QA Automation Engineer -- ADP Innovation Lab -- New York City

***Please contact Mike Foster at mike.foster@rightthinginc.com or by phone at 866-203-8227 x: 4567 for more information on the new NYC ADP Innovation Lab!***

As the world’s largest B2B cloud company and an industry pioneer in SaaS, ADP continues to be a global leader in technology for HR and Human Capital Management. Our investments in technology increase every year to develop simpler, more elegant solutions to deliver our unique breadth of offerings to clients.

ADP Innovation Labs are a natural evolution for ADP.  We have existing teams focused on the enhancements and support of today’s client offerings, and through the ADP Innovation Labs, we have ongoing investments in finding great new ideas for the future.   Both are essential to continuing our long history of success. Many of our core solutions in the US and across our International products are leveraging new capabilities incubated in the lab and will continue to roll out another wave of new innovations this year.

ADP is expanding its Innovation labs and building a startup style operation in NYC in order to accelerate new technical innovation across UI, Search, Big Data, Social…etc.,  The concept and vision behind the  strategy is "Innovate like a Startup"  with the goal of delivering highly automated, intelligent and predictive solutions to the market. Our goal for the expansion of the Innovation Labs is to have specialized teams of superstars focused in these areas to keep pace with market trends and quickly incubate and deliver capabilities that will dramatically increase the value of our solutions for clients. They will drive our next gen user experiences, designs and technologies which will be incorporated into our products & platforms and make their way into the next wave of solutions for ADP.

We are seeking diverse talent with different experiences, backgrounds, education, creative expertise, technical acumen, etc. that will offer new perspectives and challenge convention as we focus on the future of ADP for years to come.  

Summary:
The QA Automation Engineer will be working with your high-powered teammates to create amazing products that are efficient, intuitive, beautiful, and responsive.  You should think bugs are the biggest threat to humankind and have a passion for eliminating them, automatically. 

Responsibilities:
-Contribute to the design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring they are amenable to test

-Writing great software to support agile software engineering practices (e.g., TDD, continuous integration, automated tests, etc.)

-Planning of tests, including the definition and management of suitable test data, and managing the trade-offs for thoroughness/completeness vs. development & maintenance effort on one hand and time to execute on the other.

-Reduce friction and latency in the development cycle through automation and immediate feedback; not only test, but also build, deployment, monitoring, etc.

-Collaborating with product owners, stakeholders and potentially globally distributed teams

Qualifications:

-Masters / Bachelors' degree in Computer Science or related field (In lieu of degree, 4 years of relevant work experience)

-Knowledge of one of the following languages C#, Java, C++, Ruby, Python, Scala

-Experience building and executing automated tests (Selenium, Watir/Watin, etc.)

-Experience with xUnit type frameworks (JUnit, NUnit, etc.)

-At least one year of experience testing software and web applications in an agile environment

-Expert in automating UI tests with Selenium and Ruby is preferred

-Knowledge of web standards and experience testing REST based APIs is preferred

-Experience configuring Jenkins and extending it with custom plug-ins is preferred

-Experience with RSpec for test specification is preferred

-Understanding of enterprise level automation needs and solutions (parallelism, distribution, etc.) is preferred

About ADP: We power organizations with insightful solutions that drive business success.  Consistently named one of the "Most Admired Companies" by FORTUNE® Magazine, and recognized by Forbes® as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies,” ADP has over a half-million clients around the globe and 60+ years of experience as a world-wide leader of business outsourcing solutions. 

ADP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; M/F/D/V. ADP believes that diversity leads to strength.
   
The Benefits of a Career at ADP:
At ADP, our associates are the key to our success! At ADP you will enjoy a vibrant and diverse organization with exceptional leadership committed to providing every associate with career building opportunities. Our environment is fast paced and dynamic with work/life initiatives that allow for individual goals to be realized. ADP offers excellent benefits effective first day of employment!   

 

Some Benefits Include:
 - Medical / Dental / Vision (effective first day)
 - Pension Plan
 - Company Matched 401K
 - Stock Purchase Plan
 - Vacation / Personal Days / Holidays
 - Tuition Reimbursement
 - Corporate Discounts
 - Employee Assistance Program
 - Employee Referral Bonus

Plus, you will have access to our extensive offering of on-line and instructor led training which is made available to all associates through our Global Learning.
The TOP reasons to ADVANCE your career ADP !!!
- TOP NOTCH benefits package, 401K and Pension plan, along with numerous company perks for all associates
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- Fortune's list of America's Most Admired Companies
- DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity
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- One of only 4 AAA rated organizations by Standard & Poor’s
- Corporate Equality Index: 100% rating and “Best Places to Work” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for LGBT employees
- Ranked # 1 by Fortune Magazine in the payroll services
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- Invested more than $12 million in tools and programs over the last three years to enhance our employees
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