RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contribute to an agile team by driving user story analysis and feature grooming, designing and developing thorough test scripts
Automated manual test data creation process by building custom API Routes
Proven experience on writing complex API tests which interface with upstream services or databases
Design and implement manual test suites by writing test plan/test cases / etc
Attend and contribute to sprint planning and take ownership of testing responsibility to ensure successful product releases
Design, implement and maintain cross-platform test automation scripts
Maintain the functional test portion of the Continuous Integration pipeline
Develop and maintain BDD test scenarios and regression plans
Participate in full test development life cycle including requirements analysis and design
Work with developers to provide additional research and debugging of issues when more information is needed to resolve problems
BRING YOUR BEST! WHAT THIS ROLE NEEDS:
6+ years of QA Engineering experience
4+ years of professional experience as a QA Automation Engineer working in an agile environment
4+ years of mobile Testing Experience (iOS/Android)
2+ years of RESTful services automation experience
Strong analytic and debugging skills
Thorough understanding of QA concepts, STLC, SDLC, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment
Demonstrated experience in automating tests with using JS, Java, Python or other languages
Solid understanding of different element locator strategies and the ability to write custom XPath, CSSPath
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, REST APIs, JSON, RDBMS, XML/YAML. XCODE, ANDROID STUDIO
Experience with Git, Jira
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Milwaukee, WI
The Northwestern Mutual is an American financial services mutual organization based in Milwaukee. The financial security company provides consultation on wealth and asset income protection, education planning, retirement planning, investment advisory services, trust and private client services, estate planning and business planning. Its products include life insurance, disability income, and long-term care insurance; annuities; investments; and investment advisory products and services.Northwestern Mutual ranked No. 104 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.