Software Test Engineer

Photon; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon, a leading tech company in Dallas, seeks an SDET to design, develop, and maintain robust automated testing solutions for customer-facing applications. You’ll build test frameworks, integrate them into CI/CD, and drive best practices for coverage, security, and reliability.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a tech field, hands-on experience with Java/C#/Groovy, RESTful services, and familiarity with Angular testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field
• Experience testing frontend and webservice applications
• Hands-on with OOP languages (Java, C#, Groovy) and RESTful services
• Experience with Jenkins and Git
• Testing webservices with HttpClient, RestAssured, JMeter, SoapUI
• Ability to investigate and debug front-end and web services
• Experience testing Angular applications
• Familiarity with SDLC and Agile
• Experience with APIs is a plus
• Experience with contact center integration and telephony platforms like Genesys

Responsibilities

• Influence software design with testability and security focus
• Develop and maintain automated tests and test frameworks
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Improve test coverage, release velocity, and production health
• Design and develop test automation for front-end and web services using Groovy/Geb and Java/HttpClient
• Participate in code reviews for application and test code

Skills

Frontend testing

Web services testing

OOP languages

HTTPREST

CI/CD Jenkins

Git

Angular testing

Automation frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in tech field

Tools

Jenkins

Git

HttpClient

RestAssured

JMeter

SoapUI

Job description

As an SDET, you will leverage your strong software engineering and test automation expertise to design, develop, and maintain robust testing solutions that ensure the quality and reliability of customer-facing applications. Your responsibilities will include building and enhancing automated test frameworks, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines, and driving best practices for test coverage and code quality. You will work closely with development teams, partners, technology leads, and agile teams to validate functionality, performance, and security.

The Expertise You Have

• Bachelor’s degree required; technology-related field preferred
• Experience testing and automating front-end and webservice applications
• Hands-on experience with object-oriented programming languages (Java, C#, Groovy, etc.), HTTP, RESTful web services, Jenkins, and Git
• Experience testing and automating webservices (HttpClient, RestAssured, JMeter, SoapUI, etc.)
• Ability to investigate and debug issues with front-end applications and web services
• Experience testing Angular web applications
• Knowledge of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment.
• Experience with APIs is a plus
• Experience with contact center integration projects
• Familiarity with Genesys or similar telephony platforms

Primary Responsibilities:

• Use your knowledge of testing and testability to influence better software design, promote accurate engineering practices, and ensure security and reliability
• Actively participate in the development process by writing and maintaining application features and automated tests, including unit, component, integration, functional, performance, scenario, and interoperability tests
• Support the team in creating reliable, portable, and trustworthy tests, and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with team members on improving team's test coverage, release velocity and production health
• Design and develop test automation for front-end applications and web services using Groovy/Geb and Java/HttpClient
• Participate in application code and test code reviews with the Agile team

The Skills You Bring

• Passionate about crafting the best end-to-end customer experience
• Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results
• Experience designing and building applications and using test automation frameworks
• Extensive experience working with Java and its ecosystem
• Strong advocate for Test-Driven Development, writing testable and maintainable code
• Self-directed, proactive, and results-oriented
• Keen attention to detail and a problem-solving mindset
• Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly
• Interest in learning new technologies and driving their adoption