Principal SDET

Job Requirement :

• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience; or 12 years and an advanced degree.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Proficient in coding with a breadth of knowledge up and down the technology stack and is always in tune with the latest development trends and proactively tries out new things. Extensive implementation of object-oriented programming, data structures, design patterns, system architecture, etc, in one or more programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, JS, or similar. Familiar with Terraforms, Shell scripting, and Powershell scripting.
• Pioneer in various full stack - open source testing or COTS tools such as Selenium / Cypress / Playwright for Web testing, Appium / Espresso for Mobile testing and RestAssured / HttpClient for API testing.
• Proven track record in evaluating various tools and framework, defining best practices, coding guidelines and review process. Seasoned professional in building, maintaining and enhancing test automation framework using industry best practice such as page-object model, data-driven framework, behavioral driven development, etc using testing framework such as JUnit, NUnit, TestNg, Pytest or Cucumber.
• Experience in setting up Git workflow (eg : Bitbucket, Gitlab), build automation tools (Gradle, Maven, Nuget etc), and artifact management using tools like JFrog, Proget, etc. Experience in establishing various automated quality gates and enabling automated test execution on cloud devices (Saucelabs / Browserstack) using various CI / CD tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, CircleCI, etc.
• Expert in building test strategies, test plans, and automation strategies with a variety of test types such as Smoke, Functional, Regression testing, etc. using various test case optimization techniques. Working knowledge of Agile / DevOps development methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Working knowledge of relational databases (eg : SQL Server, Postgres) and non-relational databases (eg : MongoDB, DynamoDB). Ability to write complex queries including Joins, Aggregate functions, etc. Ability to suggest improvements to data architecture, store procedures, slow performing queries using database monitors / profilers, etc.
• Experience to White Box Testing techniques (Unit & Integration tests), including the use of tools like SonarQube, JaCoCO, etc. Enabling the automated checks on code quality and coverage. Experience in performance testing practices using tools like JMeter, Gatling, etc.
• Knowledge of different API architectures such as REST, GraphQL, Webhooks, WCF, and gRPC protocols. UI architectures / concepts such as Micro frontend, single page applications, etc. Well-versed in testing, reviewing, and driving key initiatives in different layers in Microservice architecture, Event-driven / messaging architecture (Kafka, SQS), Kubernetes platform, and Service virtualization to improve testability.
• Experience in administering test management tools and creating custom configurations. Ability to identify and implement changes to fill metric gaps. Able to collate data from diverse sources to create a high level picture.
• A seasoned collaborator, extremely effective at cross-functional collaboration i.e. bringing Product, Design and Engineering together, apt in decision making & project management. Comfortable presenting quality initiatives, metrics, and updates to executive leadership and to large, company wide audiences.
• Well versed in rapid debugging across different environments, assisting internal and external departments providing logs and root causes, Pager duty response for other SDETs, heavy involvement with SRE, and creation of tooling to better empower others for tooling.

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