QA Automation
Our QA Automation employees are responsible for developing and executing exploratory and automated tests. QA Automation Developers' responsibilities also include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions to ensure the highest product quality. They also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)
This is a very important role in our company's product development process so they have an interface with a variety of teams. Our QAs conduct tests before the product's launch to ensure the software is running smoothly and meets our partner's needs while focusing on being cost-effective. Ultimately, they monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards and to automate the biggest amount of features and processes.
In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our QA Automation Developers must:
- Meet the criteria of the Level & Step Chart for the Individual Contributors Path
- Score at least 4 in the KAI of their position in order to reach Level 3
- Demonstrate proficiency in Secure Group Knowledge
Salary Grid
All mentioned salary ranges represent the monthly income in Bulgarian Lev after taxes and deductions.
| QA Automation | Step | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | |||||
| Individual Contributor Path | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| QA Automation Developer | 4.000 | 4.150 | 4.300 | 4.450 | |
| Sr. QA Automation Developer lvl II | 5.000 | 5.150 | 5.300 | 5.450 | |
| Sr. QA Automation Developer lvl III | 6.000 | 6.150 | 6.300 | 6.450 | |
| Sr. QA Automation Developer lvl IV | 7.000 | 7.150 | 7.300 | 7.450 | |
| Sr. QA Automation Developer lvl V | 8.000 | 8.150 | 8.300 | 8.450 | |
| Sr. QA Automation Developer lvl VI | 9.000 | 9.150 | 9.300 | 9.450 | |
KAI of the position
General Knowledge
| Concepts | Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|
| Frameworks | Scrum |
| Languages | CSS |
| HTML | |
| JavaScript | |
| Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Usage | Atlassian Confluence |
| Atlassian Jira | |
| BambooHR | |
| Combain | |
| Countly | |
| Hexnode | |
| Inline Manual | |
| Inspectlet | |
| MS Exchange | |
| OpenSTF | |
| Paessler PRTG | |
| Small Improvements | |
| Idaptive | |
| Unwired Labs | |
| Ximble | |
| Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Configuration | Docker Engine/Container |
| Elasticsearch | |
| Samsung Knox | |
| Languages (Idioms) | Advanced English |
Specific Knowledge
| Concepts | Agile |
|---|---|
| Algorithm design | |
| Android Architecture | |
| API concepts | |
| Application Lifecycle | |
| BDD | |
| CI / CD | |
| Defect life cycle | |
| Defect Report | |
| Defect Track | |
| Encryption | |
| Network Design | |
| Network Troubleshooting | |
| Release Management | |
| Software Delivery | |
| Stress testing and Robustness Testing | |
| Test Automation | |
| Test effort estimation | |
| VOIP and Messaging protocols | |
| Frameworks | CasperJS |
| JUnit | |
| Espresso | |
| PHPUnit | |
| TestNG | |
| Languages | Bash Script |
| Command line | |
| Java | |
| JavaScript | |
| Kotlin | |
| PHP | |
| XML | |
| Libraries | Linphone |
| Microsoft Exchange Web Services | |
| Mockito,Espresso | |
| SMACK | |
| Wood Solutinons Timber | |
| Zetetic SQL Cipher | |
| Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Usage | Android Studio |
| Apache Ant | |
| Apache Maven | |
| Apache Tomcat | |
| Gerrit | |
| Gradle | |
| Homer | |
| Intellij | |
| Kibana | |
| Portainer | |
| SCRCPY | |
| Sonar Qube | |
| Swarm | |
| Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Configuration | Apache Tomcat |
| Appium | |
| Bamboo | |
| Countly | |
| Git | |
| Instabug | |
| Kamailio | |
| Microsoft Azure | |
| Openfire | |
| Selenium | |
| SQuirrel SQL client |