Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Techsavanna Technology Limited

Reference No SDET/20

Reporting to Senior Manager, IT Quality Assurance Engineering & Automation, the Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is skilled professionals in both Quality Engineering as well as Software Development. The person will be responsible for design, development, and maintenance of new and existing automation frameworks, continued evaluation of test cases for inclusion in regression tests, test coverage and automation of newly implemented functionalities. The SDET will also work closely with Software developers, software engineers, architects, project, and technical delivery managers to form and follow quality procedures, standards, and specifications ensuring that they are met and deliver the highest quality products in a timely and cost-effective manner. He also performs a critical role in the reviews of solution architectures and designs and ensuring that they are in line with the architecture principles, standards, and industry best practices.

Description

• Development, customization, deployment, and maintenance of the reliable and scalable test automation frameworks for all systems and applications.
• Conducting code reviews and ensuring the developed softwares conform to approved standards, design patterns and best practices.
• Perform Unit Testing. and API Testing and Integration Testing and collaborate with developers to conduct end-to-end defect analysis and resolution of defects, and in reviewing test results for maximum test coverage.
• Execution of performance and security testing and ensure that solutions meet the minimum baseline standards and performance benchmarks.
• Test strategy formulation which includes decomposing the business and technical requirements into test scenarios, defining test data requirements, managing test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other testing preparation activities.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs, test scenarios, test cases, and requirements documents with cross-functional teams for both functional and non-functional testing.
• Executes and reports on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products, assist development with replicating and debugging problems.
• Participate in CI/CD delivery models, create execution pipelines and integrate automation scripts into CI/CD pipeline.
• Supporting solution deployments and in resolving low level systems issues and taking part in resolution of such issues.
• Participate in solution architecture and design discussions and make suggestions to have appropriate changes in design.
• Coach and mentor QA Engineers in test automation best practices, frameworks and SDET discipline.
• Management and maintenance of Test Environments

Daily responsibilities

• Conducting code reviews and ensuring the developed softwares conform to approved standards, design patterns and best practices.
• Perform Unit Testing and API Testing and Integration Testing and collaborate with developers to conduct end-to-end defect analysis and resolution of defects, and in reviewing test results for maximum test coverage.
• Execution of performance and security testing and ensure that solutions meet the minimum baseline standards and performance benchmarks.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs, test scenarios, test cases, and requirements documents with cross-functional teams for both functional and non-functional testing.
• Executes and reports on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products, assist development with replicating and debugging problems.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study
• ISTQB / ISTQB Agile Tester Certification / Certified Test Engineer (CSTE) / Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) / Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) / CMSQ (Certified Manager of Software Quality)
• PRINCE II (Practitioner) / AgilePM / PMI-ACP / Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of study or Business Administration or Project Management

More Details on Experience

5 years experience required in the field

• 2 years experience in Software Quality Assurance 
• 3 years experience in Software Development
• 2 years experience in Software Test Automation
• 2 years experience in Emerging Technologies (e.g. Mobile, Internet Banking, Cloud, Microservices etc) 
• 2 years experience in Software Applications & Support