What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Automation Tester/Engineer expertise in Selenium WebDriver - $100 CTC - HYBRID (CURRENT LOCAL TO AUSTIN AREA ONLY) position at Chandra Technologies, Inc.?
Job Description:
***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted
Location Requirement: The primary work location will be 4601 W Guadalupe St, Austin, Texas 78751.
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Thurs) required to be onsite at the location listed above.
Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius). **Subject to change per the hiring team**
Candidates must already reside in Texas.
Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.
Skilled QA Engineer / Automation Tester with deep expertise in Selenium-based functional automation testing. This role requires a strong foundation in core testing principles, hands-on automation framework development, and the ability to ensure high-quality software delivery through structured, scalable, and reliable test solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium.
- Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD).
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
- Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
- Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).
- Perform API testing (manual and automated).
- Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.
- Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.
- Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.
Required Skills:
- Experience in Quality Assurance and testing
- Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools
- Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
- Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
- Experience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
- Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
- Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
- Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
- Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.
- Strong defect lifecycle management experience.
- Ability to think from an end-user perspective.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
- Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
- Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
- Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
- Experience with containerization (Docker).
- Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.
- Experience in microservices architecture testing.
- Knowledge of security testing basics.
Salary : $100