- Ability to work with ambiguous requirements, identify gaps, uncover implicit business rules, and define comprehensive test coverage.
- Strong understanding of BDD and experience collaborating with Product Owners and Developers to create executable specifications using Cucumber/Gherkin.
- Thorough understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and quality engineering practices.
- Ability to define and implement product-level test strategies, test plans, and quality gates.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, configurable, and reusable test automation frameworks using TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber.
- Proficiency in utilizing test management and reporting tools such as Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, and automated reporting dashboards.
- Ability to participate in architecture and design discussions, ensuring solutions are testable, scalable, and maintainable.
- Experience defining and managing test data strategies across multiple environments.
- Strong root cause analysis skills for pre-production and production issues, with the ability to identify and close quality gaps.
- Ability to identify, communicate, and mitigate quality risks while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience validating deployments, monitoring application health, and supporting production quality through Grafana, OpenSearch, and K9s.
- Ability to collaborate with development, DevOps, and operations teams to troubleshoot complex issues and improve system reliability.
Software Development Tools
- Strong understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) principles.
- Experience implementing and maintaining automated test execution pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
- Ability to design automation solutions for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Experience enhancing frameworks, tooling, and processes to improve automation efficiency and quality outcomes.
- Strong experience with source control management using Git and collaborative development practices.
Technologies and Standards
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript for automation development.
- Expertise in Playwright for UI and End-to-End testing.
- Hands-on experience with Cucumber/Gherkin for Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
- Strong API testing skills using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and Playwright API capabilities.
- Experience validating REST APIs, service integrations, authentication, and business workflows.
- Strong SQL and data validation experience using Oracle SQL Developer and MySQL.
- Experience working with JSON data structures and API payload validation.
- Knowledge of application deployment, monitoring, and observability practices.
- Experience using Grafana, OpenSearch, and K9s for monitoring, troubleshooting, and deployment validation.
- Experience using Jira, Zephyr, and Confluence for test management, documentation, and reporting.
Key Accountabilities
- Own and drive quality engineering and continuous improvement initiatives across products and teams.
- Design, implement, and maintain automation frameworks and testing best practices.
- Promote shift-left testing and ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Help teams define clear, measurable, and testable acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to understand business requirements and quality objectives.
- Ensure adequate test coverage across UI, API, integration, database, and end-to-end testing layers.
- Work closely with developers during implementation to ensure appropriate testing at every stage.
- Analyze defects and production issues, driving preventive actions and quality improvements.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient releases.
- Support deployment validation, monitoring, and production readiness activities.
- Mentor and coach engineers on automation frameworks, testing methodologies, and quality engineering best practices.
- Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions, framework reviews, Communities of Practice, and technical workshops.
- Contribute to proof-of-concepts, innovation initiatives, and process improvements.
- Champion a quality-first culture and continuously raise testing standards across the organization.
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
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About NIQ
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Skills Required
- Experience working with ambiguous requirements, identifying gaps, uncovering implicit business rules, and defining comprehensive test coverage.
- Strong understanding of BDD and experience creating executable Cucumber/Gherkin specifications with Product Owners and Developers.
- Thorough understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and quality engineering practices.
- Experience defining product-level test strategies, test plans, and quality gates.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, configurable, and reusable automation frameworks using TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber.
- Proficiency with Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, and automated reporting dashboards.
- Experience defining and managing test data strategies across multiple environments.
- Strong root cause analysis skills for pre-production and production issues.
- Experience with deployment validation, application monitoring, and production troubleshooting using Grafana, OpenSearch, and K9s.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience maintaining automated test pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience designing automation for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Strong experience with Git and collaborative development practices.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and expertise with Playwright for UI and end-to-end testing.
- Hands-on experience with Cucumber/Gherkin for BDD.
- Strong API testing skills using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and Playwright API capabilities.
- Experience validating REST APIs, service integrations, authentication, and business workflows.
- Strong SQL and data validation experience using Oracle SQL Developer and MySQL.
- Experience validating JSON data structures and API payloads.
- Ability to mentor and coach engineers on automation frameworks, testing methodologies, and quality engineering practices.
NielsenIQ Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NielsenIQ and has not been reviewed or approved by NielsenIQ.
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Parental & Family Support — Public materials highlight paid parental leave in the U.S., with additional paid disability time for birth parents. Parental leave is positioned as a standout element of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited or flexible PTO is referenced alongside paid holidays and sick leave, providing broad time-off options in many roles. Actual use can vary by team norms, but the formal breadth is notable.
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Flexible Benefits — Work-from-home and hybrid arrangements are supported in many roles, with remote-friendly practices described across business lines. Flexibility is frequently positioned as a meaningful advantage.
NielsenIQ Insights
What We Do
NielsenIQ is the industry leader in global measurement and data analytics, and the most trusted source for retail and consumer intelligence. We deliver the complete truth to retailers, manufacturers, and our partners through our comprehensive data sets and powerful insights. We enable businesses to make critical decisions confidently, accelerating growth and optimizing performance.
Why Work With Us
We empower companies around the world to make bold decisions and transform their business with trusted data, solutions, and insights. Joining NielsenIQ means experiencing countless learning opportunities and gaining numerous pathways for growth.
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