Senior QA Automation Engineer - Mobile

Company Overview:

Age of Learning® is the leading education technology innovator, creating engaging and effective learning resources to help children build a strong foundation for academic success and a lifelong love of learning. Our research-based digital education programs have proven efficacy in increasing children’s learning gains, and our curriculum is developed by an experienced team of education experts. Age of Learning’s flagship product, ABCmouse.com® Early Learning Academy, is an award-winning comprehensive curriculum for children.  Adventure Academy™, a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), provides elementary-and middle-school-age learners the opportunity to build critical knowledge in language, arts, math, science, social studies, and more in a fun and safe virtual world. The company’s School Solutions Programs include My Math Academy® , an adaptive, personalized program that helps students master foundational math concepts, and My Reading Academy™, which helps young learners become fluent readers and build a foundation for reading comprehension and literacy. With over 10 billion learning activities completed by more than 50 million children worldwide, Age of Learning is a global leader in efforts to advance equity, access, and opportunity for all children. To learn more about Age of Learning, visit www.AgeofLearning.com.

Summary:

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer with a mobile-first approach, who is self-motivated and results-oriented with hands-on experience in testing and deploying high quality enterprise-level solutions in an Agile environment. A strong candidate will have excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and a proven ability to perform in a matrixed organization. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the conception and implementation of automated test frameworks for mobile.

• Be an integral part of the test automation team responsible for setting automation standards and ensure code reviews are conducted for quality, reusability and maintainability of codebase.

• Build test automation suites to support sprint level, regression or end-to-end tests.

• Evaluate and conduct PoC on the latest testing technologies and automation tools.

• Work closely with QA and development teams to improve test automation strategies for fast iteration.

• Provide technical expertise of system architecture, drive and recommend optimal testing strategies for various products and applications.

• Direct the roadmap for future automation framework development.

• Participate in automation and performance testing project planning, tracking, and reporting of automation progress, map test scenarios and performance KPI and SLAs to each business requirement to maintain traceability coverage.

• Mentor and train the team on automation best practices.

• Participate in improving overall software development processes in collaboration with other stakeholders inside and outside of Engineering and IT.

• Partner with DevOps to work on next steps for continuous delivery.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3+ years working in senior-level test automation roles.

• 4+ years testing experience with automated mobile applications, preferably in an Agile environment.

• Develop and maintain custom test automation frameworks for Mobile (iOS and Android) preferred and/or desktop (Windows and MacOS) from the ground up.

• Highly proficient in using open sources tools like Selenium, Git, Jenkins, Docker, TestNG, JMeter and Jira.

• Hands on engineer with proficiency to code in Python or similar scripting language, to automate tests for the full solution stack (UI, App Layer, REST API, Web Service, shell/python scripts).

• Experience with mobile test automation frameworks in Appium preferred and will consider experience in Perfecto, Robotium, Calabash, etc.

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Sauce Labs and AWS tools.

• Able to participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of experience and education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience automating Unity Mobile applications.

The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $90,000 USD to $105,000 USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Age of Learning currently provides: 

• 90% of employee health and welfare benefits premiums & 65% of dependent benefits premiums

 • A 401(k) program with employer match

 • 15 paid vacation days (increases to 20 days on your 3-year anniversary), 11 observed national paid holidays plus 9 sick days

 • Our flexible work culture means 2 or more days in the office (hybrid) or 100% fully remote options available for most positions

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Age of Learning, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partner status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.