Junior Test Engineer Automation

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faro, Portugal Dev PRO Tempo integral
We are hiring in Europe At Dev.Pro, a US-based outsourced software development company, we're looking for contractors to join our global team of IT professionals helping tech companies scale their business through software engineering expertise. Operating as a remote-first company, our experts work across 55+ countries on five continents, giving us the flexibility and skillset to deliver high-quality engineering for projects of any size or complexity.

We invite a Junior Test Automation Engineer to join our collaborative team. In this role, you'll create and run automated tests, review test results, and help identify issues in complex cloud-based systems. You'll also gain hands-on experience with performance testing by executing test scripts and collecting and monitoring key performance metrics.

What's in it for you:

- Build hands-on experience in performance testing while growing your AQA skills

- Work with complex cloud-based systems and gain exposure to performance metrics and monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch

- Learn from experienced engineers in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing team

Is that you?

- Up to 1.5 years of experience in software testing or test automation

- Understanding of software testing principles and QA practices

- Basic programming or scripting skills in Python or Scala

- Basic understanding of HTTP/HTTPS protocols, headers, payloads, and API status codes

- Ability to execute tests, review results, and identify issues or unexpected behavior

- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities

- Good communication and collaboration skills

- Upper-Intermediate English level

Desirable:

- Basic understanding of performance testing concepts (Load, Stress, Spike, and Soak/Endurance testing)

- Basic understanding of performance metrics, including latency, response time, throughput, and error rates

- Hands-on familiarity with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Locust, or Gatling

- Experience with AWS or another major cloud platform

- Basic experience with AWS CloudWatch

- Basic Linux command-line experience

- Familiarity with Git

- Relevant certifications/courses, such as ISTQB CTFL, AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials, or JMeter/Locust training

Key responsibilities and your contribution

In this role, you'll help ensure the quality and reliability of our software while building your skills in test automation and performance testing.

- Create, maintain, and run automated tests

- Help investigate test failures and fix issues with automated tests

- Execute pre-scripted performance tests, including Load, Stress, Spike, and Soak/Endurance tests

- Record key performance metrics (latency, response times, throughput, error rates, and HTTP response codes)

- Monitor basic performance metrics using AWS CloudWatch

- Review test results and identify anomalies and basic performance failures

- Report anomalies and basic performance failures to intermediate and senior team members