Motive Retail is a unique software company that is passionate about providing innovative and dynamic system integration solutions to global manufacturers, dealer systems and value added software providers. Our integration automation platform gives our customers the ability to share data across a global, dynamic and complex ecosystem via tighter system integrations. We help organizations simplify complex data integration problems and partner with some of the largest names in the Automotive industry.

Job Summary:

Motive Retail is passionate about building industry standards-based, tightly integrated trading partner communities that help all participants succeed. We're doing this today in automotive, collision and construction industries, and our customers are household names from around the world. You will be a principal participant in a small, high-performing team executing an efficient Agile/Scrum product development process with responsibility for planning, creating, and executing test cases to ensure prompt delivery of high-quality software. You will work closely with developers, product owners, and managers to assist in the design of the software. This position includes both manual and automated testing, with a strong emphasis on helping to build the test automation for the product.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in user story creation and in defining acceptance criteria
• Prepare and execute test plans
• Be actively involved in sprint planning
• Use testing tools for defect tracking and issue resolution (Atlassian)
• Perform regression, load/stress, and performance testing
• Prioritize multiple tasks in an agile, fast-paced environment
• Investigate and recommend process improvements and be an active participant in regular retrospective meetings
• Troubleshoot issues in our testing environments
• Document test efforts and results, and communicate them with project stakeholders, management, developers, and QA team as required

Personal Characteristics Required:

• Strong analytical and investigative skills; detail orientation
• Ability to triage issues, react well to changes, work with teams and ability to multi-task on multiple products and projects
• Excellent communication skills and a strong inclination for documentation
• Initiative - Self-starter with excellent follow-through skills
• Eagerness to learn quickly and thoroughly
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and tasks
• Self-discipline in time management skills and task prioritization
• Ability to work independently as well as work effectively with team members

Skills Required/Desired:

• 3+ years’ experience as a QA, SDET or automation engineer
• 1-3 years working with test automation tools
• Scripting ability, preferably with JavaScript, Python, or Scala
• Proficient with an IDE (preferably VSCode, Eclipse or IntelliJ)
• Experience working with Agile development tools (preferably Jira)
• Experience testing REST APIs and SOAP/XML web services
• Experience with API testing tools such as Gatling or JMeter is desirable
• Working experience with software delivery in a CI/CD environment
• Experience with API and web service testing tools like Postman and SOAP UI
• Working knowledge of Swagger / OAS / JSON Schema / XSD and WSDL