Colombia
Medellin
Remote
Hybrid
Remote
Middle AQA Engineer (Java+ JS)
We are looking for a dedicated and skilled QA Automation Engineer who is enthusiastic about their profession and eager to collaborate with a team of like-minded individuals. This is an opportunity to grow and hone your skills as a software quality engineer while significantly impacting the financial industry.
In this role, you’ll drive our software quality assurance lifecycle, collaborate with development teams to establish test strategies, and develop automated tests to ensure our releases meet the highest standards. Your expertise will also extend to maintaining our CI flows and troubleshooting system issues.
If you’re passionate about quality, automation, and continuous improvement, join us in shaping the future of the financial industry.
Required Skills:
- Solid understanding of QA practices, including automation and manual testing.
- Experience with Java for automating API tests and front-end testing.
- Strong backend testing knowledge, including API automation (e.g., Rest-Assured) and Core Java expertise.
- Basic SQL experience and log reading skills.
- Proficiency in Node.js frameworks like WebDriverIO, Playwright, Protractor, or Cypress.
- Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Ability to prioritize test scenarios, create execution plans, and build test automation frameworks.
- Experience with peer code and test case reviews.
- Familiarity with version control, defect tracking, and test management tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, JIRA).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and self-development skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks.
Qualifications and Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields.
- 3–6 years of experience in QA/testing roles and as a Quality Engineer (automation).
- Experience in the financial domain or applications is an advantage.
- Familiarity with offshore/nearshore/onshore models is a plus.
- Preferred experience with Agile methodology.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Seismic and Coric.
- Experience with JUnit, Spring Boot, and Mockito for integration testing.
- Mobile automation testing for Android, iOS, or cross-platform tools.
- Performance testing experience with JMeter.
- Salesforce-related experience
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement tests: Develop detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
- Develop automated test scripts:
- Utilize testing software programs to perform automated tests.
- Write scripts and create automation environments for repeated tests using various tools.
- Identify and document issues: Analyze and record problems during testing, such as defects, bugs, errors, and inconsistencies.
- Review system requirements: Ensure the software meets quality standards and track quality assurance metrics.
- Collaborate with development teams: Understand system architecture and functionality, and resolve issues.
- Conduct post-release testing: Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.
- Monitor debugging process results: Conduct stress testing, performance testing, and scalability tests.
- Stay updated: Keep up-to-date with the latest testing tools and methodologies.
We Offer:
- 10 working days of Paid Day Off within an individual year.
- Up to 15 working days of Unpaid days off within an individual year.
Professional Growth:
- Sombra University courses – enjoy a range of learning opportunities through Sombra University. It offers many educational courses, as well as educational lectures on a variety of topics.
- Sombra Around Tech – community attendance – Sombra unites engineers and experts in several areas: Front-end, Back-end, QA, DevOps, and Вusiness Analysis.
- Mentorship program – available on request.
- UDEMY online course platform – stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and programming languages.
- English courses and Speaking Club – attend English classes twice a week in small groups.
Added advantages:
- Work equipment (Laptop, monitor, and small devices compensation).
- Sombra’s referral program
- If you know someone you believe is a good fit for our cooperation, you can recommend them and get a reward
- Public Holidays – celebrate 18 statutory holidays in Colombia.
- Sombra events – Join Sombra’s traditional events (both online and offline).
