Software QA Automation Engineer

The Software Development Engineer in Test role will work on the Work and Rewards Advisory Technology and/or Data Technology teams and help build high quality automated tests and test harnesses written in C#/.Net to test our application portfolio suite. This role serves as an integral member of a global Agile Product Development team to design, build, test and deliver Willis Towers Watson’s technology products to our external or internal clients. The automated testing work being done at Willis Towers Watson is cutting edge and seeks to rival automated test frameworks found in successful technology focused companies around the globe. You will develop and integrate high quality automated tests for products built on the latest software architecture patterns and platforms; you will be part of a forward thinking and technology focused Work & Rewards platforms that seeks to leverage and develop the latest and greatest in the field of automated testing to deliver Willis Towers Watson products to the marketplace.

Responsibilities:

Creates high quality acceptance tests from acceptance criteria and quality standards that help the scrum team understand the value of the user story from the user's perspective.
Support and maintain the goal of continuous and daily automated test execution by ensuring that the test suite has enough coverage and failed tests are consistently reviewed.
Works with the scrum team in identifying appropriate tests to automate that will get the team closer to the goal of delivering working software to production at the conclusion of every sprint.
Integrates best practices into the daily norm including code maintainability and follows designs pattern including modularity, reusability, etc.
Advocates improving quality during all stages of software development, especially shift left testing mindset
Serves as a champion of quality for your scrum team and supports knowledge sharing sessions, lunch & learn, brown bag sessions, and other learning sessions.
Requirements:

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree or significant experience in a technology related discipline.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Manages time effectively by placing the right focus on value adding operations
Good understanding of agile software development practices and principles
Intermediate skills in API based automated test development
Intermediate skills with UI automated test development such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright
Beginner knowledge in profiling an application and profiling concepts
Beginner SQL skills in tuning/optimization of T-SQL and database optimization
Intermediate Skills in Unit Testing
Intermediate knowledge of tools and techniques used in manual testing
Ability to convert manual test into scripted automated tests
Strong technical foundation, fluency in the programming language C#, or a similar development tool
Any of the following is a plus:

Experience with creating test scenarios from functional requirements and/or User Stories using the Gherkin format
Working knowledge of the following technologies: JavaScript, Ajax, Jquery, CSS, XML, Angular, load balancing, single/multi tenancy, and rational database design concepts
Knowledge of using development tools such as Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or Azure SQL
Intermediate skills in writing T-SQL and data testing skills
Experience with automated Visual test development using Applitools, Browserstack
Experience with automated testing via DevOps CI/CD pipelines
Exposure to debugging using Azure Application Insights or other APM tools