Lead Software Development Engineer in Testing [T500-12696]

About Delta Tech Hub :

Delta Air Lines (NYSE : DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good. Delta has fast emerged as a customer-oriented, innovation-led, technology-driven business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives. It will sustain our long-term aspirations of delivering niche, IP-intensive, high-value, and innovative solutions. It supports various teams and functions across Delta and is an integral part of our transformation agenda, working seamlessly with a global team to create memorable experiences for customers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain software to test the product / application
• Define automation strategy, automation cases as well as Design tools for unit, functional, and performance testing in a programmatic manner
• Participate in design and code inspections
• Propose improvements to our existing processes and build automated tools, libraries and utilities in order to improve the team’s speed, quality and efficiency
• Work with a wide variety of technologies from front-end UI to back-end distributed web services
• Own the design and implementation of tests that will help in end-to-end quality of major deliverables working closely with multiple engineers and teams to implement them
• Integration of both the tests and infrastructure automation into the CI / CD pipeline is also a key responsibility in this position
• Ensure adherence to security standards and compliance with privacy rules and regulations early in the development.
• Be aggressive to resolve and prevent technical debt.
• Actively engage in Agile software development activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives, with an aim to continuously improve.
• Collaborate frequently to share ideas and gain perspective. Communicate critical information in a clear and timely manner, listen to others, and seek clarification to confirm shared understanding.
• Initiate and lead code reviews and continuous improvement efforts.
• Create usable documentation / playbook(s)
• Effectively analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs – communicate these across the team.
• Optimize pace and meet deadlines.
• Administer product upgrades and patches.
• Provide assistance and support other team members where required

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