Middle Manual QA Engineer

About the project:

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States. Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts. 
N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives. As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the QA team and developers to understand requirements and identify test cases suitable for automation.
• Design and develop robust and maintainable automated test scripts using industry-standard test automation frameworks and tools.
• Execute automated test scripts and analyze test results to identify defects and ensure the functionality and performance of our software applications.
• Participate in test plan creation, test case design, and continuous improvement of the automation testing process.
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues identified during testing.
• Perform test data preparation and set up automation testing environments as needed.
• Contribute to the enhancement of test automation frameworks and infrastructure.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve operational challenges and bottlenecks.
• Stay updated with the latest trends, tools, and best practices in test automation and quality assurance.

Qualifications and Skills:

• 2+ years of overall QA experience
• In-depth knowledge of test metrics, approaches and best practices.
• Need to have backend testing experience (API testing, hands-on experience with relational databases (SQL/PostgreSQL etc.))
• Experience with bug tracking (Jira) and test management tools - TestRail or similar)
• Extensive DB knowledge (JOINs, aggregate functions, types of relations)
• Experience with Kafka is preferred but not mandatory
• Application log tracing and troubleshooting (Datadog, ELK or similar)
• Experience with Postman, Swagger (for API testing and documentation)
• Knowledge of browser-specific testing tools will be a plus
• Experience working with AWS will be a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• At least an Intermediate strong level of English, and an Advanced level of Ukrainian