Job Summary :

Aeris is in search of a "hands on" leader to guide QA and automation teams with a strong understanding of Software product development, telecom domain knowledge and a passion for Quality Assurance and test automation.

In this role, you'll be leading a small, fast-paced team.

You will be collaborating with other engineering teams and product management.

You must have a solid understanding of core Java and UI concepts as your team works the complete stack: including front end, backend, web services, and database layers.

To this end, Aeris employs the use of a QualDev title to emphasize the mindset.

Key Responsibilities :

- Provide leadership and guidance to a team of QualDev Engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

- Design, develop, and execute complex JMeter scripts for API testing, load testing, and performance testing.

- Enhance and maintain our testing framework, integrating Selenium, Appium, and Postman automation into our CI/CD pipelines.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of automotive systems with the cloud.

- Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks and performance issues, driving continuous improvement in system reliability and performance.

- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex issues with scripts, applications, and infrastructure components.

- Lead test planning and estimation, risk identification and mitigation, and maintain comprehensive test metrics (e., defect densities, post-production issues).

- Deliver detailed and meaningful reports on test results, highlighting potential areas for improvement.

- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques related to API and performance testing.

- Provide mentorship and professional development guidance to team members.

Minimum Requirements :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

- A minimum of 12 to 15 years of experience in Software Testing, including at least 4 years as a QA Manager for a complete product.

- Proven leadership experience, preferably as a Testing Manager/ Test Architect.

- Strong development skills, with proficiency in at least one programming language (Java/Python).

- In-depth knowledge of RESTful APIs, messaging protocols such as MQTT and AMQP, Kafka, and Google Cloud Pub/Sub.

- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies like Kubernetes.

- Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication and collaboration abilities.

- Experience in writing SQL queries and a basic understanding of performance testing.

Preferred Requirements :

- Experience in the automotive industry or IoT projects involving vehicle connectivity.

- Experience with network Security products

- Experience with working with products based on data analytics

- Exposure to additional cloud environments (GCP/AWS) and technologies such as Kafka, Elastic Search, Redis.

- Knowledge of additional performance testing tools and techniques beyond JMeter