Automation Test Engineer – Build, Break, Improve

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View is seeking a Test Engineer who will automate testing, build tools, and empower developers to test their own code. The role involves writing scripts, defining test frameworks, and continuously breaking software to strengthen product quality across Google's wide range of services, including the Pixel team.

You will collaborate with engineers and product managers to design robust test strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of coding, developing test methodologies, writing test plans, creating test cases, and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Utilize or develop automation tools or scripts to improve product and engineering health.
• Develop test plans based on Product Excellence/test strategy. Conduct test plan reviews with engineers within one or multiple teams.
• Define the test framework, test preconditions, and other test control and reporting functions to enable others to test functionality.
• Improve existing test infrastructure or create new test infrastructure to increase efficiency and productivity in test case development, scheduling, or deployment.
• Participate in product design review with product managers, software/hardware engineers, and other stakeholders to contribute to product design, testability, and implementation.

Skills

Coding

Test methodologies

Test plans

Test cases

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google in Mountain View is seeking a Test Engineer who will automate testing, build tools, and empower developers to test their own code. The role involves writing scripts, defining test frameworks, and continuously breaking software to strengthen product quality across Google's wide range of services, including the Pixel team.

You will collaborate with engineers and product managers to design robust test strategies.