Software Engineer in Test - Homes.com

costar; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to enhance their software quality assurance processes. This role involves designing automation tests, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and collaborating closely with development teams. With a strong focus on professional growth, the company offers generous compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(K) matching, and wellness programs. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the future of real estate technology and help shape the industry's standards.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

On-site fitness center

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health counseling services

Commuter and parking benefits

Complimentary gourmet coffee and snacks

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as an SDET or QA test engineer.
• Hands-on experience with automation testing frameworks.
• Ability to work with complex SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automation tests using existing tools.
• Ensure products conform to business requirements and quality standards.
• Create and maintain SQA deliverables including test plans and test cases.

Skills

Software Quality Assurance

Automation Testing

SQL

C#

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postman

Swagger

Microsoft Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

AWS Services

Job description

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

Homes.com

Homes.com is already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company.

As a CoStar Software Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for the testing and verification of software systems. SDETs utilize a combination of functional testing methods, automated testing tools and load testing tools. Typically, responsible for writing test cases that ensure compliance with acceptance criteria developed during sprint planning. SDETs are typically embedded with development teams. Ensures adequate product testing prior to each release. Responsible for tracking bugs and retesting as bugs are fixed.

This role is located in Arlington, VA and is 4 days on-site and 1 day work from home.

Responsibilities

Ensures that products conform to business requirements/company policies, software quality standards, and established procedures

Design and build automation tests using existing tools and frameworks

Promote Development and QA team’s productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices

Work directly with Developers, Product Managers, and Technical Business Analysts to ensure building testable and automated components.

Designs, documents and implements procedures and techniques that are consistent with departmental SQA Methodology for analyzing, testing, and evaluating the risk (software & business), accuracy, completeness, internal integrity/consistency, testability and overall quality of business systems and SDLC processes

Creates and maintains SQA deliverables including test plans, test cases, test data, project test progress and release reports, application turnover documents and test schedules

Recommends and assists in corrective actions taken at all stages of product life

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university of college

A track record of commitment to prior employers

2+ years industry experience as an SDET or a software quality assurance test engineer

Experience with white box and grey box testing

Hands on experience in automation and testing frameworks and good understanding of automation testing strategies and tools

An understanding of quality assurance test methodologies, deliverables, processes, strategies, metrics, techniques, and the software development life cycle (SDLC) is critical.

Ability to work with complex SQL queries and data applications.

Experience and willingness manually testing mission-critical relational database applications, and web-based enterprise systems

Experience reporting, regressing, and reproducing software problems.

Experience using Postman or Swagger

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

Strong working knowledge of SQL and Relational Databases with relational databases

Experience in C# and/or .NET frameworks

Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.

Experience with AWS Services such as DynamoDB, S3, Lambdas etc.

Must be detail-oriented and possess strong organizational, written and verbal skills

Proven capacity to effectively interface with dynamic development teams

Ability to prioritize, multi-task and proactive.

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug

Life, legal, and supplementary insurance

Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family

Commuter and parking benefits

401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes

Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups

Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing

About the company

CoStar is the leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, technology, and news, with the most comprehensive data platform.