Senior Software Test Engineer

Calix India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Calix India is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join a new team focused on automation and quality early in development. You will define QA strategy for all product lines, design advanced test suites, and implement functional and automation testing across web and mobile platforms.

You will lead architecture and execution, drive CI/CD and collaboration with product owners, developers, and QA teams to improve test code coverage and product quality. Experience with cloud environments is preferred.

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in CS, EE, or related field.
• 7+ years in test engineering with strong manual and automated testing.
• 5+ years programming in Java, Python, Groovy or other languages.
• 3+ years with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Cucumber and Jenkins.
• Proven leadership in architecture and development of enterprise testing frameworks.
• Strong QA methodologies and test management principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Knowledge of BDD/TDD and API testing across web/mobile platforms.
• Experience with Jira and TestRail/XRay for test management.

Responsibilities

• Define QA strategy, architecture and execution across software, web and mobile.
• Lead relationships across teams; roll up sleeves to deliver.
• Design and develop advanced test suites across platforms and languages.
• Create functional and automation tests; write backend integration tests for REST APIs.
• Document processes for CI/CD, control and improvement.
• Develop new test frameworks for data pipelines and streaming data.
• Identify risks and defects; drive mitigation and quality decisions.
• Collaborate with product owners and developers to map requirements to tests.
• Create integration, regression and stress tests with industry-standard tools.
• Ensure strong web/UI testing and test coverage.

Skills

QA strategy

Automation

Test planning

API testing

CI/CD

Jira usage

Stakeholder mgmt

Bug tracking

Cloud testing

Microservices testing

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/EE

Tools

Selenium

Cucumber

Jenkins

TestRail

XRay

REST API testing tools

Job description

This position is based in Bangalore, India. Calix is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our team. We are focusing on implementing automation and quality early in the development process. We are creating a new team, with the goal of establishing standards for test planning, biasing towards automation and to establish best practices and improve the quality of our products and to delight our customers.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Responsible for defining QA strategy, architecture and execution for all product lines across Software, Web and Mobile.
• Bring high energy, effectiveness at managing relationships (up, down, across), and ability to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Design and develop advanced test suites using object-oriented methodologies. Implement and execute test strategies on all supported platforms and languages to help improve overall quality and test code coverage.
• Design, implement and execute both functional and Automation test suites. Write backend integration tests and tests for RESTful APIs.Interact with stakeholders to gather insights and translate technical concepts
• Document procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and CI/CD.
• Develop new test frameworks for data pipeline validation and streaming data processing.
• Ability to identify risks and errors in applications and tools
• Work collaboratively with development and the QA team to identify test cases and suites best suited for automation
• Design and develop integration, regression, and stress tests using industry standard tools.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to understand requirements and translate them into test cases.
• Good knowledge of Web/UI testing.

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in CS, EE, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a test engineer with focus on both manual and automated testing.
• 5+ years of experience and deep understanding of programming in Java, Python, Groovy or other languages
• 3+ years of experience Automated Testing Framework, Selenium using Cucumber and Jenkins
• Proven track record in leading the architecture, design, development and operations of enterprise scale testing frameworks, processes, methodologies for diverse environments, solutions, and products.
• Proficiency in QA methodologies, software testing principles, concepts, verification/ validation techniques, and test management.
• Excellent analytical, research, documentation, project planning and implementation skills.
• Knowledge of behavior driven development and test driven development
• Experience with Dev Ops Pipeline (CI and CD), Jenkins
• Ability to adapt and willingness to learn new technologies and techniques.
• Effectively lead and manage change within their area of responsibility as well as across the business.
• Working knowledge of micro-services based API and load testing tools.
• Experience using various bug tracking tools such as Jira, and test management tools such as TestRail or XRay.
• Experience working in a Cloud Ecosystem like AWS or Azure.
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment preferably with a modern build release model that supports continuous delivery.
• Experience Network Managmenet (NMS) testing is a major plus.
• Telecom Experience is a plus.

Location

• India – (Flexible hybrid work model - work from Bangalore office for 20 days in a quarter)