Principal SDET

Job description

Job Requirement:

• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience; or 12 years and an advanced degree.
  
  
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Proficient in coding with a breadth of knowledge up and down the technology stack and is always in tune with the latest development trends and proactively tries out new things.
  
  Extensive implementation of object-oriented programming, data structures, design patterns, system architecture, etc, in one or more programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, JS, or similar.
  
  Familiar with Terraforms, Shell scripting, and Powershell scripting.
  
  
• Pioneer in various full stack - open source testing or COTS tools such as Selenium/ Cypress/ Playwright for Web testing, Appium/ Espresso for Mobile testing and RestAssured/ HttpClient for API testing.
  
  
• Proven track record in evaluating various tools and framework, defining best practices, coding guidelines and review process.
  
  Seasoned professional in building, maintaining and enhancing test automation framework using industry best practice such as page-object model, data-driven framework, behavioral driven development, etc using testing framework such as JUnit, NUnit, TestNg, Pytest or Cucumber.
  
  
• Experience in setting up Git workflow (eg: Bitbucket, Gitlab), build automation tools (Gradle, Maven, Nuget etc), and artifact management using tools like JFrog, Proget, etc.
  
  Experience in establishing various automated quality gates and enabling automated test execution on cloud devices (Saucelabs/ Browserstack) using various CI/CD tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, CircleCI, etc.
  
  
• Expert in building test strategies, test plans, and automation strategies with a variety of test types such as Smoke, Functional, Regression testing, etc.
  
  using various test case optimization techniques.
  
  Working knowledge of Agile/DevOps development methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
  
  
• Working knowledge of relational databases (eg: SQL Server, Postgres) and non-relational databases (eg: MongoDB, DynamoDB).
  
  Ability to write complex queries including Joins, Aggregate functions, etc.
  
  Ability to suggest improvements to data architecture, store procedures, slow performing queries using database monitors/profilers, etc.
  
  
• Experience to White Box Testing techniques (Unit & Integration tests), including the use of tools like SonarQube, JaCoCO, etc.
  
  Enabling the automated checks on code quality and coverage.
  
  Experience in performance testing practices using tools like JMeter, Gatling, etc.
  
  
• Knowledge of different API architectures such as REST, GraphQL, Webhooks, WCF, and gRPC protocols.
  
  UI architectures /concepts such as Micro frontend, single page applications, etc.
  
  Well-versed in testing, reviewing, and driving key initiatives in different layers in Microservice architecture, Event-driven/messaging architecture (Kafka, SQS), Kubernetes platform, and Service virtualization to improve testability.
  
  
• Experience in administering test management tools and creating custom configurations.
  
  Ability to identify and implement changes to fill metric gaps.
  
  Able to collate data from diverse sources to create a high level picture.
  
  
• A seasoned collaborator, extremely effective at cross-functional collaboration i.e. bringing Product, Design and Engineering together, apt in decision making & project management.
  
  Comfortable presenting quality initiatives, metrics, and updates to executive leadership and to large, company wide audiences.
  
  
• Well versed in rapid debugging across different environments, assisting internal and external departments providing logs and root causes, Pager duty response for other SDETs, heavy involvement with SRE, and creation of tooling to better empower others for tooling.
  
  

Preferred:

• An accomplished technologist passionate about System Design and Architecture with a breadth of knowledge across the technology landscape, and depth in automation and test strategies.
  
  
• Extensive experience being a coach to the team, well versed in evaluating SDET candidates and building a high-performing team.
  
  

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the work of a group of SDETs with responsibility for all aspects of test automation including framework enhancements & being an evangelist of quality.
  
  Review source code for potential problems, help debug & triage issues and isolate fixes.
  
  
• Conduct and evaluate tool analysis, create proof of concept models, and make recommendations to support the tools selection process.
  
  Define industry best practices for coding guidelines, peer reviews, git workflow, process workflow, quality gates, CI/CD process, etc.
  
  
• Contribute to architecture design reviews (walkthroughs) of technical specifications and program code with architects & developers, communicating design, requirements, feature set, functionality, and limitations of systems/applications to the team.
  
  Promote Quality engineering processes, practices, and standards within and across teams.
  
  
• Enable CI/CD integration for various automated test suites.
  
  Ensure proper test reporting, logging, alerting, and quality gates are defined and enforced.
  
  Continuously evaluate opportunities for improvements.
  
  Invest in building robust data seeding techniques and test execution techniques to get reliable test results.
  
  
• Collaborate with other teams including Release Management, SRE, Performance Engineering, Project Management, and Application Support teams for the successful delivery of new system features.
  
  Advisement/Recommendations on staffing and training needs based on proactive awareness of Product Roadmap.
  
  
• Performs assessments of department and organization-wide testing efficiency.
  
  Reviews test strategies, testing guidelines, standard operating procedures and suggests improvement.
  
  Onboards M&A teams and bring them in line with test management processes.
  
  
• Full understanding of release process, deployment structure, and Quality incorporation into SDLC.
  
  Heavier involvement with Client Experience Organization providing updates to changes being introduced and system impact.
  
  
• Provides guidance to SDETs and Associates and Seniors and Staff.
  
  Serves as a SME for multiple areas of the application and monitors the success of their mentees.
  
  Responsible for proactive updates/reports to leadership.
  
  
• Provides oversight across a large group of SDETs for an entire application layer.
  
  Responsible for collaborating with automation framework architects, and implementing frameworks across all teams.
  
  
• Lead the maintenance of the test environments, test data creations, ensuring they are consistent with staging/production configurations.
  
  Work closely with SRE and Technical Implementations on tooling for environment stability.
  
  Create documentation and troubleshooting steps for Engineering and Support.
  
  

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