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You will collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to strengthen product quality, investigate defects, and integrate automated testing into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.\nIn this role, you will\nDevelop, maintain, and execute UI and API automation test suites using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and REST Assured.\nCreate comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, and test cases based on business and technical requirements.\nValidate application functionality, system integrations, APIs, and data across multiple testing stages.\nIntegrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing practices.\nInvestigate defects, analyze test results, and collaborate with engineering teams to drive issues through resolution.\nWork model\nWe strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. 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Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.\nWhat you need to have to be considered\n10+ years of hands-on experience in quality assurance, software testing, and test automation.\nProficiency in Java, Selenium WebDriver, and REST Assured.\nExperience testing REST APIs, including working with HTTP methods and JSON payloads.\nExperience with database testing using SQL or other database-testing tools.\nWorking knowledge of a Java testing framework such as JUnit or TestNG.\nExperience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.\nFamiliarity with Git and version-control practices.\nExperience working within Agile delivery environments.\nThese will help you stand out\nAbility to validate complex system integrations and data flows.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.\nWe’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. 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