QA Automation Engineer

About Us:

Soum is on a mission to re-imagine re-commerce in the MENA region and beyond. We are doing this by building the most convenient and trustworthy re-commerce marketplace ever in the region, creating a lasting impact on how the C2C marketplace works. Launched in July 2021, Soum is one of the fastest growing startups in the region, with an accelerated growth rate in both the team size and product reach.

Job Summary:

As a QA Automation Engineer at Soum, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, functionality, and performance of our platform. You will work on a test and automated approach in the sprint model for mobile applications and web applications. A good grip of both is equally important but having a strong grip on mobile automation is a MUST. We need passionate and hardworking candidates who love their work and breathe automation. Someone who has the mindset of a QA but the skill set of a developer.

• Test Planning: Plan automation test suites with the help of the manual team, review and plan end-to-end test cases, and estimations of the test plan.
• Framework designing: Ability to design a strong framework that is scalable and maintainable. 
• Automation Testing: Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts for web and mobile applications using industry-standard tools and frameworks. Translate test cases into test scripts.
• Maintenance of test scripts after every release.
• Test Report: Maintain quality reports for automation for each release and sprint test.
• Regression Testing: Continuously monitor and execute automated regression tests to ensure the stability of the platform.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track defects using JIRA and work closely with the development team to resolve them.
• Performance Testing: Conduct performance testing using load and performance testing tools like Jmeter to ensure the platform can handle peak loads and respond efficiently.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and technologies related to QA and automation, and apply them to improve testing processes.
• Eagerness to learn new tools, and techniques to improve the product continuously.
• Grip on databases.
• Candidates should also have knowledge of data-driven testing, POM, and cross-platform testing.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience of 4 years or plus as a Mobile Automation Engineer or similar role, with a focus on mobile application automation and web automation.
• Strong understanding of software development, programming concepts, and web technologies.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. JavaScript, Java).
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, detox, Appium).
• Grip on mobile automation tools and frameworks for iOS and Android.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and use of one of the tools like Jenkins.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of database and SQL queries.
• Strong verbal and written communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience with e-commerce platforms is a plus.
• Good team spirit.