Senior Automation Engineer (SDET)

As a Senior Automation Engineer (SDET) at Editorialist, your primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining the automation frameworks for both UI and API testing, collaborating closely with the Dev and Manual QA teams, ensuring our testing infrastructure is robust for iOS applications, and enhancing our CI/CD pipeline by prioritizing and executing tests. Additionally, you'll troubleshoot automation issues, prepare detailed test reports, conduct performance testing, and mentor junior team members.

To qualify for the Senior Automation Engineer (SDET) role at Editorialist, candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, along with 4 to 7 years of experience in QA automation. Proficiency in tools such as Rest Assured for API automation and Selenium for UI automation is mandatory. Strong skills in programming languages like Java, along with experience in databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, are also preferred.

The Senior Automation Engineer (SDET) at Editorialist plays a crucial role in cross-team collaboration. You'll work closely with both the software design and QA teams to discuss and understand the verification protocols. This interaction ensures seamless integration of automated testing within development processes and allows for efficient troubleshooting of automation software issues, thereby enriching the overall software quality.

At Editorialist, the work environment is dynamic and collaborative, fostering a culture of innovation and support. As a Senior Automation Engineer (SDET), you will be encouraged to share your ideas and contribute to a fast-growing organization. The company champions curiosity and teamwork, making it an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying the perks of remote working and a best-in-class salary.

In addition to the core skills required for the Senior Automation Engineer (SDET) position, having experience with e-commerce platforms and familiarity with complementary technologies such as Elastic Search, Kafka, and Apache Storm will be a great advantage. A background or genuine interest in fashion and personal luxury goods can also enhance your contributions to the team.

When asked about designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, focus on your approach to selecting tools like Selenium or Rest Assured based on project requirements. Explain how you structure tests for reusability and clarity, and how you incorporate feedback from QA and development teams to continuously improve the framework.

When discussing your experience with CI/CD pipelines, highlight specific tools you've used (like Jenkins or GitLab CI) and your role in integrating automated tests. Explain how your work ensures that code changes are tested automatically before deployment, reducing manual effort and preserving software quality.

When addressing challenges in QA automation, choose a specific instance where you identified a bottleneck or a recurring issue in the automation processes. Discuss the actions you took to analyze the problem, implement solutions, such as tuning the framework or revising test cases, and the positive results of your efforts.

To illustrate how you stay updated on automation technologies, talk about your commitment to professional development. Mention attending workshops, online courses, participating in relevant forums, or following influential tech blogs that cover trends and best practices in automation testing.

Discuss strategies like risk-based testing or considering user impact and usage frequency. Describe how you analyze the project requirements and collaborate with team members to align priorities, ensuring that high-risk areas get tested first while still maintaining comprehensive test coverage.

In response to integration testing, detail your understanding of its importance in identifying interface mismatches. Explain how you incorporate integration tests into the broader testing strategy, using automated tests to check interactions between modules and ensuring they work as expected together.

Select a specific project where collaboration led to improved outcomes. Discuss how you communicated issues found during testing with developers, how you worked together to diagnose and resolve these issues, and the resulting enhancements in code quality or testing efficiency.

When asked about mentoring junior QA engineers, emphasize your philosophy of sharing knowledge through hands-on experience and open communication. Discuss how you provide guidance on best practices, review their work constructively, and encourage them to ask questions and think critically about automation.

In answering about your preferred tools for API testing, mention tools like Postman or Rest Assured. Explain your reasoning, such as ease of use, powerful features for writing tests, and good community support, which helps streamline the testing process and deliver better results.

When asked this question, focus on practices like modular test design, using page object models, and proper documentation. Stress how you also conduct regular reviews to keep the test suite up-to-date and scalable according to changing application requirements and functionalities.