Junior Software Engineer- ACCELQ

ZealHire Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ZealHire Inc. is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join the ACCELQ automation and software development effort for a regulated SaaS-based solution. You will design, build, test, and deploy features while aligning with FDA-quality expectations.

You will work with Java, JavaScript, SQL and modern frameworks like Angular and Spring Boot in a remote setting, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software with strong automation coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• Three years in a SaaS product development environment of FDA-regulated medical device environment.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript and SQL.
• Experience with Angular, Spring Boot, Postgres, Docker, Git, Kubernetes and Kafka.
• Experience in Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture, and Reactive Programming is desirable.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test solutions; experience with ACCELQ ideal.
• Experience using release management and ALM tools like Jira and Git/Gitlab.
• Experience in SAFe with remote work environment.
• Must be comfortable with FDA-regulated software quality expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites in ACCELQ.
• Design reusable automation assets to support a scalable framework.
• Develop automation solutions for web apps, APIs, DB validation, and end-to-end testing.
• Improve automation coverage and efficiency across releases.
• Investigate and resolve automation failures and improve stability.
• Promote automation best practices using ACCELQ.
• Design, build, test, deploy, and support a regulated SaaS solution as part of a team.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to define user stories and acceptance criteria using BDD/TDD.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

SQL

FDA-regulated environment

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Angular

Spring Boot

Postgres

Docker

Git

Kubernetes

Kafka

ACCELQ

Jira

GitLab

Job description

Junior Software Engineer- ACCELQ | JPC-8713

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RESPONSIBILITIES

ACCELQ Test Automation Development

• Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive automated test suites in ACCELQ that provide coverage for business, system, integration, and regression requirements
• Design and maintain reusable ACCELQ automation assets, including actions, scenarios, contexts, and shared libraries, to support a scalable and sustainable automation framework
• Develop automation solutions for web applications, APIs, database validation, and end-to-end workflow testing
• Improve automation coverage and efficiency across feature coverage and product releases
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve automation failures through root cause analysis of test scripts, environments, integrations, and application defects, while implementing improvements to enhance automation stability, accuracy, and maintainability
• Promote automation best practices utilizing ACCELQ

Software Development

• Design, builds, tests, deploys, releases and supports a regulated SaaS-based solution as part of a team
• Provides innovative solutions to help resolve customer needs
• Strives for continuous improvement and supports continuous integration, continuous development and deployment pipelines to include using technical skills to code review, verify, and validate the software code developed
• Participates in all phases of the solution lifecycle and works closely with a variety of internal, external business and technology partners.
• Maintain traceability between software requirements, user stories, design artifacts, source code, test cases, defects, and release records in accordance with applicable quality system requirements
• Evaluates system and component releases for impact to business processes
• Collaborate with Agile teams to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and executable specifications and test scenarios using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles
• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and other quality-focused engineering practices to improve software reliability, maintainability, and testability

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or equivalent
• Three (3) years working in a SaaS-based product development environment of FDA-regulated medical device environment
• Experience with programming languages Java, JavaScript and SQL
• Experience utilizing frameworks and tools such as Angular, Spring Boot, Postgres, Docker, Git, Kubernetes and Kafka
• Experience in Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture, and Reactive Programming is desirable
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test solutions; experience with ACCELQ ideal
• Experience using release management and ALM tools like Jira and Git/Gitlab
• Experience participating in software requirements, design, development, testing and release activities
• Experience and ability to work in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in a remote working environment
• Must be comfortable and experienced with formal documentation required by FDA-regulated software quality expectations and a regulated environment
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)

Strong analytical, facilitation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

$000,000 - $000,000 Salary range is not shown on the candidate portal

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