About the position
At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Engineering at Early Warning (EWS) is a blend of teams organized around many different platforms, capabilities and products that are brought together to power core capabilities at the biggest banks in America - this includes ubiquitous products like Zelle and Paze. The Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET) performs test strategy, test design, test planning and automation of various test frameworks and tools. Responsible for delivering quality and performance of large-scale API, web, and mobile application interfaces. This role is integral to EWS' overall effort to implement enterprise test automation strategies and methodology and will have a focus on continuous integration and delivery for our products. Candidates for this position are experienced, hands on and self-motivated engineers who can work collaboratively in a continuous integration environment.
Responsibilities
- Implements an automated test structure in the CI/CD pipeline.
- Directly contribute to the development of automated component, system integration (E2E), regression, backward compatibility and performance tests through continuous integration.
- Executes automated and manual test suites and ensure overall system quality prior to production release.
- Reports defects and issues to development teams and manage defects through to successful resolution.
- Creates software test artifacts including test strategy, test plans, test cases, and test summary reports.
- Continually seek opportunities to improve, optimize and simplify existing testing processes and methodologies.
- Works together with relevant teams and departments to improve product quality.
- Provides training, mentorship, and support to quality engineering team members, focusing on systems, policies, procedures, and core Quality processes.
- Support the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field required.
- 5+ years' experience developing software or test automation frameworks using two programming languages - Java, C#, Node.js, Objective C, etc. (Java is preferred)
- Prior experience with established Software development and monitoring tools (GitLab, GIT, IntelliJ/Android Studio/X-Code, Harness, Splunk, AppDynamics).
- Experience with CI/CD and integrating automated testing.
- Experience implementing test automation frameworks for API, web or mobile platforms (hybrid, iOS or Android) using any test automation tools- Appium, Selenium, Web driver, Rest-Assured API, and Cucumber.
- AWS or Cloud experience.
- Background and drug screen.
Nice-to-haves
- Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
- Mobile programming (Android or iOS/Swift) experience is a bonus and preferred.
- Experience with Device Cloud Providers: BrowserStack, Perfecto Mobile, Device Anywhere, Amazon Device Farm.
- Experience in building and executing automated and performance tests for REST and XML/SOAP/JSON based services.
- Experience testing system/server level software, networking (sockets) and protocols: HTTP, SIP, Rest Services.
- Knowledge of Performance/Load Testing is a plus.
- Agile/Lean methodologies experience preferred.
- Docker or Kubernetes.
Benefits
- Healthcare Coverage - Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
- Paid Time Off - Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
