Staff, Quality Engineer – Architect in Hoboken, New Jersey

Position Summary…

What you’ll do…

We’re in search of a Staff-level Quality Assurance Architect to take the reins on our automation framework design and fortify our QA squad. The quintessential candidate is an old hat at meticulously documenting software defects and possesses a knack for architecting, crafting, and refining testing frameworks. Proficiency in Java and Selenium is a must in order to perform in this role.

But here’s where we differ-we’re not simply after a tech enthusiast. We seek someone who can effectively liaise with diverse teams and stakeholders while navigating emerging technologies. If you’re prepared to contribute to the evolution of quality assurance, we invite you to join our team.

About Team: Quality Engineering Capability Center (QE CC) Team – Walmart Health and Wellness

Walmart’s Health and Wellness organization aims to revolutionize how customers manage their health, from managing medications, tracking health stats, scheduling immunization and vaccinations, receiving clinical services, to managing health records and beyond. The Quality Engineering Capability Center Team currently supports over 30 scrum teams internally, and is responsible for the development of a testing framework that automates the tests which other QA/Software Engineers utilize.

What you’ll do:

• Explore relevant products/solutions from an existing repertoire to address business/technical needs

• Assess gaps/updates/modifications between customer/business expectations and existing product/solutions

• Classify requirements into applicable types (e.g., Functional/Non-Functional, Derived/Imposed/Emergent)

• Anticipate solution risks/issues during requirements gathering phase and recommend corrective steps

• Contribute to the creation of user stories for component/application/complex (For agile methodology)

• Identify and recommend automation tools to automate repetitive tasks and releases

• Build basic automation tools to improve quality processes

• Ensure automation tests are built according to standards and adhere to best practice guidelines

• Help decouple dependencies in running automation

• Perform maintenance and re-engineering activities

• Monitor and evaluate project progress against approved milestones and timelines

• Provide inputs to relevant stakeholders regarding schedule progress, health, issues/risks, and key dependencies

• Provide inputs to relevant stakeholders for creation of project plans

• Ensure adherence to the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) process as per identified schedule

• Provide recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues

• Develop business cases for projects with a projected return on investment or cost savings

• Translate business requirements into projects, activities, and tasks aligned with overall business strategy

• Identify and recommend relevant business insights pertaining to their area of work

• Determine testing tools, domains, environments, and test types needed to achieve testing objectives

• Identify scopes and methods of testing for each business requirement

• Understand customer requirements and translate them into user journeys and actions to create test scenarios

• Ensure validation of end-to-end functionality of user journeys

• Create/update traceability matrix to map test requirements with test scenarios and identify automation opportunities

• Prioritize test scenarios based on functional/business importance

What you’ll bring:

• Knowledge of traceability matrix, risk analysis methodologies, cost analysis, business objectives, and classification of requirements

• Ability to explore relevant products/solutions and assess gaps/updates/modifications

• Capability to anticipate solution risks/issues and recommend corrective steps

• Proficiency in automation tools and technologies, tool development, and software maintenance tools and techniques

• Experience with program metrics, program reporting/logging tools and processes, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD)

• Understanding of industry and environmental factors, common business vernacular, and business practices across multiple domains

• Directly relevant business metrics and business areas expertise

• Knowledge of industry test frameworks, intellect test frameworks, test templates, various testing tools, test domains, and test environments

• Understanding of test frameworks, documentation processes, test approaches, traceability matrices, risk-based analysis, test automation, system functionality, performance, and integration

• Familiarity with data migration and accessibility, governance mechanisms, and risk assessment

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert’s and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, Hybrid Work:

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam’s Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

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HOBOKEN, New Jersey US-10279/Bellevue, Washington US-11075:The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00-$216,000.00

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SUNNYVALE, California US-07003:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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• Stock

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Minimum Qualifications…

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software quality assurance, manual/automated testing, or related area. Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering quality assurance, manual/automated testing, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications…

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master’s degree in Software Engineering Quality Assurance, Manual/Automated Testing, or related area and 2 years’ experience in Software Quality Assurance, Manual/Automated Testing, or related area, Quality assurance certification (for example, CSTE – Certified Test Engineer, CSQA – Certified Software Quality Analyst), Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare), Software Engineering Quality Assurance, Manual/Automated Testing, or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location…

221 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030, United States of America

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.