Sr. Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET)

Owings Mills, MD

DESCRIPTION:

Looking for a Sr SDET. Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET) brings strong software engineering skills and excellent testing domain knowledge to build software quality solutions to enable other engineers to test and evaluate their own software more effectively and efficiently.

RESPONSIBITIES:

Accountable for all parts of the software development lifecycle for their projects

Contributes to the development of best practices within their group

Leads code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others’ designs/code

Accountable for technical debt in their own software

Capable of leading a small team of developers for a specific project

Takes control of complex or vague problems and steps through them in a rational way

Makes tactical vs. strategic tradeoffs

Flexible in their thinking; able to evolve a solution when additional information or ideas are presented

Mentors’ junior members of the team

Identifies when junior engineers need help and provides it in a positive way that promotes confidence.

Proactively helps team members/make suggestions to improve practices.

Capable of leading a small team on for specific project(s) or task(s)

REQUIREMENTS:

10 years of relevant experience with a technical degree in Computer Science or another related discipline.

Stays current with best-of-breed technologies and the latest advances in software quality

Programs proficiently in one but ideally several languages (Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python)

Is a software quality subject area expert

Has a DevOps mentality

Has strong practical experience of CI/CD

Has AWS and Docker experience

Has experience of designing and building testing frameworks and tools (Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin, Cypress), Load Testing of Services (using tools like jmeter etc).

Develops data models or schemas from scratch and knows of key concepts such as ACID, Normalization, and Transactions.

Proficient in writing SQL

Knowledge of using splunk, jq.

Debugs large components with limited assistance and assists other engineers with debugging.

Leads code reviews and actively participates in providing feedback on others’ designs/code.

Performs as an expert in one or more parts of the software lifecycle (e.g., coding, testing, deployment). Oversees significant pieces of development within the development lifecycle

Designs and develops practical APIs and abstractions.

Owns technical debt in their own software.

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Please send/Email resumes:

wendi.meiser@compassptc.com