Automation Test Engineer

At Tekion, we're building the only cloud-native platform that is transforming the automotive retail industry, leapfrogging it into the future and providing unparalleled customer experience. We're creating seamlessly integrated, elegant, and intuitive solutions built with cutting edge technology and powered by Big Data, Machine Learning (ML)/ AI and Internet of Things (Connected vehicle to connected devices). We're harnessing passion, entrepreneurial spirit, deep industry expertise and the latest technologies to create something very special. We're inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it!

Tekion is developing the next generation enterprise software on the cloud that inherently uses the power of Big Data, Machine Learning and IoT to enable businesses. We're creating integrated, elegant, and intuitive solutions built with cutting edge technology - technology that empowers automotive retail to deliver uncompromised and unparalleled customer experiences, and drive their business forward. Tekion is looking for talented individuals who want to be part of building business applications on the cloud platform.

The test engineering team drives product and engineering quality via test frameworks, test automation infrastructure, test coaching, as well as deep product domain expertise and partnering with software engineers on test plans and test automation. Its main objective is enabling the testing efforts of the delivery teams.

We are looking for a top-notch test engineer with strong technical, analytical and communication skills, a deep passion for quality and a user-first approach to their work.

Core Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders to identify, propose, prioritize, automate and execute test plans and test cases.
• Be hands-on in planning and running necessary tests, identifying and triaging issues and driving issues to resolution, and communicating the testing status to everyone.
• Manage and maintain the releases. Help to ensure that every release happens in a timely manner with a high level of quality.
• Create and support test and release pipelines in our CI, build monitors and test reporting.
• Work closely with product managers and developers in an agile environment.
• Creating or reviewing test plans.
• Creating and maintaining test infrastructure.
• Creating and maintaining test frameworks.
• Coaching engineers on (manual and automated) testing and quality best practices.
• Building up domain knowledge as part of the delivery teams.
• Understand, challenge and review backend and client code.
• Automating test scenarios.

Required skills:

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years experience in an engineering and/or testing role.
• Experience in automated testing of web & mobile applications.
• Strong programming skills in Java.
• Experience on testing microservices on AWS.
• Experience using UI automation frameworks like Selenium, XCUITest, Appium.
• Experience automating API tests using tools like Postman, Rest-Assured, Karate or similar.

Add-ons:

• Experience in contract testing using Pact or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with Docker.
• Experience in performance, security and usability testing.
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