Job Description

Position: Automation Tester / Performance Tester - Junior

Number of hours: 40 hours / week
Schedule: EST

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts under the guidance of senior QA engineers.

• Assist in maintaining automation frameworks using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.

• Support performance testing activities by creating and executing basic performance test scripts using JMeter or LoadRunner.

• Perform functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing for web, mobile, and enterprise applications.

• Analyze test execution results and report defects using defect management tools.

• Validate bug fixes through automated and manual regression testing.

• Assist in preparing test plans, test cases, automation scripts, and performance test documentation.

• Collaborate with developers, manual testers, business analysts, and project teams to ensure software quality.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Support CI/CD pipeline testing and contribute to continuous testing initiatives.

• Follow QA standards, automation best practices, and secure software testing principles.

• Escalate technical issues and testing challenges to senior QA engineers when necessary.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

• 0–2 years of experience in software testing, automation testing, or application development.

• Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

• Familiarity with test automation concepts and frameworks.

• Basic knowledge of Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar automation tools.

• Basic understanding of performance testing concepts using JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or C#.

• Basic knowledge of Git and version control systems.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively under close guidance and daily supervision.

Preferred Certifications

• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

• Scrum Foundations

• ITIL Foundation (Preferred)

Technical Skills

• Test Automation Fundamentals

• Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress

• JMeter or LoadRunner

• Functional & Regression Testing

• Smoke & Integration Testing

• Test Script Development

• Defect Management (Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail)

• Git & Version Control

• SDLC & STLC

• Agile & Scrum Methodologies

• Basic Programming (Java, JavaScript, Python, or C#)

• CI/CD Fundamentals

• Test Documentation