The Senior Software Development Test Engineer (SDET) helps deliver the quality and performance of large scale, big data, custom hardware multi-platform software products that includes; web, API and mobile application interfaces. Incumbents in this position are experienced, hands on and self-motivated engineer who can work collaboratively in a continuous integration environment. This role involves working closely with Software Developers and Agile teams that includes leveraging shift-left methods to understand a complex domain and product. The Senior SDET focuses on contributing to the development of automated Functional Integration tests and end-to-end tests through open source test frameworks for overall system testing within an Agile environment. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.
Role and Responsibilities
- Tests complex API, web and mobile based applications that reference database back-end systems.
- Creates and maintains automated test cases, executes test suites, reviews and diagnoses reported bugs, and ensures overall system quality prior to a customer release.
- Designs, develops, maintains, and troubleshoots automated suites of tests through continuous integration for value added feedback.
- Works with the engineering teams to derive testing requirements throughout the development cycle.
- Reproduces, debugs, and isolates problems and verify fixes.
- Works closely with software developers to create software artifacts including test plans, test cases, test procedures and test reports.
- Works cross functional areas with internal partner engineering teams in a disciplined agile environment.
- Estimates own testing tasks and works productively with minimum supervision while showing excellent team attitude.
- Represents team leadership and provides technical guidance and training to junior test personnel.
- Participates in the performance testing and analysis framework for a web services architecture associated back-end applications.
Job Requirement
- Four-year college degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related technical discipline such as Science or Engineering, and a minimum of five+ years of experience, preferably in either a Software Development Engineer or (SDET) Software Development Engineer in Test role
- Robust experience with quality engineering processes, open source test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests in Java with frameworks like JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber, REST Assured, JMeter and Appium is preferred.
- Hands on experience with coding in JAVA or any other Object Oriented programming language
- Experience with GitHub or any other continuous integration systems. Experience with tools & applications such as JIRA, Confluence, Antifactory/Maven
- Experience with requirements, defect, functional, and performance management systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems.
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