Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
Our team is looking for a Software Test Engineer to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.
This Software Test Engineer will need real-world enterprise web application and API testing to implement an effective test strategy and validate application functionality using QA methodologies, tools, strategies, and standards based on best practices in Software Testing and continuous integration and deployment.
Role
Play a pivotal role in Agile teams in the continuous validation of web applications, APIs, and end to end testing of the software products.
Prepare comprehensive test scenarios, review test cases.
Perform functional testing in various test cycles functional, regression, sanity, UAT.
Develop Test Automation code for API and UI tests, and monitor day-to-day test executions
Generate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report results
Update existing test plans and automated test scenarios to reflect new requirements
Participate in project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspections, and conduct test reviews, including test plans, requirements, cases and automation coverage
Participate in requirements review, story elaborations and testing activities
Work closely with developers to identify code defects or regressions
Perform Exploratory testing as required
Share experience and insight by suggesting process improvements
Perform demos of new product functionality to stakeholders
About you
Strong skills in performing QA tasks viz. test planning, functional testing, debugging, defect reporting..
Strong skills in testing UI applications and APIs.
Experience in Automated testing of web based software applications, API testing.
Experience in different testing strategies; functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, black box testing, Automation, UAT
Ensures team adherence to Quality Assurance policies, procedures and processes
Good knowledge and ability to work with Postman, Cucumber BDD, Gherkin, Maven, TestNG.
Knowledge of tracking tools: JIRA, Zephyr and Confluence is a must.
Must Have an experience on Selenium or any open source tool.
Identifying Root Cause Analysis and Tracking the same.
Good at problem-solving and interpersonal communication.
Must have a desire for achieving excellence in customer satisfaction, process and product quality and reliability.
Experience of testing REST API endpoints, Web and Mobile based applications.
Sound knowledge of Test Automation toolstack viz. Java, TestNG, Cucumber, RestAssured Gitlab, Maven.
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines. In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.