Software Developer in Test

Compunnel Software Group - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Software Engineer in Test, you will be a part of a highly talented engineering team and participate in test plan design, test case development and execution, and test automation development of large-scale, distributed software applications, systems, and services. You will be part of the team that builds platforms which will enable our vehicles to communicate with the cloud. The features you test and deploy will power driving experiences across the world. We are looking for team members who are creative in solving problems, excited to work in modern technology areas, and ready to wear multiple hats to get things done in a highly energized, fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative startup environment. In this role, you will build and maintain an automated test infrastructure for a large-scale microservice-oriented system comprising many components. You will write, execute, and maintain end-to-end system integration scenarios and user acceptance scenarios for the large-scale platform. Additionally, you will translate user stories into test scenarios and cases and provide feedback to ensure the testability of all stories. Collaboration is key, as you will work with other business groups and external teams for end-to-end integration, partner with developers to create, maintain, and execute automated unit and integration tests, and collaborate with DevOps to integrate the automated tests into the CI/CD pipelines. You will also work with Product Owners and users to execute user tests and own the delivery of work from top to bottom, from concept to code to production. Furthermore, you will develop tools and libraries that will enable rapid and scalable development in the future.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain an automated test infrastructure for a large-scale microservice oriented system comprising of many components
• Write, execute and maintain end-to-end system integration scenarios and user acceptance scenarios for the large-scale platform
• Translate user stories into test scenarios and cases and provide feedback to ensure testability of all stories
• Collaborate with other business groups and external teams for end-to-end integration
• Partner with developers to create, maintain and execute automated unit and integration tests
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate the automated tests in the CI/CD pipelines
• Work with Product Owners and users to execute user tests
• Own delivery of work from top to bottom, from concept to code to production
• Develop tools and libraries that will enable rapid and scalable development in the future

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of experience developing and testing software
• 5-8+ years of hands-on experience creating and maintaining test automation and associated infrastructure
• Proficiency in creating testing frameworks in Java
• Hands-on experience accessing the database using Java
• Proficiency in testing serverless based architecture and testing on AWS resources like EKS or Lambda or Dynamo or other public cloud stack
• Fluent at maintaining and utilizing a collection of API tests and the ability to perform load testing on them
• Fluent and have solved several real-life problems using TestNG or JUnit
• Experience in setting up test pipelines in CI/CD tools
• Experience with testing complex data pipelines that span over multiple components
• Experience in estimation, prioritization and planning/coordination of testing activities in a Scrum environment
• Experienced in using systems like Jira or qTest for tracking purposes and ensuring traceability among test cases, code and requirements
• Not afraid to spend time performing manual tests yet have the urge to automate those as efficiently as possible
• Can manage ambiguity and are comfortable being set loose without a lot of direction
• Can manage external dependencies from partners and suppliers
• Confident in expressing your point of view from a position of knowledge and experience
• Receptive to feedback and open to revising plans when appropriate
• Knowledge acquired earning a degree in Computer Science is valuable, but talent trumps degree every time

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Python and Spark is preferred
• Experience in validation or delivery of connected car services is a plus
• Experience solving several real-life problems using Selenium
• Experience in behavior driven development and test-driven development scenarios and frameworks such as Cucumber, Jbehave/JGiven, etc. is a plus