About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

Summary:
The Software Development Test Engineer II contributes to the quality assurance and testing strategy for Tekion’s software products by designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated test solutions for new and existing functionality. This role works closely with software engineers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to validate requirements, identify defects, improve test coverage, and help ensure reliable product releases. The ideal candidate brings solid experience in software testing, growing expertise in automation, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile development environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain test cases and test scripts for functional, regression, integration, and system testing

• Create and enhance automated test scripts for recurring test scenarios and critical product workflows

• Analyze product requirements, technical specifications, and user stories to ensure adequate test coverage and quality validation

• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution, partnering with developers to support root cause analysis

• Validate new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and release candidates across web, mobile, APIs, and/or platform applications as applicable

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and release readiness discussions

• Collaborate with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to improve test strategies, test environments, and release quality

• Maintain test documentation, test data, and traceability between requirements and test coverage

• Support and execute API, database, and end-to-end testing where needed

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, automation frameworks, and testing standards

• Mentor junior test engineers or provide guidance on test execution, defect documentation, and quality best practices

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

• 2–4 years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or software development

• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), software testing lifecycle (STLC), and Agile methodologies

• Experience designing and executing manual and automated test cases using AI tools like Claude and/or Copilot

• Familiarity with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or similar

• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar

• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps, or equivalent

• Understanding of API testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar is preferred

• Basic knowledge of SQL, databases, and client-server or microservices architecture is preferred

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment

Current Tekion Employees: Please apply via the Internal Job Board in Ashby

Note: Tekion recently transitioned to a new recruiting tool and we appreciate your patience and feedback as we adjust to our new system!

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