Senior SDET

Senior SDET

Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Senior SDET for a contract position in Alpharetta, GA. The opportunity will be eight months with a strong chance for a long-term extension.

Position Summary:

A successful Senior Software Quality Engineer at client ensures software quality through key responsibilities. They identify and track defects, collaborate with development teams to resolve issues promptly, and provide regular updates on testing progress. They establish testing standards, design and execute comprehensive test plans, and focus on high-quality web interfaces and cloud services. Collaboration with product owners, UX designers, architects, and developers is essential, participating in agile activities like story mapping and sprint reviews. Reviewing team members' work to maintain code quality is crucial.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Write readable, performant, bug-free automation code.
• Identify, document, track, and communicate defects, working closely with development teams to prioritize and facilitate timely resolution.
• Provide regular status updates and metrics to project stakeholders, highlighting testing progress, quality metrics, and any potential risks or issues.
• Establish and maintain testing standards, methodologies, and best practices, ensuring consistency and adherence to quality guidelines throughout the development lifecycle.
• Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases to validate software functionality, performance, and scalability.
• Review team members' work and hold them accountable for high code quality standards.
• Lead and mentor junior team members, building partnerships with key stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.
• Continuously improve processes, tools, and frameworks to enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the QA team.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of professional software development experience in high-value test automation for complex enterprise software products.
• 7 years of experience in developing desktop/mobile automation framework for front end and backend application using Selenium, Cucumber, Java/JavaScript, Appium Cypress, Page Object Model (POM) & Page Factory, with reporting capabilities to automate tests for web applications across UI & API.
• Familiar with the Playwright Automation tool.
• 3 years of experience in working with TestNG framework.
• 5 years of experience in testing cross-browser compatible front-end web experiences.
• 5 years of experience in writing and executing automation for cross-browser testing.
• 5 years of experience in writing and executing automation for mobile devices for non-native applications.
• Experience with high availability, Disaster Recovery, Rogue testing, Happy Path, Negative Testing, Performance Testing, and Functional Testing.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools like Gitlab, Git, Github, Jenkins.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to develop robust, efficient, high-quality code.
• Awareness of Web performance tools (JMeter or Load Runner).

Preferred:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (or foreign equivalent degree) or equivalent work experience and/or certifications.
• Experience in the financial services domain with high-volume, large-scale processing and reporting.
• Experience with Postman for API testing.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and participation in agile activities like story mapping, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment.

If this job is a match for your background, we would be honored to receive your application!

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