[Hiring] QA Release Engineer II @Spotnana

Role Description

As a QA Release Engineer II, you will own quality across the release lifecycle, from regression testing and test planning to release validation and deployment support.

• Perform Regression and support release and deployments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot release-related issues, working closely with Development and Operations teams to resolve any issues that arise during the release process.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to the release process.
• Design, develop and execute Test Case, Test Scenario and Test plans for Spotnana services and applications.
• Analyze Functional and non-functional requirements and design test scenarios in coordination with Development and Product teams.
• Execute and Analyze test results in order to report defects and discrepancies found.
• Define and monitor quality assurance metrics for continuous quality & process improvements.
• Estimating efforts, identifying risks, devising mitigation, and meeting release schedules.
• Communicating clearly with stakeholders regarding progress, roadblocks, and timelines.
• Make recommendations to enhance existing test suites and test cases for future regression.
• Analyze manual test cases and functional specifications in order to evaluate the potential automation.
• Focus on removing manual dependencies, innovate new methods to optimize testing cycles to minimize manual effort.
• Analyze automation scripts results for functional issues and/or automation issues.
• Leading by example and keeping enthusiasm high in tight-deadline situations.
• Work closely with management to identify risks, solve problems, and maintain progress, and target deliveries with high-quality benchmarks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 2–6 years of relevant experience.
• Good knowledge of Software development life cycle and Test life cycle.
• Experience working in Scrum teams.
• Expertise validating Web-Application and Web-Services.
• Excellent understanding of the REST APIs and their usage, testing APIs with Postman or similar tool and micro-services, blue-green setups.
• Experience in working or testing with distributed architecture.
• Experience working on Release regression and deployments.
• Experience with Test Management tool like TestRail and Project Management like JIRA.
• Experience with Version control systems like Git.
• Experience with Ops tool like Harness, Jenkins.
• Experience working with releases and understanding on branches.
• Experience with Automation execution analysis.
• Problem-solving capabilities, and solution provider.
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others at all levels in the organization.
• Experience in testing related to Travel Domain (Air/Hotel/Car/Rail booking applications).
• Must be self-directed and detail-oriented.
• Curiosity to get in depth and attention to details.
• Strong ownership mindset.

Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options, providing partial ownership in the company.
• Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match.
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date.
• Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays and an end-of-year company shutdown.
• Up to 26 weeks of Parental Leave.
• Monthly cell phone/internet stipend.
• Extra perks: IATAN travel membership, pet insurance, financial wellness tools, Calm app access, and more.