[Hiring] Principal Software Development Engineer in Test @REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)

Role Description

Design, develop, implement, document and maintain test infrastructure with a high level of complexity that requires innovation and ingenuity. Guide the evolution of all test systems through innovation and technical leadership. Model and act in accordance with REI’s guiding values and mission.

• Lead innovation for the group by exploring new technology, showing others how to leverage those discoveries through proof-of-concept implementations, and incorporating those into the platform where advised.
• Advocate for technical debt reduction and test technology migration by providing possible technical pathways to solve those items and prioritizing by impact.
• Drive the definition and adherence to the test development culture of the group, with a focus on innovation.
• Act as a technical consultant for assigned teams, gaining deep knowledge of those areas’ domains and relevant design patterns, and applying those to project solutions.
• Devise and document test frameworks, coding standards, preferred design patterns and libraries, and development methodologies for the group.
• Ensure code quality across all assigned projects with periodic reviews of work to ensure guidelines and standards are followed.
• Keep up to date on industry technology trends; discern issues affecting teams across assigned group; periodically make relevant recommendations about both.
• Work with other technical leaders to define a practical technical evolution path, and ensure proper technology choices for the enterprise.
• Help technical managers hold other SDETs accountable for their assigned work; provide day-to-day feedback to SDETs on the work they produce.
• Mentor other SDETs, growing their skillset by training them on new technologies, advising areas of study, and teaching them about the standard implementations and patterns.
• Help technical managers refine the hiring process, participate in hiring activities, and help to onboard new team members.
• Carry authority to make technical decisions when an answer isn’t self-evident (e.g., tiebreaker when choosing technical direction).
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field, or the foreign degree equivalent.
• Five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience creating and executing QA (quality assurance) execution strategies for complex systems, including 2 years in a retail environment.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience designing test models for complex systems.
• 5 years of experience developing and maintaining complex automation frameworks and test code.
• 5 years of experience utilizing engineering best practices in Unit, functional and non-functional testing.
• 2 years of experience in building CI/CD Pipeline.
• 2 years of experience utilizing automation frameworks like Selenium, WebDriver IO, or Cucumber.
• 2 years of experience testing and validating REST APIs using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
• 2 years of experience utilizing AWS cloud technologies such as EC2 and S3.
• 2 years of experience working in the Identity and Access management space.
• 2 years of experience in integrating IAM APIs with third-party applications, providing seamless user experiences through unified access control.
• 2 years of experience with authentication and authorization frameworks, such as OAuth, OIDC and SSO.
• 2 years of experience in leading and executing large-scale application migrations.

Benefits

• Generous employee discount.
• Access to health benefits.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Accrued time off.
• Eligible for REI Employee Referral Program.