Guidewire Automation QA

Job details.

• Review and understand complex test plan/design to validate the quality of new and existing software functionality and support existing application testing capability.
• Take a defined complex test design and turn it into either appropriate manual or develop required automated test cases and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices. Can also call out potential coverage gaps or missing test scenarios within that test design
• Collaborates with more senior Software Development Engineers in Test on team and overall organization to create the technical vision of team, help to define best practices, analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs and make the right decisions to ensure future success.
• Write stable, efficient and maintainable automated test code. Use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members.
• Works with more junior members to mentor and support them as they create manual or develop automated tests based on defined test plans. Completes code reviews and provides constructive feedback to other Software Development Engineer in Test.
• Has developed an understanding of the business domain and collaborates with subject matter experts and business partners to further extend their business context and domain knowledge.
• Insist on relentlessly high standards by promoting a culture of highly automated testing with minimal manual test activity and continuously support the release top quality software using automation and monitoring.
• Participates in code reviews and enforces best coding practices and organizational coding standards.
• Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve automated test code, making it better and easier to maintain.
• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions. Invent, refine and develop solutions to ensure software testing results are meeting customer needs and team goals.
• Responsible for tactical ownership and hands-on design implementation, and support of components within your team's projects.
• Collaborates with leads and QA Architects to establish a technical vision for your Agile team, define best practices, analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs and make the right decisions to ensure your teams future success.
• Solve complex problems, by understanding them and translating them into feasible solutions that can be implemented by the team.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and business partners to understand the needs of the business and our customers and create test scenarios to deliver the high quality solutions to our customers.
• Actively participate in team design, scoping, prioritization discussions and Agile ceremonies.