Senior Quality Test Engineer II at Elsevier – Bengaluru | Jobyssey

Do you enjoy improving quality and driving automation strategies in complex technology environments?

Would you like to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products and data solutions?

About our Team:

This is a position in the Research Data Platform team responsible for performing functional testing and developing and executing performance and automation testing solutions for a platform built to support large-scale data transformation, processing, and analytics workflows. The team focuses on ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability across data-driven applications and distributed systems.

About the Role:

This position works with the development team to develop functional testing, apply automation strategy and to plan and execute effective and efficient performance and automation testing to accomplish on-time and efficient delivery of high-quality software products and/or data.

Responsibilities

Innovating process improvements that enable efficient delivery and maintenance with consistent direction
Researching available tools and leading or participating in initiatives to identify and implement solutions that enhance testing capabilities and product quality
Developing and executing automated and performance testing for assigned projects to support successful, consistent delivery
Interacting with Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, and Operations teams to plan testing and ensure products meet requirements and quality standards
Reporting issues and results, identifying root causes, and documenting findings
Ensuring that testing addresses agreed requirements with stakeholders
Conducting project reviews, defining review criteria, and implementing procedures for quality control of deliverables
Leading or participating in continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices

Requirements

Demonstrated ownership for overall product quality, driving quality practices across development and testing activities.
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, software development lifecycle, and process improvement practices.
Ability to define effective test strategies and design comprehensive test scenarios covering functional, integration, and edge-case conditions
Strong programming experience in Java with ability to design and maintain automation solutions.
Experience testing microservices and distributed system architectures.
Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-based applications.
Experience testing event-driven systems using Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
Strong experience in data engineering and data quality testing.
Experience working with complex data formats including Parquet, XML, JSON, and large-scale datasets.
Knowledge of schema validation approaches (e.g., SHACL or similar).
Understanding of Spark jobs and distributed data processing environments such as EMR.
Experience analysing and validating data using Databricks by writing queries to verify data outcomes is desirable
Understanding of automation best practices and integration with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub).
Experience participating in pull request (PR) reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to engineering standards.
Experience monitoring applications and analysing logs using tools such as New Relic or similar observability platforms.
Experience supporting end-to-end (E2E) and integration testing across multiple systems and domains.
Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and Operations
Experience with Docker or containerization technologies is desirable.
Strong analytical, research, and root cause analysis skills with focus on continuous improvement

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for You

We understand that your well-being and happiness are essential to a successful career. Here are some benefits we offer:

Comprehensive Health Insurance.

Enhanced Health Insurance Options.

Group Life Insurance.

Group Accident Insurance.

Flexible Working Arrangements.

Employee Assistance Program.

Medical Screening.

Long-Service Awards.

Various Paid Time Off options including Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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