Release & Automation SDET II

Requirements

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Overview:

The SDET is responsible to be the subject matter expert for all software development testing. This is an outstanding opportunity where you will be responsible for integrating complex project testing plans, within Agile (Scrum) framework, to help validate and verify the quality of world class software solutions. You have a great passion for modern technology, and you are driven by your energy to identify and resolve complex problems.

Responsibilities:

The main focus of this role will be automated testing with manual testing as needed.

Design, develop, and document application test strategies, test plans, and test cases based on software requirements and technical specifications for all of client product offerings.

Collaborate with our DevOps team as we move towards automating 100% of our regression tests.

Create, implement, and maintain test coverage for client Web applications.

Work with Project Managers and other engineers to define the project's testing methodology and manage the test execution for small to large sized projects.

Work collaboratively with test teams composed of staff drawn from various IT and business units.

Automate and monitor the testing execution for each sprint (Agile).

Identify, log, and track defects in a defect tracking system.

Prioritize testing tasks, scenarios, and test cases and track and report on testing activities.

Conduct exploratory testing on client applications during development (TDD).

Regularly conduct research and offer management insight into industry best-practices and processes.

Work in a collaborative, quality focused role in agile development teams.

Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved alongside the SRE team.

Qualifications:

5+ years of SDET experience in a complex web-based software development environment

3+ years of performance and API testing experience using tools like LoadRunner, WebLOAD or Apache JMeter

Experience with CodeceptJS testing framework (or equivalent Javascript based testing framework).

Experience using GitHub

Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering, the Sciences or Mathematics.

Experience with Quality Assurance in an Agile environment.

Experience with Ruby and Javascript test libraries (RSpec, MiniTest, Jest) is an asset.

Experience with test automation in CI/CD workflows in GitHub Actions or an equivalent such as Jenkins or AWS CodeBuild.

Hands-on working experience with commercial databases (MySQL, PGSQL, AWS Aurora).

Previous experience with a containerized environment (Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes) is desired.

Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring and analytics tool is a nice to have.

Strong understanding of software development life cycles and Testing Principles.