[Hiring] Senior SDET/Software Engineer in Test @Software Technology

Role Description

As a Software Engineer in Test (SDET), you will be applying your strong software development and test automation skills to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve customer-facing software solutions. You will also be enabling your team in adopting test automation frameworks and standard methodologies to ensure we are building the right product the right way.

The Ideal Candidate

• Passionate about crafting the best end-to-end customer experience
• Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results
• Experience designing and building applications and using test automation frameworks
• Multi-stack engineer with knowledge in a breadth of technologies and test automation frameworks (Java, Groovy, Selenium, Geb, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTTP, RESTful web services)
• Extensive experience working with Java and its ecosystem
• Passionate about Test Driven Development, developing robust software, writing testable and maintainable code
• Self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results-oriented
• Keen attention to detail and wants to solve problems, not just detect them
• Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly
• Keenly interested in learning new technologies and their adoption
• Able to work with remote and international team members

Primary Responsibilities

• Use your knowledge of testing and testability to influence better software design, promote accurate software engineering and bug prevention strategies, testability, and security
• Actively participate in the development process through writing and maintaining application features and automated tests including unit tests, component tests, integration tests, functional tests, performance tests, scenario tests, and interoperability tests
• Support the team in crafting reliable, portable, accurate, and trustworthy tests, and in integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with team members on improving team's test coverage, release velocity, and production health
• Design and develop test automation for front-end applications and web services using Groovy/Geb and Java/Http Client
• Participate in application code and test code reviews with the rest of the Scrum team

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 4 to 9 years of experience testing and automating front-end and web service applications
• Working experience with Object Oriented Programming Languages (Java, C#, Groovy, etc.); HTTP; RESTful web services; Jenkins; Git

Preferred Experience

• Experience using UI test automation frameworks (Selenium, Protractor, etc.)
• Experience testing and automating web services (HTTP Client, Rest Assured, JMeter, SoapUI, etc.)
• Experience investigating and debugging issues with front-end applications and web services
• Experience testing Angular web applications
• Knowledge of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment

Notes

• They prefer candidates who are local to Boston, MA, Raleigh, NC, or Dallas/Fort Worth.
• They prefer candidates who can come in for a meeting if needed, but the position is still remote.