Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Dsnworldwide; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 155,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior SDET to strengthen our automated testing capabilities. The role focuses on expanding the existing framework using Java and JavaScript, owning the test strategy, and delivering robust regression suites across multiple applications.

You will mentor team members, collaborate with product owners, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Hybrid work, strong benefits, and growth opportunities are available in this Fortune 100 environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ years designing test automation frameworks.
• Experience in automation scripts, test data, and test cases.
• Strong SQL queries and REST API testing.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop test automation for CI/CD of systems and tests.
• Plan, design, develop, and maintain an API test automation framework.
• Provide technical leadership to test engineers onshore and offshore.
• Coordinate with product owner to resolve issues and understand functionality.
• Develop automated functional scripts using Java and Karate.
• Perform exploratory and manual testing as appropriate.
• Provide testing best practices and standards.

Skills

Java

Cucumber

JBehave

REST APIs

SQL

CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Python

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

JMeter

Karate

Apigee

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our team in Chicago, IL! We offer a hybrid work model, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your technical career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk!

Position Overview

The Senior SDET will extend the team's testing automation framework using Java and JavaScript, taking ownership of understanding business requirements and acceptance criteria to develop test strategy and test plans. This role also develops automation test cases using the existing automation framework and provides technical leadership across multiple applications and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) of systems, infrastructure, and the test framework.
• Plan, design, develop, and maintain an API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers across multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites.
• Coordinate with the product owner to resolve open issues, enhancements, and upgrades, and to understand the use of specific functionality as needed.
• Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, and JMeter.
• Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate.
• Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards.

Team & Work Environment

• Collaborates with a team of 20+ colleagues.
• Hybrid position based out of the Chicago office requiring 2 days per week onsite starting day one; interviews may also be conducted onsite.

Education & Experience

• 9+ years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience.
• At least 9 years of experience designing test automation frameworks.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following: Java (5 years), Cucumber (3-5 years), JBehave, or other BDD testing frameworks.
• Strong experience testing web services (REST APIs) (5 years).
• Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data.
• Ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases.
• Experience testing full stack and integration testing with third parties.
• End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms.
• Experience with TDD, continuous integration, and code review practices is strongly desired.
• Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git).

Desired Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with Python.
• Development experience in AWS Cloud technology.
• 3+ years of experience developing scenario-based performance testing using JMeter.
• Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus.
• At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
• Understanding of microservice architecture.
• Experience with load and performance testing.
• Strong documentation skills.

Soft Skills

• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment.
• Proactive, flexible, and creative.
• Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays

Salary expectations: 155,000-160,000 per annual