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Summary:

The Senior - Software Development Engineer (SDET) in Test is an experienced engineer with deep programming skills to develop application code, automation scripts, investigate and troubleshoot technical issues. Also possess strong automation background, responsible for complex testing tasks requiring designing and testing to assure that the products meet design specifications and are within quality management standards. They will be able to work independently, communicate with developers and technical support specialists and report to the Software Quality Engineering Manager.

Persona:

• Avid in learning and exploring recent technology.

• An individual with an amiable attitude

• Good team player and willing to work in challenging environments.

• Good analytical & communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Develop maintainable, defect-free solutions using software development best practices and coding standards

• Be able to lead SDETs, Technical QE Engineers in a highly technical and efficient team.

• Work as the team’s point of contact for all SDET related activity detail.

• Optimize the code for quality and better performance

• Involve in lead and peer reviews (Code, Unit test & functional automation scripts)

• Actively involve in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues within defined SLAs

• Create an automation culture within the team and automate repeatable processes to speed up the testing activities while improving the quality and efficiency

• Contribute and assist in Shift-left testing for faster and efficient releases.

• Design & Automate tests aligned with the standards and best practices

• Leverage automation to optimize the regression test suite and support the team to achieve in-sprint test automation goals.

• Establish a CI/CD setup using automated tools and work closely with DevOps teams to optimize to deliver better ROI.

• Conduct functional testing on UI, API components with industry recognized tools & frameworks I.e., Selenium, SoapUI, Rest Assured...etc.

• Conduct Non-functional testing (Performance, Security, Accessibility...etc.) with industry recognized tools.

• Learn and adopt modern technologies with a focus on improving the product

• Adhere to DevOps principles, defined quality standards & best practices

• Design and implement software to test SDK that has been written mainly C# or Java

• Design and implement software to test applications (or services) that have been written mainly in C#, Node.js or Java.

• Analyze and convert requirements into user stories and test scenarios.

• Work with AI based test tools

Skills & Expertise:

• Sound knowledge & experience in C# / .NET Framework

• Good knowledge in web application development, RESTful services, Microservices, containerization & orchestration, cloud services/technologies and breakthroughs

• Thorough experience with Software Engineering and Quality Engineering methodologies and principles

• Good understanding and hands on experience in functional & non-functional test strategies, test design & execution, test Automation, CI/CD and related technologies.

• Experience in unit testing and unit test frameworks

• Exposure to Behavior Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.

• Experience in TDD and KDD will be an advantage.

• Working with tools/platforms such PowerBI, SourceLab and Report portal would be an added advantage.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent qualification

• 5+ years' experience in software development, preferably with technical quality engineering skills with test automation.

• Any Industry Valid Technical Certification is preferred (E.g., Microsoft, Oracle, AWS Certifications etc.)

• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (Preferred)

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Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Virtual Learning

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 16613

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