Sr Software QA Engineer- Automation

Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, Reputation Defender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We're always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives. When you’re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages. Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs. If this sounds like you—Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow—join us!

About the Role: 

Looking for a Senior QA Engineer who will be responsible for automated (mostly) and sometimes manual end to end testing web applications. As a Sr QA Engineer you will be part of a team responsible for delivering high quality web application software and you will contribute to delivering reliable, scalable and stable releases. You will play an active role in the day-to-day developing, execution of software test plans, planning, sustaining, execution of manual and automated tests by following QA best practices and troubleshooting issues and work closely with development teams to resolve problems.

What You Will Do in This Role

• Automated testing websites which are on Adobe AEM platform.

• Test websites across different devices using exploratory techniques.

• Build, Design, Execute and Document automated tests.

• Write automation, performance tests in any scripting languages.

• Perform planned and ad-hoc manual testing as an when needed.

• Identify and automate appropriate test cases using tools & QA frameworks.

• Participate in meetings & reviews with customers and team members.

• Work closely with cross functional team to get the requirements for testing type.

• Investigate bugs by using available application and server logs, browser developer tools (Firebug, etc.), databases, and other tools and resources.

• Support deployments and maintenance activities.

• Mentor any junior team members and give technical advice and direction.

What You’ll Need to be Successful in this Role

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with minimum five years of relevant work experience or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with minimum three years of relevant work experience

• 6 years of hands-on programming and automation testing experience.

• Experience in Automation Testing with any Content Management Systems (AEM is preferred).

• Experience with any of the languages like Java (Prefered), Perl, Ruby, Python, JavaScript.

• Experience with frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, Robotium, JMeter.

• Understanding of web applications: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, HTTP protocol, REST API, cookies/sessions, browser differences.

• Strong understanding of SEO principles and best practices.

• Experience with QA testing customer facing web applications.

• Experience with accessibility, security performance and automated testing.

• Excellent general QA skills like test plan creation, test case development, defect analysis and reporting, test automation.

• Experience on unit testing, regression, smoke testing, end to end testing.

• Excellent knowledge of formal SDLC, and QA methodologies.

• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform and mobile device testing.

• Hands on experience with tools like Jira, Jenkins, TeamCity, Git, Stash, Confluence, Nexus etc.,

• Deep familiarity with DevOps processes and CI/CD tools/processes is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated history of learning new skills and tackling new challenges.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to work in and execute tests within a Mac, Windows, Unix/Linux environment.

• Ability to work independently or less supervision.

• Automation experience with AEM components, templates, experience, and content fragments is an added advantage.

• Ability to design and build test automation frameworks from scratch is an added advantage.

• Experience with SQL proficiency & experience in mobile automation [Appium, Xcode] is an added advantage.

• Experience with Tools like Sauce Labs, Applitools is an added advantage.

• Experience with Load and Performance testing using existing tools is an added advantage.

• Experience with any new cool QA automation Frameworks which we can implement in our projects is an added advantage.

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.