Senior QA Engineer (Automation)

Job Purpose

ICE is a provider of enterprise on-demand solutions, including an online network, software and services for the residential mortgage industry. We are leading the mortgage industry into the future, developing and marketing software solutions that are transforming how mortgage lenders, investors, and settlement service providers work-and work together. We are looking for a passionate, creative, and confident person to act as a champion for quality on our project teams. You must be driven and possess an intellectual curiosity that leads you to continually ask if the product meets the customers' needs and is truly best in class. Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to jump in and do what it takes to deliver on commitments will make you a successful part of the product development organization.

Responsibilities

• Review product requirements, create and execute test cases based on the requirements to ensure code generated by the engineering team conforms to specified requirements.
• Effectively plan and estimate test creation and execution schedules.
• Generate and lead test plan execution to a schedule and ensure comprehensive testing coverage, while guiding other QA engineers within the test plan execution.
• Routinely generate and communicate project QA test status reports while highlighting areas of risk, with proposed risk mitigation options.
• Ability to understand end user application issues and quickly determine steps to reproduce an issue.
• Interface with automation engineers to identify and prioritize areas for significant efficiency gains through test automation, while also routinely involved in automated test execution and Automate new scenarios using JAVA/Selenium/Test NG UI automation frameworks.
• Actively participate in grooming, planning and daily standups.
• Assist in choosing appropriate test methodology and preparing test environment.
• Develop and execute complex test scenarios and test cases.
• Monitor test execution and debug problems.
• Catch functional and non-functional defects, providing clear documentation that includes steps, expected and actual results.
• Identify and submit enhancements.
• Interact effectively with Product Management and Development
• Participate in sprint demos, triages, and retrospectives.
• Provide mentorship and leadership for key test initiatives.
• Ability to carry out all policies and procedures as established by the team, department or company at large.
• May require overtime or off-peak hours to meet commitments.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelors or Master's in computer science or equivalent from a fully-accredited college or university.
• 8+ years of software quality assurance experience in a web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) environment.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with UI automation using Selenium UI and Test NG.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Familiarity and experience working with various testing levels such as unit testing, integration testing, functional, regression and end to end system testing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent software application troubleshooting ability and commitment to delivering quality software applications.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with a "can do" attitude.
• Self-reliant and motivated self-starter, with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Project and task oriented with a focus on thoroughness and details.
• Ability to work well within group or individually on projects.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Experience with API Testing testing (preferred).
• Previous experience with Lending companies; knowledge of the mortgage industry is a plus.