Senior Software QA Engineer - Manila PH

The Senior Software QA Engineer reports directly to the Software QA Supervisor and is responsible for implementing and developing the test automation infrastructure of the Quality Assurance team involving test automation development establishing coding standards and best practices for test automation analysis and discovery of tools and maintaining the test automation environment where the test scripts will run on. To ensure sufficient overlap with functional and crossfunctional team members globally this position reports on a flexible night shift schedule (usually 8pm to 4am PHT adjusted to 8pm to 5am PHT when Daylight Saving Time ends) and is eligible for night differential pay.

What youll be doing:
Implementation of tools standards and best practices

1. Implements best practices for test automation and shares it with the team.
2. Works with the Test architect to design and implement the Automation framework.
3. Develops and implements automation test planning and strategy.

Automation environment maintenance

1. Maintains and oversees the status of the test environments along its test data.
2. Ensures that the test environments are functional and caters to the needs for test automation.

Test Case Automation

1. Designs and develops automated test scripts using standard automation tools and frameworks.
2. Conducts code reviews on teammates pull requests.
3. Maintains and updates automated test scripts.
4. Plans automated suites to support project teams during regression testing.

Software Quality Assurance Exercise

1. Collaborates with teammates to establish internal processes and best practices for Software Quality Assurance.
2. Proposes and implements process improvements that could benefit not just the QA team but the project team as well.
3. Allocates work estimation along with script development within the automation team
4. Stays uptodate with the new testing tools and test strategies.

CrossFunctional Agile Collaboration

1. Participates in agile ceremonies like scrum meetings sprint planning project retrospectives and provide personal input and feedback.
2. Attends production or live deployments and monitors deployment status after performing sanity testing.
3. Creates a recording of user documentation of configurable components or any related functionalities for business users or as needed.
4. Collaborates remotely with crossfunctional teams in the United States Philippines and India including developers product managers and manual test engineers to ensure the delivery of highquality software.
5. Collaborates with the development team to integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

Software Test Life Cycle Management

1. Executes test cases and/or scripts including thorough regression tests white or black box testing of new and existing functionalities and manual execution of endtoend scenarios.
2. Assesses scope of testing and create test suites in Zephyr for JIRA.
3. Reviews and collates test cycle metrics including test progress test results defects found overall testing status and potential risks and reports to project stakeholders.
4. Investigates and debugs test failures provides detailed reports and collaborates with the development team to resolve issues promptly

Other Duties and Responsibilities

1. Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of experience as a Test Automation Engineer or in a similar role.
• Must have experience in test automation tools such as Selenium Playwright Cypress WebdriverIO Typescript etc.
• Must have a solid understanding of software testing principles methodologies design patterns software testing processes best practices and be accustomed to Agile Development.
• Must be familiar with CI/CD concepts and tools and performance testing and security testing.
• Must be able to work a flexible night shift schedule (typically 8pm4am PHT adjusting to 8pm5am PHT after Daylight Saving Time ends).

Location: The Senior Software QA Engineer position is a workfromhome position for Balsam International Unlimited Philippine ROHQ in Manila. Team members in the Philippines are located within Metro Manila Bataan Batangas Bulacan Cavite Laguna Pampanga Rizal and Tarlac areas only.

Our musthaves:

• Must be open to joining some facetoface gatherings like our monthly functional meetings and quarterly teamwide events.
• Must have a backup laptop or desktop for use if primary laptop encounters issues.
• Must have a fast reliable DSL Fiber or Broadband connection (not mobile or broadband stick) as the primary internet connection with a minimum actual speed of 50MBPS.
• Must have a backup internet connection of the same speed if primary connection becomes spotty.

Status: This is a fulltime permanent position with benefits.

Hardware Provision: Companyissued Laptop will be provided on the first day.

At Balsam International we strive to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. For permanent fulltime team members this includes:

• Governmentmandated Benefits (SSS PAGIBIG PhilHealth)
• 13th Month Pay
• Paid Leaves. We use time off to rest go on vacation or just sleep in! Our paid time off is flexible to our needs.
• Internet Subsidy. With internet allowance we are set up for success.
• Healthcare Coverage ( 2 dependents). We worry less about rising medical costs with flexible quality healthcare benefits.
• Maternity Paternity and Solo Parent Benefit. We make sure parents are supported while they navigate work and family life.
• Continuous Learning and Professional Development Benefit. Our professional and personal development are fully supported. Whether it be online courses workshops or books!
• Mental Health Support. We manage work and lifes challenges through Mental Health Day breaks 24/7 professional counselling and curated webinars.
• Company Incentive. An additional cashbased perk for all our Brandits based on companys performance.
• Meeting & Team Building Allowance. Happy tummies make our meetings more fun and productive!
• Shutdown Week. We can spend more time on things that matter with an additional one week paid time off on top of paid leaves.
• Volunteer Time Off. With two paid days off we are able to volunteer for advocacies we believe in.
• Bereavement Leave. We get additional paid leaves when a loved one passes to grieve and provide immediate support to our families.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime