Software Engineer in Test I

Summary / Objective

Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and interconnected set of system solutions. As an engineer, you will enhance the experiences of your customers, solve interesting challenges, and design new solutions. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, is strong on engineering. This ensures you will have access to the best and brightest minds in our industry to grow your experience and career within Emburse.

Essential Functions

Technical

4+ years of testing experience in a software domain

Broad knowledge of Computer Science concepts

Codes in at least one language; Exposed to multiple languages, testing frameworks and tools

Design, write and implement integration, component and UI tests

Understands how key systems interoperate and the business problems they solve and designs tests relevant to the complexity / risk / performance of each system / problem

Collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Owners and other stakeholders to design test and automation opportunities that measure or improve quality or customer experience of the products

Identifies and reports issues and defects of high quality / complexity with extensive research and evidence

Pairs with developers to design systems for testability

Executes tests, triages and analyses test results

Process

SDLC processes are followed, including adopting agile-based processes / meetings, peer code-reviews, and technical preparations required for scheduled releases.

Write moderately complex code / scripts to test systems, implementing test harnesses, load tests and test infrastructure as necessary

Demonstrates high-level debugging and problem-isolation skills in production, test and development environments

Partners with product and analytics and to drive test and product requirements that take into account all parties' needs

Establishes test baselines and reports on quality trends and metrics for the project / team

Ensures tests are repeatable and can be executed and monitored by others

Impact

On-boards and mentors less experienced team members

Develops sophisticated automation software with minimum supervision

Strong ability to mentor and guide junior developers and testers

May have role in supervising others or leading small to moderate projects

Performs advanced refactoring, identifies and proactively tackles technical debt in automation

Sets test and automation direction at the project / service level and consistently influences decision-making

Provides technical advice and weighs in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large. May explore, research, and propose new technologies

Communication

Learns industry jargon and business concepts to better understand the challenges our technology is designed to solve.

Learns QA / automation industry practices and communicates and educates the team

Build relationships with software development peers and pairs with developers for test planning

Gives constructive feedback to team members

Ability to communicate complicated concepts to junior staff

Education and Experience

Education :

Required : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience

Experience :

Required : Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in Java development. Experience working in OS X and Linux environments, Spring, AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, GIT. Experience working in a scrum and DevOps environment. Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle.

Preferred : Experience Designing and building JSON or REST services, experience working with 3rd party APIs, AWS APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.

Certifications : Required : None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Required Skills :

Familiarity with the full stack of web development and proven history of web application development

Understanding of secure application programming practices or vulnerabilities

Strong understanding and practical experience with common design patterns

Ability to solve business problems through creative and forward-looking solutions

Ability to write clear, concise documentation