Software Development Engineer in Test

Position Profile - SDET-2Job Purpose

As a Senior Software  Development Engineer in Test, you will be testing the e-commerce web application developed by a strong development team, this will include testing the front-end UI based web application along with the REST APIs and backend integration. You will interact with product owners and architects to understand the software solutions and thereby create test cases and automation suites for the software product. 

You will also guide the team on testing best practices and set examples by using them in the test solutions you build. This position requires knowledge of e-commerce testing strategies, manual testing techniques for API level testing and UI-level Web application testing, along with hands-on experience in API, Performance and UI automation. You should have experience with agile methodologies, monitoring all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. You should be a self-starter, independently take care of modules and work as a team to deliver high quality product.Good to have experience in restassured, java, python, scala, playwright and TypeScript.

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in the complete product development cycle starting from analysis, architecture, design, automation,  testing of software and release

• Understand product requirements to

○ Develop Test plan

○ Develop test cases and review them

○ Automate test cases

• To conduct

○ Manual testing

○ Automation testing

○ Performance testing

• Integrate all automated tests and reports with CI

• Coordinate with the project team and complete testing on time

• Report bugs and track them to closure.

• Take part in team standups, grooming meetings,product review meetings, weekly meetings, retrospective meetings..

• Understand System Architecture and provide valuable inputs to continuously improve

• Ability to test the agreed modules in time, work with and mentor junior team members if needed

• Eager to learn and adapt to dynamically changing environment

• Design, develop, and maintain the test cases, test data and automation test suite

• Make automation design at the module level that is highly reusable and optimal.

• Document work, automation designs, code, and record and produce test reports.

• Participate in reviews of work done by peers and provide constructive feedback.

• Completely accountable for one’s own work. Manage time efficiently.

• Responsible for deliveries within the required deadlines. Deliveries can be modules, documentation, customer releases, etc.,

• Estimate, Plan, organize, and execute assignments with very little or moderate supervision.

• Be contemporary, by adopting technological and market evolutions.

• Ensure team motivation and morale.

• Other responsibilities as assigned by the management from time to time.

Key Result Area

• Timely delivery of test cases and automated tests on a sprint-to-sprint basis.

• Automation coverage to be at least 80% in the project.

• Effective reporting of work and reports.

Skill Set

• 4 to 6  years of professional experience in software product development

• Programming Languages:

• Java/Typescript/Python

• Web Technologies and Protocols:

  • Understanding web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Typescript

  • Familiar of HTTP, HTTPS, RESTful APIs, Angular, React, jQuery

• Automation Frameworks and Tools:

  • Proficiency in automation frameworks like Playwright/Cypress/Selenium.

    • Having proficiency in Playwright will be an added advantage

  • Test automation tools such as TestNG, JUnit, or NUnit.

• Web Element Locators:

  • Ability to identify and locate web elements 

  • (CSS selectors, XPath expressions, HTML attributes, class names)

  • Understanding of dynamic elements,iframes, shadow DOM, and handling different element states.

• API Testing:

  • Understanding the principles and characteristics of APIs

  • Knowledge in constructing requests, parsing responses, and identifying issues.

  • Knowledge in writing scripts using Postman/SOAPUI/REST Assured

  • Able to create, send, and analyze HTTP requests.

• Performance testing tools:

  • Understanding types of performance tests load/stress/endurance testing

  • Understanding performance metrics(response time,throughput, concurrency)

  • skills to identify bottlenecks, and diagnose performance issues

  • Familiarity with tools like JMeter/LoadRunner/Gatling

  • Solely handle Test Environment Setup

  • Understanding network-related issues

• Testing Concepts:

  • Writing test strategy, test plan and test case, and test execution

• Version Control Systems:

  • Bitbucket / Git

  • managing code changes

  • collaborating with other team members

  • maintaining a history of code revisions.

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):

  • Tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/Buildkite

  • Integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines

• Problem-Solving and Analytical Thinking:

  • Designing efficient automation solutions/Framework

• Test Management and Reporting:

  • Knowledge on Test management tools like JIRA, TestRail, or Zephyr

  • Experience in generating comprehensive test reports

• Communication and Collaboration:

  • Communicating testing progress to stakeholders.

• Agile Methodologies:

  • Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

  • Planning for Iterative development cycles

  • Manage frequent releases

• Good knowledge of the AWS/ Azure cloud platform

• Self-starter and Passionate to learn new technologies.

Good to have

• Self-driven go-getter

• Knowledge of  E-commerce Domain

Qualifications & Experience

• B.E / B.Tech or M.E / M.Tech / M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or an equivalent degree.

Supervisory Responsibility

NA

Reporting To

Team Leader or above.

Job Location

Chennai, 

India