Problem solver, results driven, creative, hands on, enthusiastic – we are seeking a Senior QA (Automation) Engineer that has these characteristics.  Aktana is a software company that uses Agile and SCRUM methodologies to develop and deliver our product.  The successful candidate will need to know how to create and maintain automated test scripts to perform functional and load testing as well as setting up and maintaining a lab environment for testing ETL/data integrations to other third party applications. 

RESPONSIBILTIES

• Collaborating with Product and Development Teams to analyze and understand application requirements, identifying potential gaps in same
• Developing, updating and maintaining test plans, cases, scripts, and automation for all layers of application testing
• Executing various levels and types of testing such as smoke, functional, compatibility and regression tests (manual and automated)
• Developing and maintaining test data, performing data validation
• Installing and controlling various test configurations and environments
• Identifying, researching and documenting bugs; suggesting possible resolutions and root causes
• Contributing to process improvements efforts related to all aspects of Software Quality Assurance in an effort to reduce defects and quality issues
• Daily management of objectives, priorities, tradeoffs, risk and performance management of all reporting staff.
• Maintain and report product test metrics for all active projects to include code coverage, function coverage, project plans, test cases, and plans

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCES

• Mandatory 5+ of Automation experience
• Strong Python coding and knowledge of Pytest
• Must to have Selenium skills
• Should have built Cucumber - BDD Framework from scratch

GOOD TO HAVE:

• Ability to prioritize work tasks in a fast paced dynamic environment
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, adaptability, and to think beyond “outside of the box"
• Service orientation and ability to work in a team and collaborative environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, time management skills with good knowledge of tools and techniques for anticipating, recognizing and resolving technical problems
• Excellent working knowledge of SQL and RDBMS such as MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
• Ability to evaluate and implement testing tools as per the organization needs.
• Experience on building and running complex test environments
• 5+ years of hands on enterprise software QA engineering, analysis, and testing experience
• 5+ years of hands on of web based, enterprise software application engineering, analysis, and testing experience
• Successfully released as a QA Engineer 3+ enterprise software suite releases in ERP, CRM, or comparable business software applications
• 2+ years of QA engineering, analysis, and testing experience with managing offshore/multi-shore QA teams
• Proven expertise and success with various QA engineering, analysis, and testing methodologies and enterprise software development lifecycles (SDLC)
• Experience in SOAP/REST web services (XML / JSON) testing and automation
• Proven expertise and success with QA automation tools, both commercial and open source to include Mercury QuickTest Pro, LoadRunner, Selenium, Jmeter, or Watir for example
• Proven success with regression, performance, concurrency, and scalability testing methodologies
• Ability to provide hands-on leadership, and work flexible hours some evenings and weekends
• Should have experience in CI tools like Rundeck/Jenkins
• Ability to implement and configure test management tools such as Testlink, Quality Center according to best practice.
• Enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) QA experience strongly desired

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, CIS, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Business Administration or equivalent

Note: 

• We are a remote first company.
• This position is open only for people residing and having work authorization in India.

About Aktana

Committed to customer success and innovation, Aktana is at the forefront of transforming how life sciences companies share information with healthcare providers (HCPs). Our proprietary platform harnesses machine learning algorithms to enable marketing and sales teams to seamlessly coordinate and optimize multichannel engagement with HCPs. Today, more than half of the top 20 global pharma companies are using Aktana for intelligent engagement.

Aktana is growing fast and looking for exceptional talent to join our team. We value hard work, transparency, and collaboration – and we like to have fun too! We are Great Place to Work Certified™, an honor given based on validated feedback from employees who report a consistently positive experience working at Aktana.

Headquartered in San Francisco, we also have offices in Philadelphia, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.