Software Engineer in Test II

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Job Description Summary:

The Software Engineer in Test-II (SDET) keeps a keen eye on customer commitments and work collaboratively with engineering counterparts to meet customer commitments. The individual must build productive working relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet customer quality specifications. The Software Engineer in Test is responsible for the design, implementation, and documentation of code automation. The individual works on problem analysis and exercises judgment based on situations and data.

Position Reports to: Manager, Software Engineer

Job Overview:

The Software Engineer in Test-II (SDET) keeps a keen eye on customer commitments and work collaboratively with engineering counterparts to meet customer commitments. The individual must build productive working relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet customer quality specifications. The Software Engineer in Test is responsible for the design, implementation, and documentation of code automation. The individual works on problem analysis and exercises judgment based on situations and data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Validates self-assigned software products using systematic tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards while working in the agile team
• Responsible for automating and maintaining multiple features or modules
• Observes and records defects in software products while analyzing failures through automated or semi-automated test execution
• Prove coverage analysis and proactively adjust testing to improve test coverage
• Ensures quality integration into all aspects of software development, data acquisition, and processing
• Ensures quality integration into all aspects of software development, data acquisition, and processing
• Works under limited direction of a manager and/or team lead to implement software enhancements, correct defects and/or create new products
• Learn and follow established QA processes and procedures with little supervision
• Documents and communicates on technical topics
• Proficient in programming (languages and engineering processes)
• Understands hardware and software systems
• Big Picture Thinking. Keeps the success of the product in mind while focusing on the details of an assigned features or components
• Ensures quality integration into all aspects of software development, data acquisition, and processing
• Identifies issues and ask customer-centric questions to more advance team members to catalyze solutions development
• Works well in a team. Team-oriented, collaborative, accountable, dependable.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Design using good Object-Oriented programming practices and Design Patterns
• Experience with test automation frameworks
• Demonstrated competence in automation using scripting or other languages
• The ability to review and understand/interpret product code and logs
• Ability to build test environments for functional, system, and stress testing.
• Experience with problem tracking systems and test case management systems
• Ability to communicate within a team environment, working with development engineers in resolution of simple problems
• Self-directed learning of the application subject matter
• Independent Thinker. Not influenced by what it is supposed to do or the interpretation of others
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understands technologies and products used at Rocket.
• Understands, at a high level, the problems Rocket helps customers solve.
  
  

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Information Technology

Travel Requirements:

0-10%

• Job Family Group: Engineering
• Job Family: Software & Quality Assurance Engineering
• Job Profile Name: Software Engineer in Test II
• Employee Type: Individual Contributor
• Job Level: P2 (Developing)
  
  

Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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