Lead Functional Automation Tester

Functional Automation TesterSora, an ADP company, is hiring a Lead Functional Automation Tester.This role is for a motivated team player based in Brazil to work closely with Sora’s product and development teams in the United States, across most US time zones. Strong written and verbal communication skills, availability for virtual meetings, and prompt asynchronous responses are essential to keep everything running smoothly.As a Lead Functional Automation Tester, you'll be an integral part of the agile and dynamic Sora engineering team. We take a startup mindset—focused, action-oriented, and quick to execute, while always being thoughtful in our approach.You will champion automation testing as an integral part of our SDLC, driving continuous improvement and ensuring our products deliver exceptional user outcomes.WHAT YOU’LL DO:- Design and Lead Automation Testing: Develop, execute and maintain automated tests for existing high priority system functionality and new features/projects as they are built by development teams.- Develop Testing Frameworks: Design and build a functional automation framework to which new test cases can be added easily.- Analyze & Optimize: Monitor test runs, identify test failures vs. Application code failures and optimize automation tests to reduce false-positives, enhance scalability and reliability of the tests.- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with development and product teams to understand requirements, define test cases/scenarios for automation, and ensure alignment.- Automate & Integrate: Embed automation testing into CI/CD pipelines, enabling rapid feedback and continuous performance validation.- Report & Communicate: Provide clear, actionable insights to stakeholders through detailed reports and presentations.- Stay Industry-Forward: Keep current with the latest tools, methodologies, and best practices in automation testing.TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience- Technical Skills:- Extensive experience with test automation frameworks, such as Selenium, Cucumber for Behavior Driven Development (BDD)- Extensive experience with scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Groovy).- Familiarity with NodeJS, React (or similar modern frameworks), relational databases like Postgres, and CI tools such as Jenkins.- Extensive experience writing test cases and test scenarios, from scratch, for existing systems and new features/projects, with the end goal of automating these tests.- Collaboration & Communication: Proven success working across teams and communicating complex findings clearly and effectively. You understand that an agile environment requires flexibility and will manage time constraints and fluidity of work to deliver test automation as part of each functional release (not as an after-thought).- Leadership: As a lead engineer, you inspire best practices, mentor team members, and drive initiatives forward.YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:- Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another’s ideas to find the best solution.- Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We’re obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.- Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.- Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.- Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP’s Philanthropic Foundation.- Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.- O modelo de trabalho adotado pela ADP é office based/presencial, com a possibilidade de trabalho em home-office por até duas vezes na semana.**A little about ADP**: We are a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating a down-to-earth culture that embraces our core values, welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We've received recognition for our work by many esteemed organizations, learn more at ADP Awards and Recognition.**Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP**: ADP