Cypress QA Engineer with AWS experience

Summary: The role of Cypress QA Engineer involves leading the development of test strategies and automation frameworks for software applications in a fully remote capacity. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and efficiency in testing processes, particularly in an Agile environment. Candidates should possess strong programming skills and experience with various testing methodologies, particularly in AWS environments. This contract position emphasizes both manual and automated testing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads effort to review product specifications and work with others to develop appropriate test strategies, detailed test plans, and test architectures.
• Leads formal reviews of test plans, designs, and requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Participates in the evaluation of new tools and technologies to continue enhancing the automation framework.
• Researches, develops and/or recommends tools to assist Software Test Engineers in test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Develops, debugs, and maintains test automation for applications and services.
• Develops, implements, and automates test plans and test cases in an Agile environment.
• Builds, executes, and maintains automated test frameworks for end to end integration testing across applications, devices, and platforms using JavaScript or other appropriate languages such as C#, Java, and TypeScript.
• Builds automation and test coverage tools using JavaScript or other appropriate languages to enable Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Builds or uses existing automation tools to test interfaces between systems and applications such as web services, Tibco services, or other APIs.
• Accountable for all aspects of quality within the software development team.
• Tracks and prioritizes defects throughout product releases and lifecycles.
• Uses quality control tools and metrics to Client defects and make recommendations for resolution.
• Reports defects found through test automation.
• Works with Agile teams or other IT teams to plan, estimate, schedule and execute testing for applications including:
• Establishes, organizes, and executes testing deliverables.
• Documents and executes complex software test plans and strategies.
• Ensures traceability of test cases back to project requirements.
• Executes end to end test scenarios.
• Coordinates and supports user-acceptance test plans.
• Works with an Agile team or other IT teams to report and resolve complex issues.
• Ensures software applications meet functional requirements.
• Participates in all aspects of testing at all levels, including functional, system, regression and load testing.
• Works collaboratively with Software Test Engineers and Developers.
• Tests manually, as needed.
• Records and reports on testing metrics.
• Follows test documentation standards and makes updates as necessary.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

Key Skills:

• Experience designing test scenarios, breaking down software features and developing automated test strategies.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript, C#, Java, TypeScript, or other applicable languages as needed to support test automation efforts.
• Advanced understanding of open-source web frameworks such as Angular, Bootstrap, Node.js, and Express.
• Experience with Cypress test automation for both UI and API automated testing.
• Experience testing in an AWS environment and various AWS services.
• Experience with manual and automated UI and API testing.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT