QA Automation Engineer
Sovos
If you're seeking a career where innovation meets impact, you've come to the right place. As a global leader, Sovos is transforming tax compliance from a business requirement to a force for growth while revolutionizing how businesses navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
At Sovos, we're dedicated to more than just solving compliance challenges – we're committed to making a positive and lasting difference in everything we do. Our teams operate on the modern edge of digital technology, working not only to solve complex business challenges but also to enrich our personal, professional, and local communities.
Our purpose-built systems provide the tools you need to thrive in a world where governments demand increased visibility, faster reporting and greater control over business processes. Excited about the possibilities? So are we!
Don’t worry if you don't check all the boxes – apply anyway! We're focused on hiring the right people, not just the "right" resume. It's not about what you've done elsewhere; it's all about what you're capable of doing here.
The Work You'll Do:
As a QA Automation Engineer you will work closely with Sovos customers and team members to ensure products and services work in a fully integrated manner as expected by the customer. A QA Automation Engineer leverages Sovos Quality best practices to improve the efficiency of their team and increase quality of their product.
More specifically you will:
- Identifies areas of improvement regarding testing concepts and personal gaps and is proactive to address
- Maintains QA Best Practices in high pressure situations.
- Regarded as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for module in a product.
- Fully involved in sprint planning to help triage and estimate stories.
- Always includes automated tests on each test suite execution.
- Improves automated tests including efficiency and motivates the team to deliver results with the best quality
- Ensures automated tests are included on the continuous integration.
- Ensures the team contributes to automated test stability.
- Participates in the onboarding process of new hires and assists team members in making decisions.
- Summarizes and communicates acquired knowledge quickly and effectively.
- Communicates complex domain-specific topics, problems, and solutions to a varied audience.
- Determines how the Sovos Org Structure & roles and responsibilities can be arranged for productivity.
- Influences other product and tech teams including Cloud Ops, InfoSec, Architecture, Org Readiness, and UX team.
- Contributes to other products in the product workflow or lines of business and how they operate.
- Works collaboratively to meet agreed-upon deadlines on team assignments and commitments.
- Provides constructive feedback to team and members and responds positively to feedback from team members.
- Independently handles difficult conversations and recognizes when to escalate.
- Provides clear information about work status and blockers
- Encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches when addressing problems and opportunities.
What We Need From You:
- Technical Bachelor's degree
- 3-6 years’ experience
- Able to apply learnings to team
- Knowledge of multiple Sovos products and deeper understanding of a product
- Able to balance multiple priorities using time management and decision-making skills.
- Able to work next to a developer to analyze impact of tasks and expected outputs.
- Able to analyze/research cross-impact on other products.
- Able to combine useful exploratory /Ad-hoc testing with pre-defined tests suites.
- Able to perform any type of test cases and to complete troubleshooting.
- Shows a positive example for others in terms of maturity and self-discipline.
- Understands how Sovos works and is open to assignments where their contribution is most impactful.
- Remains effective when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment.
What Does Sovos Offer You?
The tools to enhance your life - because we want you to enjoy your life outside of work
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Personal Accidents Insurance
- Meal Allowance
- Continuing opportunities for further Learning & Development
- Progressive Wellness Program
- A chance to work with talented and passionate people in a rewarding and values-driven environment!
- Visit our careers page to learn more!
Sovos is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment that celebrates diversity and where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate against race, colour, religions, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic provided by law. At Sovos, all employees are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.
Company Background
Sovos is a global provider of tax, compliance and trust solutions and services that enable businesses to navigate an increasingly regulated world with true confidence. Purpose-built for always-on compliance capabilities, our scalable IT-driven solutions meet the demands of an evolving and complex global regulatory landscape. Sovos’ cloud-based software platform provides an unparalleled level of integration with business applications and government compliance processes.
More than 100,000 customers in 100+ countries – including half the Fortune 500 – trust Sovos for their compliance needs. Sovos annually processes more than three billion transactions across 19,000 global tax jurisdictions. Bolstered by a robust partner program more than 400 strong, Sovos brings to bear an unrivaled global network for companies across industries and geographies. Founded in 1979, Sovos has operations across the Americas and Europe, and is owned by Hg and TA Associates. For more information visit http://www.sovos.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.