifecycle
• Good planning, organization, and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate efficiently with the team (business, developers, PO)
• Effective communication skills for conveying test strategies & plan for automation
• Debugging skills & analytical skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of Agile methodology
• Very good/advanced level of English

Nice to have

• Experience in banking projects
• ISTQB certification would be a plus
• Previous experience with CI/CD pipelines