ABOUT THE ROLE:

Rent the Runway is seeking an Engineer III to lead and guide multiple test automation efforts, improve build, deployment, and test workflows, and increase confidence in our systems to mitigate risk through automation as part of our ongoing journey to continuously improve and expand our automation capability. The ideal candidate will understand and apply software testing methodologies, automation and software development life cycle (SDLC) best practices to support further efficiencies in our engineering teams..
You will have experience working with teams of engineers as an Automation Engineer and leading automation initiatives; you are detail-oriented, understand application development methodologies, and want to apply your technical skills to build out automated test systems and deployment pipelines.
If you are a self-starter, passionate about test automation and building a culture of quality, and want to work with a fun group of talented and driven engineers, this is the right role for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Design, develop, and execute automation scripts using open source tools (Jest, Cypress.io, and XCUI), debugging and defining corrective actions for a complex microservices system.
• Translate business requirements into detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test plans and test cases. Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate quality testing activities.
• Decompose the system to test services and existing functionality in isolation and perform more extensive end-to-end tests.
• Develop and improve our test automation frameworks by leveraging cloud infrastructure and implementing the necessary CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve our deployment approval processes to allow for automated testing and deployments to testing, pre-production and production environments - create and help improve these environments.
• Partner with the Engineering teams to review quality specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful risk assessment and feedback.
• Ensure detailed reporting to assess product quality to project stakeholders and track quality assurance metrics, e.g., defect densities and open defect counts.