software development test engineer @ Talent Zone Consultant

The Senior Software Development Test Engineer (SDET) helps deliver the quality and performance of large scale, big data, custom hardware multi-platform software products that includes; web, API and mobile application interfaces. Incumbents in this position are experienced, hands on and self-motivated engineer who can work collaboratively in a continuous integration environment.

This role involves working closely with Software Developers that includes leveraging shift-left methods to understand a complex domain and product.

The Senior SDET focuses on contributing to the development of automated Functional Integration tests and end-to-end tests through open-source test frameworks for overall system testing within an Agile environment. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction.

 Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Hands-on current experience authoring, building and adopting large scale, cross-functional automation frameworks Selenium (Hybrid) Back-end integration with RESTful API.

Deep understanding of different test automation approaches (keyword-driven, Data-driven, BDD, hybrid) and technology stack (Java, JavaScript)
Profound knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Testing life cycle.
Tests complex API, web and mobile based applications that reference database back-end systems.

Creates and maintains automated test cases, executes test suites, reviews and diagnoses reported bugs, and ensures overall system quality prior to a customer release.

Designs, develops, maintains, and troubleshoots automated suites of tests through continuous integration for value added feedback.
Works with the engineering teams to derive testing requirements throughout the development cycle.
Reproduces, debugs, and isolates problems and verify fixes.