ABOUT US

HirexHire (pronounced hire by hire) is a Chicago-based recruiting and talent consultancy that integrates with companies short-term to provide long-term talent solutions. We take a seat in our client’s everyday operations to understand their people's goals, gaps, and challenges. We then develop and implement the processes and technologies to execute a sustainable and scalable talent plan.

We partner with companies expecting or experiencing high growth who need to hire at scale or fill a critical role rapidly. Our clients are not looking for quick-fix placements but are thoughtfully building a hiring strategy to scale their businesses.

OUR CLIENT 

Industry: OT Cybersecurity

Location: Chicago, IL

Company Size: 50 Employees

What They Do: Our client delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security. 

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THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test to join our clients Software Quality team. The team is actively building out test automation frameworks to test our web-based application. The testing scope of the team is full-stack and includes end-to-end testing, API testing, and backend testing. The initial focus of this role will be to build a test automation framework for ensuring data accuracy throughout the application, which has an industry-leading network analysis engine that performs complex operations for modeling network access and connectivity. Much of our data accuracy validation for the analysis engine is done manually. However, as we scale they need to automate this testing to support continuous delivery and agile development. You will be a key contributor to making that a reality!

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Contribute to existing test automation efforts through automated test development
• Expand the features and functionality of automation frameworks
• Design and develop new test automation frameworks
• Collaborate with developers to write test plans for new and existing features
• Ideate on ways to improve team processes to be more efficient
• Opportunity to improve CI/CD workflows and test reporting

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Proficient in test automation development and QA best practices
• Adept knowledge and experience in Python or similar interpreted languages (e.g. JavaScript, Ruby)
• Experience with designing and developing test automation frameworks leveraging a core framework such as Pytest, Jest, RSpec, etc
• Experience in testing modern web applications using end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
• Experience validating data layers, data transformations, and data normalizations
• Experience with using Jira and GitLab (or similar development tools)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working on a small team with diverse responsibilities
• Familiarity with Docker or other container technologies
• Knowledge of computer networking and security fundamentals is a plus
• Familiarity with using NoSQL databases, such as Redis, is a plus

Conditions of Employment

Due to a contract this role supports, you must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the U.S. to apply for this position.
Successful completion of a background screening once a conditional offer of employment has been made

BENEFITS

• 100% employer-paid Health, Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (No waiting period dependents eligible for coverage)
• HSA and FSA available
• Employee Assistance Program available 24/7:
• Registered Nurses
• Legal consultation and mediation
• Confidential financial coaching
• Child and elder care referrals
• Face-to-face or virtual counseling 
• Training & Development
• Leadership and employee development
• 5,000 self-paced courses in business, technology, compliance, and more
• 30,000 online books
• Professional education units (CPE and PDU) for select courses
• Live virtual training