Pattern SDET, Market Regulation Team

Ascending - Rockville, MD

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Rockville, MD

Educational Services

About the position

The Pattern SDET role within the Market Regulation Team is designed for individuals at various experience levels, from Junior to Senior. This position focuses on both software development and testing, emphasizing the testability, robustness, and performance of production software. The successful candidate will work on large-scale, innovative projects, contributing to the overall quality and functionality of the software products.

Responsibilities

• Understanding the flow of code and how it interacts with different components.
• Understanding project documents, customer demands, and product objectives to create and execute test cases.
• Writing SQL queries to pull data for testing purposes.
• Setting up, maintaining, and performing test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, and Web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests.
• Investigating customer problems referred to you by the technical support team, testing bugs, and creating and managing bug reports.
• Handling technical communications and understanding the customers' systems.
• Working with deployment teams, resolving level issues for systems, coordinating on product design, and offering inputs on the testability of functional elements and product designs.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of proven experience working in the IT industry.
• Strong programming skills (for example Java, Python, Scala, JavaScript...).
• Work experience with FinTech.
• Strong SQL skills for new feature testing and core app features.
• Back-end / Data testing experience is a big plus.
• Big data techs are a plus - Spark, SparkSQL, etc.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent designing and programming skills.
• Knowledge of programming languages and process management methodology.
• Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools.
• Exposure to Agile environment.
• AWS environment exposure is a big plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• The ability to recognize risks and errors in an application.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• The ability to keep current with the constantly changing technology industry.
• A passion for testing, development, and design.