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Staff Software Engineer in Test, PAM

Staff Software Engineer in Test develops and automates API, end-to-end, and scale tests for Privileged Access Management backend systems. Requires 5+ years QE experience, Python/Java automation, and familiarity with distributed systems, networking protocols.

174k – 240kSan Francisco, CAQA EngineeringHybrid5+ YOE
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About the role

Responsibilities

  • Review requirements and design specs to develop relative test plans and test cases
  • Automate API tests, end-to-end tests, reliability/scale tests
  • Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts
  • Communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review
  • Review application code, identify bug and other areas of weakness, architect tools for future coverage
  • Automate all critical features to maintain zero-debt cadence
  • Release features with solid quality
  • Respond to production issues/alerts and customer issues during on-call rotation
  • Be a strong customer advocate with a strong quality DNA

Requirements

  • 5+ years of QE experience preferably in an enterprise SaaS company
  • 3+ years experience in quality engineering for enterprise level software
  • 5+ years of experience in Python/Java-based automation development
  • Familiarity with Selenium, TestCafe, Postman, Jmeter, Locust, Splunk, AWS, Kubernetes
  • Expertise in test planning and cross team collaborative efforts
  • Experience working with distributed systems at large scale
  • Able to write and review designs and code with other team members
  • Able to deliver well-designed high-quality code on time
  • Experience with non HTTP-based protocols (SSH, RDP, TLS, LDAP, etc)
  • Experience with networking (IP addressing, routing, firewalls)

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Performance testing

Skills

PythonJavaSeleniumTestcafePostmanJmeterLocustSplunkAWSKubernetes

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