Lead Software Engineer

ACT, Inc.; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT, Inc. seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Quality Assurance to design, develop, implement, and support robust QA automation across the product suite.

You will lead cross-functional teams and contractors, driving efficiency and a growth mindset through a scalable test automation framework. You will mentor engineers, participate in design discussions, and own the automation roadmap from data structures to CI/CD deployment, with a focus on performance and reliability in a fast-paced Agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of progressive IT experience including test automation and QA leadership.
• Strong coding in Java or Python; experience with API test automation tools.
• Experience with CI/CD automation and QA in Agile/SAFe environments.
• Proven ability to design scalable test automation frameworks and data-driven tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement and support QA solutions and test automation.
• Lead cross-functional teams and contractors to drive efficiency and automation.
• Mentor engineers and participate in Scrum ceremonies in a BDD approach.
• Oversee test data management, QA metrics, and performance testing.
• Review code, drive automation framework improvements and tool selection.

Skills

Java

Python

Selenium

BDD

REST API testing

CI/CD

Postman

Jenkins

GIT

Jira

RBAC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

TOSCA QTest

Postman

Eclipse / IntelliJ

JMeter / LoadRunner

Splunk

MongoDB / PostgreSQL

Job description

Lead Software Engineer in Quality Assurance

Responsible for ensuring the highest quality products by designing, developing, implementing, and supporting solutions to support the quality assurance and testing processes, especially in test automation. Lead the work of cross functional teams and contractors to drive efficiencies and foster a growth mindset through building, maintaining and enhancing a test automation framework that will be used across ACT's software Product suite and internal back-office systems. Independently design flexible, scalable solutions, utilizing skills in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming. Independently build, customize, deploy, and manage software in a continuous integration environment, including automated build, test and deployment infrastructure. Proactively monitor product scalability, reliability, consistency, and performance and own all activities related to Scrum team execution, including anticipating and proactively planning work across sprints. Conduct code reviews and ensure correct implementation of automation framework and blueprint; identify, document, triage, and resolve issues. Actively participate in design / architectural discussions, grooming user stories, sprint demos, and daily scrums in BDD approach and recommend changes. Contribute to tool selection via conducting proof of concepts and utilities related to test automation, Robotic Process Automation or AI, organizational standards, best practices and process improvements including with Software Development Lifecycle and test processes. Propose and implement solutions for test data management; build solutions around data and reports testing; ensure compliance for automation scripts and related artifacts; and report QA metrics. Mentor other Engineers to implement test automation framework. Work closely with VP of QAE to develop strategic timeline for automation. Telecommuting/remote employment allowed after one year of employment at Iowa City headquarters.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Development, Information Systems or closely related field with seven years of progressive IT experience that includes: coding in JAVA or Python; TOSCA QTest; API test automation tools using Postman or RestAPI; CI/CD automation using Jenskins; IDE like Eclipse or IntelliJ; performance and load testing using tools such as Jmeter, Redline, or LoadRunner; Data analysis tools such as Splunk; database platforms such as MongoDB or Postgressql; Version Control tools such as GIT; Application Lifecycle Management tools such as Jira or Rally; working in an Agile development environment, and experience with automation testing of UI features using Selenium, developing Python scripts for testing using IDEs, and defining automation test strategy, approach, and planning for Agile sprints and as well as demonstrated ability to develop software solutions, to use JSON and XML, to mentor and coach team, and to work as part of a Scrum team, following SAFe Agile practices; strong understanding of Python; demonstrated relational and no-SQL database skills (MongoDB, Raven); and strong knowledge of version control (Git).

ACT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ACT participates in E-verify. ACT's online position announcements are intended only to provide general descriptions of employment opportunities; none of the information provided for any position should be interpreted as a commitment by ACT to specific terms and conditions for employment.