Senior Software Engineer in Test

  • Full-time

Company Description

Insightsoftware is a growing, dynamic computer software company that helps financial reporting solutions. At insightsoftware, you will learn and grow in a fast-paced, supportive environment that will take your career to the next level. We are looking for future insighters who can demonstrate teamwork, results orientation, a growth mindset, disciplined execution, and a winning attitude to join our growing team!

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test in our Quality Center of Excellence, you will be responsible for guiding and supporting our Software Engineering teams on their journey to test automation and quality assurance Nirvana. Working closely with Software Engineers and Engineering Leaders, you will contribute to quality best practices throughout the development lifecycle and advance our capabilities in automation, tools, and processes.

We enjoy our work as much as we enjoy working together and want Engineers who can get things done while having a positive influence on our workplace environment. The successful candidate must have a passion for automation, be committed to continuous improvement, and demonstrate a relentless pursuit of quality.

Responsibilities

  • Support our test strategy on an iterative basis continuously improving quality and efficiency.
  • Work with the Software Quality Engineering Manager and DevOps to drive quality left.
  • Implementation and maintenance of Automated Test Infrastructure and Test Suites.
  • Use modern continuous integration and development tools and promote continuous improvement of tools and practices across the global development organization.
  • Align automation with the speed of development. Make informed decisions on what, how, and when to automate.
  • Identify test conditions, both positive and negative, from User Stories, Product Backlog Items, and other requirements documents.
  • Create test cases with pre-conditions including machine state, configuration, and data; action steps that exercise the code; and expected results for successful execution.
  • Execute test cases, document results, update progress, and track bugs.
  • Use both manual and automation testing techniques to identify, track and report existing bugs as well as potential areas of risk in our software.
  • Support releases by planning, estimating, and tracking the testing efforts and communicating status to stakeholders regularly.
  • Design and execute non-functional testing (e.g., performance, security, and accessibility) by using standard testing techniques.
  • Mitigate risk by using different testing approaches and tools. The testing approach should focus on prevention.
  • Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives, and other meetings as needed.
  • Operate in an agile development team and participate in the design, development, testing, and debugging of applications.
  • Work with a technical lead and product manager to clearly define product requirements.

Qualifications

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Quality – Dedicated to producing high-quality software and implementing testing best practices.
  • Discipline and Perseverance – Focus and commitment to solving complex issues through to completion.
  • Flexibility and Hard Work – Operate in a fast-paced, iterative development environment; learn and adapt to new technologies.
  • Problem Solving – Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Teamwork – Communicate effectively and operate in a team environment.
  • Effective Communicator - Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent time management skills - a proven ability to utilize your sense of urgency to prioritize tasks effectively.
  • Self-Improvement - actively self-improves through individual learning, coursework, or otherwise.

Qualification and Experience

  • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
  • Five years of commercial software development and testing experience.
  • Experience developing software and automated tests and tools in C#
  • Experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software testing solutions and methodologies
  • Experience with testing/quality assurance in a Kubernetes and/or Cloud services (AWS/Azure) environment, as well as a strong aptitude for learning new technologies.
  • Experience with test automation tools and infrastructure, Ranorex & Jenkins highly desirable
  • Experience with automation frameworks and tools development
  • Experience in requirements decomposition and test traceability
  • Experience in using open-source tools like Git and Jenkins
  • Knowledge of unit testing using tools like CppUnit, unit test, etc.
  • Experience with continuous integration environments, CI/CD, automated test, and acceptance testing
  • Exposure to various web technologies such as gRPC, SOAP, REST, and OData.
  • Proficiency in designing, developing, and maintaining test cases and test suites
  • Experience of working in an Agile Scrum/Kanban development environment
  • Mentoring and coaching experience
  • Experience with SaaS a plus

Additional Information

  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

** At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the stated work location. **

** At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the stated work location. **