Job Vacancy for Test Automation Engineer at GitLab Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Any City, Nigeria

Job Description

  • GitLab is looking for a motivated and experienced Engineer to help grow our test automation efforts across the entire GitLab ecosystem
  • This is a key position with a new and growing team, so your efforts will have a noticeable impact to both the company and product
  • In addition to the requirements below, successful candidates will demonstrate a passion for high quality software, strong engineering principles and methodical problem solving skills.

Requirements

  • Strong experience developing in Ruby
  • Strong experience using Git
  • Experience with test automation tools like Capybara, Selenium
  • Relevant internship or work experience in software development and/or test automation
  • Experience working with Docker containers
  • Experience with AWS or Kubernetes
  • Experience with Continuous Integration systems (e.g., Jenkins, Travis, GitLab).

 

Responsibilities

  • Expand our existing test automation framework
  • Develop new tests and tools for our GitLab.com frontend, backend APIs and services, and low-level systems like geo replication, CI/CD, and load balancing
  • Work with the product team and other development teams to understand how new features should be tested, and then engage them in contributing automated tests
  • Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, testability and maintainability. You should know about clean code, the test pyramid and champion these concepts.
  • Analyze complex software systems and collaborate with others to improve the overall design, testability and quality.
  • Ensure that automated tests execute reliably and efficiently in CI/CD environments.
  • Ensure test results are tracked and communicated in a timely and effective manner

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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