Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Pearson
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QA Engineer
As a QA Engineer, you will oversee quality assurance activities associated with software analysis. This includes developing test plans, performing exploratory testing and executing functional and regression testing. You will work closely with engineering, product management and support teams to ensure the product is ready for release.
Core Skills & Experience
10+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and enterprise-grade applications. • Strong automation framework design experience (Java, Python or JavaScript-based frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium). • Expertise in CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). • Advanced test strategy & architecture – able to design scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions. • API automation (Postman, Testfully, Karate, or similar). • Performance & load testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6). • Security testing basics (OWASP, integration with automation pipelines, penetration testing). • Hands-on with /orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS). • Databases & backend validation (MYSQL 8, Oracle).
Leadership & Strategic Skills
Define end-to-end automation strategy for enterprise projects. • Stakeholder communication (reporting quality metrics, risks, and ROI of automation). • Work closely with DevOps, Developers, and Product Owners. • Ability to choose tools & frameworks based on business/tech needs. • Contribute to quality engineering culture (shift-left, test pyramid, continuous testing).
Tools & Ecosystem Knowledge
• Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium.
BDD/TDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow, JBehave).
• Git, Maven/Gradle, npm/yarn, etc.
• Test management (Jira).
Cloud providers (AWS). • IntelliJ IDE. • Testfully and Postman.
• AI tool like Co Pilot and Claude.
Soft Skills
Strong analytical & problem-solving skills. • Ability to drive automation adoption across teams.
• Experience in agile environments.
Strong documentation and reporting skills.
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