By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice (https://jobs.takeda.com/privacynotice) and Terms of Use (https://www.takeda.com/terms-and-conditions/) . I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. **Job Description** **The Opportunity** We are seeking a **Cloud Software Test Engineer** to design, execute, and automate comprehensive test cases for our cloud-based applications and APIs. The ideal candidate is passionate about software quality, experienced with agile test management tools such as **qTest** , **Jira** , and **Confluence** , and fluent in writing and debugging tests using **Python** . This role will collaborate closely with developers, product owners, analysts, scrum masters, DevOps engineers and other stakeholders to ensure reliable and scalable software releases, with opportunities to test and validate **Generative AI** features as part of our innovation roadmap. **Responsibilities** + Review user stories and evaluate their acceptance criteria. + Work closely with others to recognize the potential for any operational issues, assess risks, and help to resolve issues before the new software is complete. + Cooperate with other teams to understand full end-to-end use-cases to meet cross-functional requirements. + Create and maintain test approaches, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, automated test scripts and execution cycles for cloud-based applications and microservices. + Implement software tests, using either manual or automated approaches, as well as exploratory testing. Link them in qTest to user stories and requirements in Jira to assure full traceability. + Define and execute positive, negative, boundary, and limit test cases to ensure robustness of software features. + Perform API-level testing, validating input/output consistency and response codes. + Run diverse sets of system and system integration tests on new or changed software products to ensure they satisfy all specifications and requirements and evaluate results. + Support or validate features related to Generative AI, such as model responses, prompt evaluation, or content moderation logic. + Debug and isolate issues by reviewing application logs, stack traces, and API responses. + Write detailed, high quality defect reports for any issues encountered during testing activities. + Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure all defects are logged, triaged, and tracked through resolution. + Provide feedback to cross-functional teams and stakeholders regarding usability and functionality and provide understandable test reports and coverage metrics. + Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies — sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives; providing input from testing throughout the development lifecycle. **Skills and Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or other relevant work experience. + 4+ years of relevant professional experience in software testing on agile projects with a focus on test automation. + Experience with test design, set-up of test approaches and test plans. + Solid experience with Python frameworks like pytest or unittest. + Experience in testing web services using Postman, Python requests, or cURL. + Experience with relational databases and/or NoSQL. + Good experience with testing in the cloud. + Interest in the newest testing and test automation trends and best practices. + Good in analyzing problems and developing solutions. + Proficient in both oral and written communication in English. + Team player with innovative thinking. **Nice-to-Have** + Experience with **CI/CD pipelines** (Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions). + Familiarity with **Generative AI** systems or testing LLM-based applications. + Exposure to **containerized environments** (Docker, Kubernetes). + Knowledge of **AWS** or other cloud infrastructure services. + Background in **performance testing** or **security testing** tools. **Locations** MEX - Santa Fe **Worker Type** Employee **Worker Sub-Type** Regular **Time Type** Full time