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DESCRIPTION
Would you like to experience what it would have felt like to join Amazon in 1995? The International Expansion team is responsible for launching Amazon marketplaces in new regions and our team gets to experience the feeling of launching businesses from the ground up and making our products work for the customers in the new region.
WHO YOU ARE
• You are a sharp, experienced software engineer with strong problem-solving skills, a solid software testing foundation.
• You are a talented, detail, oriented and enthusiastic tester who is passionate about quality and is enthusiastic about the new cutting edge technology offered to consumers.
• You will design, plan, execute and automate tests for software across a variety of n-tier architectures and cutting-edge technologies.
WHO WE ARE
The International Retail organization is building a team to help expand Amazon's footprint in Middle East. Our QA/SDET team will play a pivotal role in this program, with the mission to build and execute a streamlined QA process for the new business initiative. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a team that will be responsible for building a successful, sustainable and strategic business for Amazon, from the ground up.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• At a strategic level, our QA team will help drive the software development process towards quality-centric methodologies.
• The QA team will also drive efficiencies in the QA process and invest appropriately in process changes, automation, tools etc to reduce the overall QA effort for the product.
• The goal of our QA team is to build a comprehensive test suite that will be utilized to validate the solution in a scalable and repeatable manner.
• The QA team identifies use cases and creates test plans, defines test strategies and creates test cases to validate software design via manual and automated tests.
• The QAE is responsible for conducting functional regression testing, integration testing and automation, and identify scaling and security issues for distributed, service oriented software systems using Java/ C++/C#, SQL, Perl, Python, JavaScript, as well as user-level automation using tools such as Selenium.
• Find opportunities for improvements in systems, tools and processes, as well as drive these improvements across the development groups.
• Work closely with the development groups that enhance and maintain the applications that make up the product and the underlying services that drive them.
• Write automated tests with Scripting tools and/or user-level automated tools.
• Responsible for understanding the domain and the product in detail and coming up with the test strategy/planning, developing test cases, driving the test case sign-off processes with the stakeholders, and test execution and reporting.
Requirements
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's in CS or related field + 4 years of experience or Master's and 4 years of experience in software quality assurance
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as SQL, Perl, Python, XML or Ruby
• Ability to write code in C, C++ or Java
• Familiarity with automation testing tools such as Selenium, QTP, Load Runner or Win Runner
• Excellent QA aptitude and ability to drive process improvements
• Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools
• Ability to write test plans and test strategy documents
• Ability to understand functional/technical specifications and analyze data
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail, including the ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience in testing systems built on three tier architecture and web technologies
• Experience in using APIs and Web Services for testing service oriented architecture
About the Company
Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae.