Software Development Engineer in Test (Gateway)

Kong; Milano; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading developer of cloud API technologies is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test in Milan, Italy. This role involves building an Engineering culture focused on quality, creating and managing tests for their products, and supporting applications. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and functional testing experience. This full-time role offers the chance to work in an agile environment with a focus on high-quality software delivery.

Competenze

• You should have good knowledge of Continuous Delivery concepts and tools like Jenkins.
• Experience in defining test strategy and test case design is essential.

Mansioni

• Participate in building an Engineering culture that emphasizes quality.
• Investigate and reproduce reported problems while documenting test cases.
• Write and maintain manual and automated tests, including unit, integration, and E2E tests.
• Set up and maintain automated checks across multiple platforms and OSs.

Conoscenze

Core programming skills in JavaScript / TypeScript

Experience with Docker / Docker Compose

Functional testing experience

Experience in common testing methods and tools

Experience with test automation tools like Cypress or Playwright

API testing (RESTful, gRPC preferred)

Technical troubleshooting skills

Understanding of web applications structure

Knowledge of Continuous Delivery concepts

Descrizione del lavoro

About the role

The Software Development Engineer in Test is an integral part of the scrum team participating in all sprint activities and contributing to the overall quality of the finished feature by being involved from the earliest stages of design and development through verification deployment and production support.

What you'll be doing

• Help in building an Engineering culture that enables quality in all software feature development teams across the company.
• Investigating and reproducing reported problems testing existing and new features validating bugfixes and creating and managing bug reports.
• Documenting and designing test cases for our products.
• Write execute and maintain manual and automated tests for our products. This can include Unit Integration and E2E tests.
• Setting up maintaining and execute automated checks on multiple application platforms such as On-premises Desktop and Web as well as across different supported OSs.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support the applications you test.

What you'll bring

• Core programming skills in JavaScript / TypeScript
• Experience with Docker / Docker Compose
• Functional testing experience including defining test strategy test planning test case design execution and reporting.
• Experience in common testing methods testing tools terminology and industry practices.
• Experience with one or more test automation tools and frameworks such as Cypress and / or Playwright.
• API testing (RESTful gRPC preferred).
• Technical troubleshooting diagnosing and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to new situations and learn quickly.
• Understanding of web applications structure and potential soft spots.
• You understand Continuous Delivery concepts and can use tools including Jenkins / Travis and GitHub Actions.
• The ability to recognize risks and errors in an application.

Bonus points

• You have experience with performance engineering and profiling and tools such as JMeter and K6.
• Experience testing quality for a high-availability PaaS or SaaS offering.

About Kong

Kong Inc. a leading developer of cloud API technologies is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become API-first and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises unleash developer productivity build securely and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong please visit follow us on X @thekonginc.

Key Skills

Continuous Integration,APIs,Jenkins,Junit,Quality Assurance,Agile,Testng,Software Testing,Java,Test Automation,Cucumber,Selenium

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Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1