Company DescriptionCompany Name: AKAR venturesLocation: Westford, MAJob Title: QA Automation Engineer Job Order #AKAR678Date Posted: July 5th, 2018Valid through: August 30th, 2018Job DescriptionGreat team, learning and growth, making an impact, being heard, opportunity, excellent benefits and fun! We are a powerful technical team leading the way with innovative ideas in the employment space. In our agile environment we are able to quickly grasp, analyze, contribute, and put ideas into motion. The work environment is highly-collaborative and intellectually stimulating. Our efforts are acknowledged with small celebrations when we hit our sprint goals. This is a company you can feel proud of, and a team that feels like family.Job ResponsibilitiesReview user stories, identify incorrect or missing acceptance criteria, outline test cases/write automation scenarios, test for defects, demo user stories to product ownersParticipate in: backlog grooming (discuss upcoming user stories), demo to stakeholders, team retrospective, sprint planning and deploymentsSoftware QA manual testing experience is requiredSoftware QA automation test experience is required (70% of the job)Object oriented language is a must (we use Java/Groovy)HTML and CSS experience is a plusAbility to find elements using XPath (or read about this skill online and be prepared to discuss)Cucumber and Selenium WebDriver automation experience is a plus (at a minimum, read about Cucumber online and be prepared to talk about why it is used and what the parts are)Top notch communicator, both written and verbal, since none of us are mind readersAdditional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.