Sr. Software QA Engineer

Summary:

Duties & Responsibilities:

Basic Qualifications: 

·        BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

·        Excellent English-language written and verbal communication skills

·        10 or more years of software development experience, using an Agile methodology (e.g., SCRUM or Kanban), including design, development, and testing activities.

·        Experience in developing complex commercial software products 

·        10 or more years of software testing using Python and Java

·        Experience developing applications using a containerized Microservices architecture

·        Experience with Java microservice frameworks such as Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut, Javalin

·        Experience with designing, developing and using RESTful APIs supporting JSON or XML

·        Experience developing automated unit tests

·        Experience of working in a CI/CD software development pipeline

·        Experience with version control systems (Bitbucket/Git preferred)

·        Apache Maven / Gradle

·        Experience working in a Linux environment (RHEL or Oracle Linux preferred)

·        Relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)

.        Linux and VMWare

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with some or all of the following:

·        Swagger API framework

·        Kubernetes and Docker

·        Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK stack)

·        Monitoring system performance with tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

·        Apache Spark

·        Cucumber automated tests

·        JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA or other JetBrains tools

·        Atlassian tool suite, including JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git, Bamboo

·        Behavior-driven or test-driven development

·        Deployment of applications in a cloud-hosted environment

·        Python programming

Duties/Responsibilities: 

·        Work effectively and efficiently with others on the R&D team to develop a winning product roadmap

·        Continue to expand, focus and leverage personal and team knowledge base and technical abilities in constant pursuit of developing a superior product

·        Follow the Agile Product Development model to constantly optimize feature, time to market and project budget while maintaining an uncompromising high level of product quality

·        Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)

·        Use Behavior-driven Development or Test-Driven Development to deliver well-designed, tested code

·        Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements

·        Develop automated software unit tests and integration tests

·        Integrate software components into a fully functional software system

·        Troubleshoot and debug existing systems

·        Provide recommendations for continuous improvement

·        Be an effective, contributing team member, improving technologies, and consistently applying best practices

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements: