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Corteva Agriscience Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer in Des Moines, Iowa
At Corteva Agriscience, we are dedicated to enriching the lives of those who produce and consume food, ensuring progress for generations to come. As a QA Automation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing innovative solutions that support our mission of helping farmers feed and fuel the world. Join our dynamic team and contribute to cutting-edge projects that drive sustainability. Your expertise will help us build on our heritage and address the agricultural challenges of tomorrow.
We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to work on a software development team to build and maintain data analytics and decision software systems. As a QA Automation Engineer, you will contribute to the team’s success by building out automated load, regression, and functional test suites. Automated tests will be integrated with the application’s CI/CD pipelines to cover API and UI applications for new and existing applications hosted in the cloud and on-prem.
The test automation role expectations include alternating between establishing test automation tools and scripts, as well as developing software for the application.
Responsibilities - How will you help us grow? It matters to us, and it matters to you!
Design, document, develop and execute automation test scripts for cloud and on-prem hosted environments
Validate and verify that software applications meet business operational and performance requirements
Collaborate closely with other agile teams driving efficiency in the Automated Engineer processes
Work with QA Automation Engineers to support the department’s Quality Assurance Community of Practice initiatives
Key Minimum Qualifications – What you will bring
2+ years of software development experience
4+ years of experience in creating and running automation tests for execution in build pipelines to test integration, regression, load, and performance testing of API applications
Possess excellent problem-solving skills
Proficient with C#, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular, or similar programming languages
Strong understanding of SQL (MS SQL Server or other relational systems)
Working knowledge of cloud platforms and integration/deployment of test suites into pipeline
Experience working in an agile development environment such as Scrum and Kanban
Excellent written, verbal communication and leadership skills
Additional Qualifications - Desirable, but not required
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management, or related field, or equivalent amount of relevant education and experience
Ability to work with our community of test analysts to support and share quality automation initiatives
Experience with test management tools (e.g., qTest, Microsoft Test Manager, etc.) and with test automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Test-Complete, Selenium, etc.)
Background or interest in biology, genetics, agriculture, or related scientific field
Azure, AWS, or other cloud experiences
Benefits – How We’ll Support You:
• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life
Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.
Corteva Agriscience™ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit:Accessibility Page for Contact Information
For US Applicants: See the ‘Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law’ poster. To all recruitment agencies: Corteva does not accept unsolicited third party resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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