QA Automation Specialist

Location : Montreal, QC (Mandate 3 days onsite) Duration : Full-time/Contract Description We are looking for a meticulous SDET to contribute to and review the creation of designs for production software. Candidate's responsibilities include both software development and testing tasks and focuses on the testability, robustness, and performance of production software. Responsibilities The candidate should be adaptive to a continuous changing and fast paced environment, be able to successfully multi-task, and thrive in a dynamic, fully engaged QA role. The role will involve interacting with clients in the Business, developers, external vendors, and other QA teams. Candidate will be working on existing and new initiatives within global QA team. The team incorporates agile methodologies including Scrum, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in its development processes. The candidate must be hands-on Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) and should be able to work with geographically dispersed Dev & QA team in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving and high pressure, high visibility project setting. The candidate is expected to contribute in a hands-on fashion on the project as well as take ownership of various QA deliverables. Passionate around automating and writing end-to-end testing including frontend/backend applications, with strong command on OOPs concept. Being comfortable with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment. Ability to use a wide variety of open source and in-house technologies and tools. Take a hands-on approach to implementing QA processes right from requirements analysis, test design, automation, and analysis. Own the quality and timeliness of delivery. Collaborate with developers, business, and multiple global stakeholders to drive QA agenda & standards by engaging with them throughout the SDLC Communicate key issues and progress updates in a regular, accurate, timely fashion Work closely with technical leaders to develop the best technical design and approach for testing our functionality at scale. Skills Required 7+ years of hands-on experience working on QA automation using Java Experience in developing test automation for Web applications preferably using Cypress, playwright, Selenium, BDD Cucumber and Java Experience in developing test automation within Agile projects Experience in developing test automation for Backend applications preferably using rest assured. Good knowledge about testing concepts and understanding of database concepts, OOPs concepts and strong in core Java skills. Strong working knowledge of various test types including client/server, white-box, black-box, positive/negative, and relational database testing. Solid test design skills, test case writing automation, and analysis. Strong working knowledge of various test phases including functional, integration and regression Ability to learn new things, architectural level details, innovative testing approach. Strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills Excellent interpersonal skills and professional approach Setting up/Use of Continuous Integration tools Bonus Skills Knowledge on Protractor, Typescript, Python Desired Educational Qualification A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field. Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering preferred. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement: VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and/or drug screening, as applicable. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr