We are currently seeking anAPIAutomated Software Development Engineer in Test ~ SDET with experience creatingautomated software tools to verify and quantify the quality of the produced software. The right candidate is aself-driven individual with a passion for innovation, who willcollaborate closely with developers, understand code and write automated integration and regression tests in a clean and organized manner.
About us:
We develop customized software solutions and provide software development services. We’re a specialized team of developers and architects. As such, we only bring an “A” team to the table, through hard work and a desire to lead the industry —this is our company culture —this is what sets Railroad19 apart.
At Railroad19, you are part of a company that values your work and gives you the tools you need to succeed. We areheadquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York, but we are a distributed team of remote developers across the US.(These roles are either Remote or report to offices in Universal City, CA orEnglewood Cliffs, N. J.)
This is a full-time role with vacation, full benefits, and 401k. Railroad19, Inc. provides competitive compensation with excellent benefits and a great corporate culture.
Core responsibilities:
Understand our client’s fast-moving business requirements
Develop and maintain test automation processes in alignment with the project and/or organization’s standards and tools
Create automated software tools to verify and quantify the quality of the produced software
Mature and evolve test architecture through the evaluation and adoption of new automation tools, techniques, and practices
Participate in early story development and design sessions to suggest and assist in acceptance criteria, boundary tests, and automation plans
Once the story is ready to be tested, execute test cases and provide detailed and timely feedback
Uncover, document and track defects
Improve test case execution efficiency and test coverage
Write and/or perform Manual, Integrations, Acceptance Tests, Functional Tests (must be able to script automation tests)
Understand validation results of testing
Create training documentation & conduct knowledge transfer sessions
Work in an agile development environment, collaborating with the Engineering and Product teams to deliver quality software iteratively
Integrate QA processes into Software Development & Release Cycles Negotiate appropriate solutions with multiple stakeholders
Collaborate with other teams in order to deliver a high-performance application that contains little or no defects
Skills & Experience:
3 or more years of professional experience testing Microservices and demonstrated ability with writing automation for REST APIs
3 or more years of professional experience with:Java, REST-Assured,Postman/Newman,TestNGand other HTTP Request Client Libraries
Proficient in the functional and nonfunctional testing of APIs, including validating JSON (schema and data formats) andAPIversioning strategy
Ability to Demonstrate understanding of authorization and authentication mechanisms
Experience with CI/CD tools, knowledge of how pipelines work and the ability to integrate automation into them.
Experience with build and configuration tools, such as Maven or Gradle
Experience with version control systems
Experience with JIRA and Confluence
Experience working in an Agile development and delivery environment
Experience with variousJavaIDE’s: Eclipse, IntelliJ, NetBeans, etc.
Preferred Experience:
Experience with Swagger/ Swagger Workflow
Experience with GraphQL as anAPIQuery language
Experience testing with inAWSEnvironment/ Tools/ Integration
Experience with testing in containerized environments, preferably Docker
No Agencies, C2C or Contractors***
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
