Software Quality Engineer II

Location: 30 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr. Ann Arbor MI 48105 (Prefer candidates local to the area)

Type: Hybrid onsite Monday-Thursday with Friday being flexible

The Software Quality Engineer II plays a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of software applications. This position focuses on developing and executing automated and manual testing strategies collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving continuous improvement in QA processes. The role requires strong technical expertise attention to detail and a passion for delivering high-quality software in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in developing and documenting user stories by providing test strategy and automation estimates.
• Develop document and maintain test strategies plans and scenarios for multiple environments.
• Build and execute unit component acceptance integration API regression end-to-end (E2E) functional smoke load usability and platform tests.
• Conduct code reviews for test automation artifacts to ensure consistency quality and reusability.
• Partner with developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and to find technical solutions for test automation.
• Build and manage automated test suites and ensure execution through various environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Regularly execute maintain and update automated test suites; analyze failures and update scripts.
• Create defects with detailed documentation and validate fixes; ensure timely resolution and required automation updates.
• Present results and provide sign-off on software functionality for production releases.
• Work with cross-functional teams and release management to manage development QA and production releases.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover unexpected behaviors and refine test cases.
• Contribute to QA automation frameworks using industry-standard tools and approaches (e.g. JAVA Springboot2 RestAssured GraphQL Cucumber Spring JDBC GitHub Git/Stash SQL Postman).
• Leverage and enhance coding standards and best practices for automated QA code.
• Participate in analyzing major incidents and emergency change controls to identify automation opportunities.
• Strong focus on automation frameworks and CI/CD integration.
• Active participation in code reviews and governance.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to ensure quality standards.
• Support automation efforts by creating and maintaining automated test scripts.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with QA best practices and organizational standards.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of industry experience preferably in an Agile development environment.
• Must have 5 years of Java coding experience. Javascript experience is a plus.
• Experience with automated testing tools - Cucumber/Gherkin Java Selenium Webdriver and PlayWright.
• Experience in API automation testing using JAVA Springboot2 RestAssured GraphQL or Postman.
• Experience with JMS driven messaging protocols like AMQ RabbitMQ Kafka etc.
• Knowledge of MS Entity Framework/Spring JDBC.
• Experience with Service-oriented architecture.
• Knowledge working with CI/CD processes and tools - GitHub and Jenkins/JenkinsX.
• Experience with source control versioning tools and processes Git/Stash.
• Experience in writing SQL queries for test data preparation as well as data validation.
• Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA).
• Experience in manual testing.
• Ability to work independently with an aptitude for detailed work and follow-up activities.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced agile work environment.
• Experience in heavy traffic eCommerce applications.

Preferred Skills

• NICE TO HAVE experience with querying Couchbase database.
• Experience working with databases and various data formats and related technologies for testing SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio is a plus.
• Experience with Splunk analytics for validating technical fixes and updates in the app code/config.
• POS system experience is a plus.
• Nice to have experience with payment gateways and payment terminals.
• Nice to have experience with Kubernetes and container-based application deployment and operations.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time