[Hiring] Software Development Engineer in Test @Republic Services

Role Description

The Software Development Engineer in Test provides testing services that mitigate the risk of software defects and increase the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of Republic Services’ software solutions. This role leads the end-to-end quality of projects within the Company’s Web, Mobile, and other Application Portfolios through test automation. The Software Development Engineer in Test is responsible for architecting new automated test strategies and frameworks in addition to creating, testing, and planning for both manual and automated test frameworks to optimize the testing of complex web and mobile applications. This role must demonstrate innovation, leadership, and mentorship skills in addition to possessing a strong technical and programming/test automation skill set. The Software Development Engineer in Test delivers creative and innovative solutions to support the development team through planning and prioritization of test design, test development, and test automation activities to be accomplished within an Agile methodology or other methodologies in support of a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with frequent application releases.

Qualifications

• Experience with software automation testing methodologies including regression, functional, unit, integration, coverage, performance and load.
• Experience testing applications that integrate with other systems through RESTful APIs.
• Experience with test management tools such as qTest, ALM, TFS, or similar tools.
• Experience with API testing frameworks such as Karate, Gatling, JMeter, or Postman.
• Some experience with load and performance testing.
• Knowledge of Cloud platforms and services such as Amazon AWS, Azure, Heroku, Perfecto Mobile, and SauceLabs.
• Experience in reviewing and providing feedback to team members during pull requests.
• Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.

Requirements

• 2 - 4 years of software test experience with test automation and a focus on web, mobile, database, or web services.
• Experience in Agile software development methodology using tools such as Rally, Jira, ServiceNow, or similar tools.
• Advanced understanding of open-source web frameworks and web application testing tools.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• Retirement plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).