Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Kong Inc; Sassari; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Join Kong Inc as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Sassari, Italy. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring software quality and API reliability, teaming with developers to improve processes and deliver exceptional SaaS solutions. Candidates with strong testing backgrounds and 5+ years in the field are encouraged to apply.

Competenze

• 5+ years in software development and testing.
• Experience with large-scale SaaS platforms.
• Strong communication and technical skills.

Mansioni

• Write automated tests to ensure software reliability.
• Support production services and participate in on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with developers on new features.

Conoscenze

Testing

API Development

Typescript

Communication

Strumenti

Cypress

Playwright

Git

GitHub

Descrizione del lavoro

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role :

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our development team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products, with a particular focus on Typescript and API-first development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in testing and development, with bonus points for experience with SaaS products.

Join us in building a novel service catalog with secure, scalable, and reliable APIs.

What you'll do

• You will be an integral part of our Service Catalog team, working closely with developers to contribute to pull requests, understand new features, and proactively address inefficiencies.
• You should be capable of understanding new feature code when documentation is incomplete, engaging with team members in public channels to ask clarifying questions, and being self-motivated to identify and resolve inefficiencies as they arise.
• You will design and implement solutions to technical problems of moderate complexity.
• Support those services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
• Write automated tests to ensure the behaviour of code and avoid regressions.
• And any additional tasks required by your manager.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
• Experience developing and supporting a large-scale SaaS platform.
• Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
• Functional testing experience, including defining test strategy, test planning, test case design, execution, and reporting.
• Solid understanding of various Test Frameworks and Automation of frontend and backend systems - such as Cypress and Playwright.
• Ability to prioritize test activities and testing tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.

83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

For more information about Kong, please visitkonghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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Software Test Engineer • sassari, Italia