SENIOR QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

• *SO, WHAT'S THE STORY?**

We are on an exciting journey to drive impactful change within our Enterprise Technology team. As part of a global fashion retailer, quality is of paramount importance. This is your opportunity to join a dynamic team, collaborating to lead a team to work in our QA team to ensure quality \& excellence in our software \& systems.

You will be responsible to drive the evaluation, design, and implementation of scalable test automation and ETL testing frameworks. This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, leads automation architecture, defines quality metrics, and ensures our products meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and scalability while leveraging AI/ML in test automation and ETL testing.

• *THE GIG**

As a QA Automation Specialist in our Enterprise Technology team, you will:

Understand the test automation and ETL testing needs of enterprise applications

Works closely with development team to ensure all functional changes are tested either manually or in an automated way

Develop robust, automated test scripts and plans using Playwright

Ensures the scripts are running in pipeline

Build reusable libraries and utilities for automation that can be leveraged across teams and projects

Define the overall test strategy and test plan for ERP applications across functional, regression and integration Work very closely with Data \& Analytics team to ensure ETL testing of the pipelines including snowflake, Airflow and Dag based testing.

Design and implement modular, maintainable automation frameworks that support UI, API, integration, and ETL testing.

• *THE STUFF THAT SETS YOU APART**

Must\-Have Experience

• 4\-6 years of relevant experience in test automation in designing and implementing robust automation frameworks for web, mobile, and backend systems.( using Playwright)
• Proven experience designing and scaling automation frameworks from scratch across enterprise applications.
• 1\-2 years of experience in ETL testing for the enterprise applications (using tools like Airflow, DAG, snowflake etc.)
• Expertise in Java script, Type script
• Strong grasp of testing strategies: unit, integration, functional, and exploratory.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and cloud\-based testing tools (BrowserStack, Perfecto, Saucelabs).
• Proficient in API and backend testing using Postman, Swagger, SoapUI, or custom frameworks like Rest assured
• Experience of working with other development teams to ensure quality is designed in at all stages of product lifecycle
• Proficient in writing SQL queries

• *Technical Skills:**

• Skilled in developing scalable test solutions using Java script and Type script
• Experience of writing test automation for web apps and mobile devices.
• Experience of deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jenkins
• Proficient with test management systems such as JIRA, Zephyr Scale etc
• Experience of testing without UI, using test drivers, simulators, harnesses, and API tools like SwaggerUI, Postman and SoapUI.
• Experience in working with browserstack, perfecto, saucelabs etc.
• Expertise in developing \& maintaining automated test scripts
• Experience in evaluating test automation and performance testing tools and leveraging AI based automation

• *Desirable Skills/Experience**

• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance (and Operations)
• Experience of solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services
• Ability to operate with relative independence in a fast\-paced work environment.
• Experience of Analytics and Power BI

• *Soft Skills:**

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical mindset with problem\-solving capabilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast\-paced environment with multiple priorities.

• *Education:**

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics) or equivalent experience.
• QA Certification (eg ISTQB) is desirable
• We live and breathe Rebellious Self Expression at Dr. Martens, and there are 3 core values at the heart of it. They never stand alone, but work together as a balancing act of rights and responsibilities to support how we work together at DMs. BE YOURSELF. ACT COURAGEOUSLY. SHOW YOU CARE.

• *At DM your technical capability will go hand in hand with the below:**

Great relationship management that delivers results through effective teamwork

You’ll be a proud custodian to our DM’s culture, embodying what we stand for and encouraging others to do the same

You’ll help build a highly engaged team \- ensuring a collaborative culture and providing guidance \& support to other team members

You will take ownership for your own development, proactively seeking out feedback to build self\-awareness

You will bring the outside\-in; you’ll share best practice across the team/business and encourage ideas sharing as well as collaborative problem solving

You’ll lead the way and role model on all things DE\&I \& wellbeing