Software Development Engineer in Test Level 1

Boardroom Appointments; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment firm in South Africa is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test Level 1 to define and optimize automated testing frameworks. The candidate will work in a hybrid model, ensuring software quality through comprehensive testing practices. Responsibilities include developing functional tests, improving engineering efficiency, and facilitating knowledge transfer within the team.

Responsibilities

• Define functional and non-functional test scenarios to verify software functionality.
• Develop and optimize automated functional, unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Solve engineering productivity problems with improved tooling and frameworks.
• Identify and resolve quality checks through manual exploratory testing.
• Track and communicate automated test results effectively.
• Facilitate code reviews to improve team practices.
• Write and optimize automated tests for CI/CD pipelines.
• Estimate own work effort and escalate risks to stakeholders.
• Participate in technical design sessions for testability.

Job description

Software Development Engineer in Test Level 1

About the job Software Development Engineer in Test Level 1

Hybrid position

Responsibilities:

• Defines well distributed functional and basic non-functional test scenarios that adhere to the desired test distribution to verify whether a complete software product functions and performs as expected.
• Develop and optimise automated functional and basic non-functional, unit (T1), integration (T2), end-to-end (T3) and production post deployment (T4) tests, tools and artefacts, to support the test suite and ensure adequate coverage and comprehensive, quality testing of a product.
• Solve engineering productivity problems through the use of improved technical abilities (tooling, frameworks, process improvements)
• Identify and resolve missing quality checks and scenarios to improve overall software quality through manual exploratory testing, reviewing of functional and basic non-functional automated test results, test coverage as well as their functioning.
• Track and communicate automated test results related to a software product a timely, effective, and automated manner adhere to compliance and sign-off requirements.
• Facilitate code reviews and transfer knowledge to improve test automation skill and knowledge of team practices and software products.
• Write, troubleshoot and optimise automated tests and supporting artefacts to execute automatically in CI/CD pipelines, reduce cycle time and continuously test software releases efficiently.
• Estimate the effort required for own work.
• Escalate risk and issues timeously to enable the effective planning and communication to stakeholders.
• Participates in technical design sessions to ensure product or feature testability and compliance.