PENGUIN FORMULA SENIOR AUTOMATION TEST ENGINEER (SELENIUM) WITH API EXPERIENCE

Company Description We Cook iT is an international software house that delivers software development to its corporate customers by providing highly skilled, communicative IT professionals to build their customized products through outsourcing, nearshoring and turn-key projects’ solutions.
How do we differentiate ourselves? By investing in the professional growth and personal care of our software developers.
We provide them with a premium service so that they can do the same for our customers.
Our talented team holds software engineers and sales experts, spread across offices in Europe and South America, and we represent a go-getting and driven company who aims to be an inspiring software house, knowing our future relies on IT.
We Cook iT stand for growth, support, dynamic, companionship and communication.
Our head office is located in Portugal in the heart of Lisbon (Avenida da Liberdade) and we work mainly for the European market.
Job Description We seek a skilled Automation Test Engineer proficient in Selenium and API testing to bolster the quality assurance of critical modules within our e-commerce platform.
This role demands an adept professional to manage test automation for pivotal re-platforming projects and steer future automated testing strategies.*  About Us.
We are a design platform revolutionizing the market with unique, best-selling designs.
Through its tech-enabled crowdsourcing model, we offer continuously fresh and trend-forward products, empowering consumers to vote for designs they love.
Since its inception in , we have expanded its offerings to include various categories like wall art, textiles, digital content, and home decor, serving consumers and major retailers alike with innovative design solutions.
Responsibilities.
- Analyze product requirements and feature sets to identify automation candidates using a risk-based testing approach.
- Develop the automation testing roadmap and create comprehensive Test Plans for manual and automation testing.
- Design end-to-end Automation Test Cases employing Selenium Element locators, WebDriver methods, Java programming concepts, and TestNG Annotations.
- Implement Data-driven Tests in Java Selenium to improve coverage.
- Design, develop, and execute API test cases to ensure the functionality, reliability, and security of APIs.
- Monitor daily automated regression test suite execution for assigned modules.
- Identifying, debugging, and addressing failures promptly.
- Report defects in JIRA, coordinating with QA and Engineering teams for timely resolution.
- Deliver insightful test metrics derived from QA automation efforts.
- Propose and drive enhancements and design changes to improve maintainability and expand test coverage.
- Collaborate effectively with senior QA automation engineers both onshore and nearshore.
Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in QA and software development.
- 5+ years of experience as a Software QA engineer, specializing in test automation frameworks and tool implementation.
- Proficiency with Selenium test coding and troubleshooting for at least 5 years.
- 3+ years of experience in Automation Framework Design & Implementation.
- Excellent grasp of Manual Functional and Automated Regression Testing.
- Proficiency with Selenium suite of Tools (Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium WebDriver, and Selenium Grid).
- Proficiency in Java programming; familiarity with Python and JavaScript is advantageous.
- Good understanding of SQL for data-driven testing - Familiarity with tools such as Karate, Postman, SoapUI, or similar for API testing and validation.
Knowledge of common API testing challenges and strategies.
Experience in integrating API testing into automated test frameworks for comprehensive end-to-end testing.
- Familiarity with engineering tooling such as Jira, Gitlab, NewRelic, BugSnug is a plus.
Attributes.
- Excellent communication skills, proactive, and transparent.
- Proficiency in Agile development methodologies.
- High-energy, independent thinker with a self-starting mentality and acute attention to detail.
- Driven by a strong sense of ownership and craftsmanship in work.
Additional Information We are an excellent place to work and develop skills for everyone – including you! We are aimed for a long-term partnership, based on trust and work-life balance.
Our culture is based on personal and professional development, therefore we take part in various forums, conferences, training courses and educational events.