Product Engineer I - Geodatabase

NextGenEnergyJobs; Canada; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Professional growth

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs is seeking a Software QA/Test Engineer to join a cross-functional team focused on ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise data-management testing. You will design and execute test cases, collaborate with software engineers and product engineers, and contribute to release readiness.

Ideal candidates have 1+ years in software testing, experience with C#, Java or Python, and familiarity with ArcGIS technologies and automated testing tools.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of related software testing experience.
• Experience using an application development language such as C#, Java or Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A self-motivated team player with an interest in continuous learning.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, geography, GIS, mathematics, or related field.
• Familiarity with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS platform technologies.
• Experience with relational databases and testing tools.
• Familiarity with the Agile software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and author test cases with a team of engineers.
• Test ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise functionality related to data management.
• Assess product quality and release readiness.
• Identify and troubleshoot product issues and limitations.
• Learn product technologies and troubleshoot issues in various platform versions.
• Test components via UI and provide feedback on user experience.
• Document issues and reproduce bugs with development engineers.
• Monitor test results and collaborate to ensure quality and release readiness.
• Reduce manual testing by building automated scripts using Selenium, Appium, or SilkTest.
• Share test results and status with the wider team.

Skills

Software testing

C#

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/geography/GIS/math

Master's degree in CS/engineering/GIS

Tools

Selenium

CodedUI

TestNG

Cucumber

Job description

Are you a geographer, GIS/data analyst, engineer or computer scientist who has a passion for building high-quality commercial software?

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a team of dedicated software engineers and product engineers to design and author test cases
• Collaborate with software engineers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to test ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise functionality related to Data Management including Geodatabase, Enterprise Databases and Data Store, as well as data management services such as: Utility Network service; Feature service; Network Diagram service; Version Management service; Geodata service; WFS service, and more
• Participate in assessing product quality and release readiness
• Identify and troubleshoot the causes of product issues and limitations
• Learn existing product technologies and troubleshoot production issues in current and past software platform versions
• Test software components and their functionality through the user interface and provide usable, informative feedback on user experience
• Document software issues found during testing; reproduce bugs and work closely with Software Development Engineers to resolve these issues
• Monitor and analyze test results; collaborate across teams to ensure software quality and release readiness
• Reduce manual testing efforts by building and maintaining automated test scripts using tools like Selenium, Appium or SilkTest
• Develop and maintain ways to share test results and status to the wider team

Requirements

• 1+ years of related software testing experience
• Experience using an application development language, such as C#, Java or Python
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A self-motivated team player with an interest in continuous learning and building software products
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, geography, GIS, mathematics, or related field
• Familiarity with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS platform technologies
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with software testing tools such as CodedUI, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, or related tools
• Familiarity with the Agile software development life cycle
• Experience analyzing code coverage using industry standard tools such as BullsEye and Coverity
• Testing or development experience with large scale GIS systems or desktop, web, or mobile applications
• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, geography, GIS, mathematics, or related field
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