Senior Quality Engineer I

The Senior Quality Engineer I for the Enterprise Commerce team is a key technical leader at the Marriott Tech Accelerator, responsible for driving quality assurance and automation excellence across multiple commerce tracks. This role ensures the highest standard of deliverables by managing robust end-to-end testing strategies, fostering collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, and advancing automation practices for scalable, secure, and reliable commerce solutions

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor quality engineering teams, overseeing quality assurance across all commerce tracks and ensuring the integrity and reliability of deliverables.
• Design, implement, and optimise automation frameworks and test strategies for complex backend systems, REST APIs, Kafka-dependent applications, NoSQL document databases, and cloud-based deployments.
• Validate and automate test cases for systems leveraging event-driven architectures and cloud infrastructure (AWS or other providers).
• Integrate test cases with CI and CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align testing activities with release goals and business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement in test processes, defect management, and automation coverage, proactively identifying and addressing gaps in test execution.
• Facilitate technical training and development for team members to elevate overall quality standards.
• Coordinate the scheduling and execution of testing and report errors and issues for resolution.
• Contribute to the identification and ongoing monitoring of risks and concerns.
• Review and approve test scripts and automation flows, ensuring best practices are followed across all commerce initiatives.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on experience in automation scripting for large-scale applications.
• At least 4+ years of experience working with backend systems, RESTful APIs, Web application testing and validating/automating test cases for applications dependent on Kafka event streaming.
• At least 4+ years of experience in Spring Boot and Java application development and automation.
• Prior experience integrating automation test scripts with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong expertise with SQL document databases and experience testing solutions deployed on AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to manage distributed and offshore quality engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and technical problem-solving skills.
• At least 4+ years of cumulative experience with backend automation testing frameworks, including but not limited to Tricentis Tosca, Playwright.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with Tricentis Tosca, Playwright.
• Demonstrated experience with Springboot and Java.