Kaplan

Job Title 

QA Engineer II (Hybrid)

Job Description

For more than 80 years, Kaplan has been a trailblazer in education and professional advancement. We are a global company at the intersection of education and technology, focused on collaboration, innovation, and creativity to deliver a best in class educational experience and make Kaplan a great place to work.

Our offices in India opened in Bengaluru in 2018. Since then, our team has fueled growth and innovation across the organization, impacting students worldwide. We are eager to grow and expand with skilled professionals like you who use their talent to build solutions, enable effective learning, and improve students’ lives.

The future of education is here and we are eager to work alongside those who want to make a positive impact and inspire change in the world around them.

QA automation is a key component of Kaplan's ability to quickly launch high-quality, innovative education products to our students. As an integral member of a cross-functional Agile team, you will use industry-standard tools and frameworks to conduct functional and performance testing on web applications, mobile applications, and APIs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop automated test scripts that are robust, performant, and maintainable using Playwright other frameworks.
• Work closely with developers, designers, and CloudOps to meet team commitments.
• Work with the QA to improve software development and quality assurance processes.
• Ensure that applications and APIs developed by the team are reliable and meet users' needs.
• Work with Performance test experts and make sure platform is scalable and reliable.
• Provide the product owner with information they need to prioritize features (e.g., effort estimates, alternatives, technical risk)
• Manage the timeline and status of the software release process.
• Work closely with developers to learn implementation details about product feature and perform releases.
• Provide production support of software products by investigating and recreating reported defects.
• Give timely, helpful feedback to peers and managers.
• Make decisions on technical trade-offs by looking at tactical and strategic perspectives.
• Hybrid Schedule: 3 days remote / 2 days in office
• 30-day notification period preferred 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 3-5 years as a full-time, hands-on experience in Software Quality Assurance (Functional)
• 3+ years’ experience in software testing and quality assurance
• Must have hands-on experience with Playwright with JavaScript
• Experience in collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and business groups, across regions, roles, and able to interact effectively with all levels.
• Proven record of execution of QA strategy and unification of QA processes across or organization
• Strong experience on Rest Assured API automation using JavaScript.
• Must have hands-on experience with Selenium automation using Java.
• Working experience of any Relational Database and DB Queries.
• Working knowledge of tool and technologies like Jenkins, GIT, JIRA and ALM.
• Well versed with approaches like BDD, Keyword Driven, Data Driven and hybrid Driven test automation.
• Understanding of Agile/Waterfall development process and is comfortable diving into the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable solutions.
• Have deep experience in defining and developing the service test automation framework.
• Displays excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge on API Testing (Postman & RestAssure)
• Knowledge on Accessibility Compliance Testing and Qualys – Web vulnerability Testing (Nice to Have)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services a plus.

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Location

Bangalore, KA, India

Additional Locations 

Employee Type

Employee

Job Functional Area 

Quality Assurance

Business Unit

00092 Kaplan Health

Kaplan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All positions with Kaplan are paid at least $15 per hour or$31,200 per year for full-time positions. Compensation for specific positions are based on job level, skills, years of experience, and education, among other factors. Additionally, certain positions are bonus or commission eligible. Information regarding benefits can be found here.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity inspires innovation and growth in the Kaplan community. Kaplan strives to be a model employer for inclusiveness. Not only does Kaplan value its employees for their professionalism and skills, but also for the unique viewpoints they bring to the Organization. Kaplan's employees bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds that give Kaplan a competitive edge in anticipating and exceeding our students' needs in today's global market. Learn more about our culture.