Overview:
Guidepoint's Engineering team thrives on delivering innovative technology solutions that accelerate revenue growth, reduce costs and increase efficiency and productivity. As Guidepoint works to achieve its mission of making individuals, businesses, and the world smarter through personalized knowledge-sharing solutions, the engineering team is taking on challenges to create new products and improve existing platforms to optimize the seamless delivery of our services.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, build, and maintain a test automation framework.
- Automate test cases and design, develop, and execute reusable and maintainable automated scripts.
- Analyze issues related to automated and/or load testing, research and propose solutions, and add, modify, or enhance previously recorded automated scripts.
- Analyze test results and determine root causes of issues. Determine severity and scope of issues to guide prioritization for resolution.
- Provide regular software defect tracking and regression updates and present status and technical reports as required.
- Assist in planning, developing, and delivering training related to automated test tools and frameworks.
- Review, establish, and maintain thorough documentation, templates, and process improvements and communicate technical issues to engineering leadership and business stakeholders.
- Work closely with other engineering team members and departments on technical issues and updates.
- Keep abreast of technology trends and advancements within areas of specialization and incorporate improvements into the overall testing process.
What You Have:
- 6+ years of experience in a QA Automation engineering role
- Experience with writing test scripts from scratch for manual testing
- Strong experience in automated testing practices and tools — Selenium or other similar tools and Web Service testing
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), experience with a variety of testing techniques (Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM)
- Experience with performance/load testing.
- Previous exposure to a ticketing system (Jira preferred).
- Strong hands-on programming skills with the Java programming language.
- In-depth knowledge of SOA frameworks, processes, strategies, and approaches
- Experienced with CI/CD/Devops methodologies/tools and practical implementation of DevOps processes.
- Degree in an engineering discipline (Computer Science/Computer Engineering/information Technology/MIS)
About Guidepoint:
Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients turn answers into action.
Backed by a network of nearly 1.75 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,600 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.
At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in a QA Automation engineering role
- Experience with writing test scripts from scratch for manual testing
- Strong experience in automated testing practices and tools
- Strong hands-on programming skills with the Java programming language
- Degree in an engineering discipline
Guidepoint Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Guidepoint and has not been reviewed or approved by Guidepoint.
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Retirement Support — A company 401(k) with matching contributions is highlighted as a strong element of the package. Additional financial protections like disability and life insurance reinforce longer-term security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Employees have access to PTO, paid holidays, paid sick days, and family medical leave, including maternity and paternity leave. This breadth of leave supports time away for both routine rest and major life events.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A casual hybrid work setup, commuter benefits, wellness activities, and office perks such as free snacks and social outings are offered. Mentorship, professional development, and global collaboration are also emphasized.
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What We Do
Guidepoint connects clients with vetted subject matter experts—Advisors—from our global professional network. Our clients leverage the insights and perspectives shared by our Advisors to stay informed and make better business decisions. Our multinational client list includes nine of the top 10 global consulting firms, hundreds of hedge funds (including five of the largest firms), and many of the largest private equity firms and Fortune-ranked companies. Guidepoint’s fourteen offices on three continents provide 24/7, quick and agile service.
