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Ukraine Remote QA

Senior QA Automation (Python) Engineer

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior QA Automation (Python) Engineer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior QA Automation (Python) Engineer, you'll become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

You become a part of a cross-functional development team working for a company that has developed a platform that provides foreign investors with easy access to investing in real estate in the US. The company focuses on simplifying the process and saving time and bureaucracy for investors outside the US. The platform allows you to get a mortgage or refinance of up to 70% of the property's value, with all steps carried out completely digitally.

Responsibilities

  • Create detailed, well-structured test plans and test cases
  • Implement automated distributed tests in Python
  • Gain an in-depth understanding of a complex, clustered system and be able to analyze failures in those systems accurately
  • Collaborate with the R&D team in order to identify and analyze problems, as well as verify and test solutions
  • Become a storage expert who understands the terminology, protocols, configurations, architecture, and practicalities in the frontier of storage technology
  • Architect test automation frameworks from scratch
  • Develop automated functional UI & API tests
  • Integrate automated scripts into the CI/CD process
  • Develop, maintain, and expand automated testing infrastructure
  • Leads code reviews, sets high-quality standards and guides team members in writing better code
  • Define Quality Metrics and implement measurements to determine test effectiveness, and testing efficiency, and measure the overall quality of the Product as a part of the test automation process
  • Analyze test results and report about stability of the product under test
  • Collaborate with other members of the team to automate the manual test processes
  • Manage, analyze, and mitigate testing risks 
  • Onboarding of new team members on the project
  • Suggests improvements to testing and release workflow

Requirements

We know that sometimes, you can’t tick every box. We would still love to hear from you if you think you’re a good fit!

  • Excellent communication skills, speaking and writing English fluently are a must
  • 3+ years of professional experience in QA Automation of Web and backend/API testing
  • Solid skills in Python, programming patterns, and principles
  • StorageֿֿNetworkingDistributed Programming background
  • Experience in Linux; shell scripting: Python, bash
  • An “under the hood” understanding of Python programming that can be used to implement a scalable distributed test environment
  • Thorough experience as an Automation QA Engineer on a complex clustered system
  • Excellent knowledge of different testing methods, techniques, types, and methodologies
  • Experience in the creation or active maintenance of test documentation (test strategy, test plans, etc.)
  • Experience in the creation of automation frameworks from scratch
  • Experience in the test reporting process integration using specific tools
  • Experience in automation scripts using UI and REST APIs using automation tools  (e.g. Selenium/Playwright, Request)
  • Familiarity with different automated test frameworks ( Pytest, Robot, etc..) 
  • Experience with  BDD, ATDD, or TDD approaches
  • Experience with implementation of continuous integration processes and tools, CI/CD pipelines 
  • Hands-on experience with Docker

Desirable

  • Experience with UI testing, such as Playwright and Cypress, is an advantage
  • Knowledge of AWS/GCP/Azure DevOps services 
  • Experience with API test automation of microservices-based applications
  • Knowledge of File Systems (NAS) / Block-level Storage / storage networking protocols
  • Experience with mobile automation, cloud device farms
  • Experience with message brokers/queues: SQS, SNS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc
  • Good Knowledge of SQL and no-SQL DBs (PostgreSQL, mongo, redis, etc.) 
  • Knowledge of different programming languages, such as JS/Java/C# would be a great plus.
  • Experience of working in an Agile Scrum/Kanban development environment

Personal skills

  • Super strong ownership of the delivery success
  • Good analytical skills
  • Good team player, motivated to solve complex tasks
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated, self-disciplined and result-oriented
  • Strong attention to details and accuracy

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes.
Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks.
Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine.
We're committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.

Be bold, not bored!

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

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