QA Automation Lead (Java), Digital Identity Solutions (offline)

About the vacancy

DataArt is putting together a team which will enhance and maintain a modern stack and microservices architecture. The client is looking to upgrade their currently existing platform to support cybersecurity solutions.

We are looking for an experienced and open-minded professional with a strong knowledge of test methodologies and software release cycles. Experience with testing in a microservices environment and with end-to-end contract-based user testing is a big plus.

Our client is a global technology company which provides its services worldwide to top-tier banks. Its culture is very startup-like — the company was founded less than 10 years ago. The company’s mission is to empower every end-user with a unique intellectual identity solution which covers web, mobile and other.

We are going to launch a few SCRUM teams, which will consist of high-quality backend developers (Java), frontend developers (the latest version of React), QA engineers, DevOps engineers (AWS), and Product owners. Overall team expertise is 70% senior level. The plan is to build a highly professional and performing team that can add value to the Product.

Responsibilities
- Deliver a client test automation strategy to the team
- Accurately estimate test automation work during sprint planning
- Ensure the team reports on test execution, coverage, defect densities, and open defect counts
- Own test coverage and technical debt for the team
- Using automation at every turn to keep regression at bay
- Lead defect triage during software delivery

Must have
- 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance
- Experience and desire of setting up QA Automation strategy and processes on organization level
- Experience in leading QA Automation teams
- Experience working with Java
- Solid knowledge of manual and automated testing best practice techniques, tools, and processes (Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Gatling, Postman, CI/CD, Git, Jira, Confluence, Spring, JUnit, mock libraries, Linux, Bash)
- Proven working experience with OOP, Agile, TDD and ATDD/BDD
- Experience in some of the following types of testing; Highly transactional platforms, functional, API, acceptance, contract, cloud infrastructure, security, data integrity, performance, resilience
- Critical thinker
- Experience working in distributed teams, excellent communication skills
- Independence, sense of ownership, ability to make decisions without a supervisor

About DataArt

DataArt is a global software engineering firm. With over 20 years of experience, teams of highly-trained engineers around the world, deep industry sector knowledge, and ongoing technology research, we help clients create custom software that improves their operations and opens new markets. DataArt started out as a company of friends and has a special culture that distinguishes it from other IT outsourcers, such as:
- Flat structure. There are no “bosses” and “subordinates”.
- We hire people not to a project, but to the company. If the project (or your work in it) is over, you go to another project or to a paid “Idle”.
- Flexible schedule, ability to change projects, to work from home, to try yourself in different roles.
- Minimal bureaucracy and micromanagement, convenient corporate services

Company website:
https://dataart.ua

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/dataart/