I'm currently hiring for SDET position in the Dallas, TX area!

This individual will be responsible for improving automation activities, with occasional assistance in manual test. There are some cases where they can’t be automated, so there are some cases where they need to be manual. They are looking for someone to come in and learn their products. Active development and maintenance-wanting someone to help them automate new cases, but do manual testing where is needed. All projects have been in production, there is an operations team that will handle the high priority. The things that can’t be fixed go to the product teams. They will be working on feature requests and bug fixes. Customers are actively using the products.

As a Software Engineer in Test, you will be a part of a highly talented engineering team and participate in test plan design, test case development and execution, and test automation development of large-scale, distributed software applications, systems and services. You will be part of the team that build platforms which will enable our vehicles to communicate to the cloud. The features you test and deploy will power driving experiences across the world.

We are looking for team members that are required to be creative in solving problems, excited to work in modern technology areas and be ready to wear multiple hats to get things done in a highly-energized, fast-paced, innovative and collaborative startup environment.

What you will do:

1. Build and maintain an automated test infrastructure for a large-scale microservice oriented system comprising of many components

2. Write, execute and maintain end-to-end system integration scenarios and user acceptance scenarios for the large-scale platform

3. Translate user stories into test scenarios and cases and provide feedback to ensure testability of all stories

4. Collaborate with other business groups and external teams for end-to-end integration

5. Partner with developers to create, maintain and execute automated unit and integration tests

6. Collaborate with DevOps to integrate the automated tests in the CI/CD pipelines

7. Work with Product Owners and users to execute user tests

8. Own delivery of work from top to bottom, from concept to code to production

9. Develop tools and libraries that will enable rapid and scalable development in the future

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

You are a successful candidate if:

1. You are smart and can demonstrate it

2. You have 3 years of experience developing and testing software

3. You have 3 years of hands-on experience creating and maintaining test automation and associated infrastructure

4. You have proficiency in Java

5. You are very fluent and have solved several real-life problems using TestNG or JUnit

6. You are very fluent at maintaining and utilizing a collection of API tests

7. You have experience in setting up test pipelines in CI/CD tools

8. You have experience with testing complex data pipelines that span over multiple components

9. You have experience in estimation, prioritization and planning/coordination of testing activities in a Scrum environment

10. You are experienced in using systems like Jira or qTest for tracking purposes and ensuring traceability among test cases, code and requirements

11. You practice empathy when dealing with the team and stakeholders

12. You are not afraid to spend time performing manual tests yet have the urge to automate those as efficiently as possible

13. You can manage ambiguity and are comfortable being set loose without a lot of direction. You can manage external dependencies from partners and suppliers

14. You are confident in expressing your point of view from a position of knowledge and experience. You are also receptive to feedback and open to revising your plans when appropriate

15. We think the knowledge acquired earning a degree Computer Science would be of great value in this position, but if you're smart and have the experience that backs up your abilities, for us, talent trumps degree every time

It would be nice if you had:

1. Experience in validation or delivery of connected car services is a plus

2. Experience with Python and Spark is a plus

3. Experience solving several real-life problems using Selenium

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