**Our company**:Encora is a global Software and Digital Engineering company that helps business overcome the Software Engineering Talent shortage and provides next-gen services and such as Predictive Analysis, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, IoT, Cloud, and Test Automation. We count with 16 global offices and 25 innovation labs.Our Software Engineering experts work with leading-edge technology companies to improve their speed to impact.**About the role**:**Essential duties and job responsibilities**:- Acts as QA champion within the team throughout all stages of software development.- Analyzes and creates new test cases for new product features based on software requirement specification documents.- Reviews and refactors proposed test cases based on client and team feedback.- Executes incremental, integration, end-to-end, regression and/or smoke test cases as needed.- Codes automated tests to support functional test cases.- Presents clear and concise input to ensure a continuous improvement of testing techniques, strategies, and standards.- Collaborates with Agile team members during planning, grooming, demo/review, and retrospective ceremonies as required to refine estimations, clarify requirements, improve processes, and provides support during the SDLC for all QA related activities.**Requirements**:- 5+ years of Hands-on experience coding C# automated tests using Selenium WebDriver framework.- Experience using source code version control systems as Git, TFS or similar.- Experience working with Microsoft Test Hub and Feedback (formerly known as Microsoft Test Manager) and Azure DevOps for logging and tracking ALM related artifacts. Experience using other similar tooling as TFS, Jira or Trello might be considered.- Experience working with Azure Data Studio and/or SQL Server Management Studio to query Azure SQL Managed Instances and/or MSSQL databases using T-SQL queries.- Experience conducting API/Restful/WebAPI testing using Postman, SoapUI, Fiddler or similar tools.- Experience working with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines or similar tool- Good communication skills in English (written and spoken).**Nice to have**:- ISTQB: Certified Tester Foundation Level in Software Testing or greater certification.- Experience on performance/load testing using JMeter or similar tools.- Experience using SQL Profiler or similar tooling to trace SQL statement execution.- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate or Microsoft Certified Professional MCSA Web Applications.- Experience on TestIM**Why you will love working with us**:- 100% WFH and available workplace office space if preferred- Private medical, dental and life insurance- Additional vacations per work anniversaries- Birthday day off- 3 sick leaves paid per year- Certification Reimbursement- Substantial referral bonuses- Welcome bonus- A value-based culture where opportunities to learn are endless
