About the role
What will you do at Photon?
We are looking for a detail-oriented Test Engineer to join our Quality
Engineering team.
In this role, you will
- be a key driver of software quality,
- responsible for designing and maintaining robust automation frameworks and
- ensuring high standards through rigorous testing cycles. You will work closely
- with development teams to implement quality gates within our delivery pipeline,
- moving beyond manual execution to a fully CI-integrated automation strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- * Automation Strategy: Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test
- frameworks using Python and Playwright to ensure maximum test coverage.
- * CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated test suites into the CI/CD pipeline,
- establishing automated quality gates that prevent defective code from
- reaching production.
- * Comprehensive Testing: Execute a balanced testing strategy including
- Functional, Regression, and Exploratory testing to identify edge cases and
- usability issues.
- * API Validation: Perform thorough API testing to validate endpoint
- functionality, performance, and security, ensuring seamless communication
- between microservices.
- * Test Lifecycle Management: Handle the end-to-end testing process, including
- test creation, strategic test execution, and proactive defect management
- (tracking, reporting, and verification).
- * Continuous Improvement: Monitor test results and pipeline health to optimize
- execution time and reduce flakiness in the automation suite.
- Required Technical Skills
- * Automation Tools: Strong proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with
- Playwright (or similar tools like Pytest).
- * API Testing: Expertise in testing RESTful services using tools like Postman,
- Insomnia, or Python-based libraries (e.g., Requests).
- * CI/CD Pipelines: Practical knowledge of integrating tests into DevOps tools
- such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
- * Testing Methodologies: Deep understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle
- (STLC) and Agile methodologies.
- * Defect Tracking: Proficiency with management tools like Jira, Azure DevOps,
- or Bugzilla.
- * Version Control: Comfortable using Git for managing test scripts and
- collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications
- * Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., Locust or JMeter).
- * Familiarity with containerization (Docker) to run tests in isolated
- environments.
- * Knowledge of SQL for backend data validation.
- * Strong analytical mindset with the ability to think like an end-user during
- exploratory sessions.
- Minimum
Compensation
USD 37,000
Maximum
Compensation
USD 131,000
Compensation
is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate.
The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable
pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time
employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date
of this post
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