Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

“At Mimecast, we don't just offer a job; we present a thrilling opportunity to be at the forefront of shaping the future of cyber resilience. Your expertise, dedication, and passion will make an impactful difference, not just for our clients but for the cybersecurity landscape. We look forward to welcoming you to our dynamic team!”Job DescriptionWe are looking for an accomplished Senior Automation QA Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate boasts proficiency in Java, Selenium, Jira, Copado, data testing, API testing, and Salesforce testing. This role demands excellent QA Skills coupled with an Automation First Mindset. Positive behaviour and excellent communication skills are essential for this role.What You’ll Do:

Providing quality consulting and driving the delivery of testing efforts in the project.
Champion Quality Engineering within the team.
Providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure high performance and professional growth.
Developing and maintaining QA frameworks.
Devise and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans, and scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
Demonstrate versatility in functional and automation testing.
Good exposure to non-functional and negative testing.
Conduct thorough data testing to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
Perform API testing to validate the functionality, reliability, and performance of API endpoints.
Lead Salesforce testing efforts, ensuring all customizations and integrations are thoroughly tested and meet business requirements.
Effectively manage and track defects via Jira, ensuring meticulous documentation and timely resolution.
Contributing to the planning, estimation, and refinement of stories, epics, and design changes as part of an Agile Scrum team.
Refining acceptance criteria into testable units and converting those into automated tests that execute efficiently and reliably.
Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and ensuring successful automation as part of our standard build process.
Reporting, reproducing, and helping development resolve defects – emphasis on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and prevention of similar issues in the future.
Contributing to design/code reviews for product and test code.

What You’ll Do:

8+ yrs. experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (similar role).
Extensive experience of building test automation frameworks from scratch.
Strong proficiency in Java and Selenium for automated testing.
Top coding skills, conducting effective code reviews, and coaching the juniors to raise their coding proficiency.
Hands-on experience with Jira for defect management and tracking.
Extensive experience in data testing and ensuring data integrity.
Expertise in API testing, including using tools like Postman or similar.
Clear understanding of how to manage risk through negative testing, boundary/limits testing, load/soak testing, and other test aspects as appropriate, including system integration, performance/scale, security.
Solid experience in Salesforce testing, including customizations and integrations.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional Desired Experience:

Working knowledge of public cloud, especially AWS.
Experience testing fault resilient services.

Experience with Agile Scrum.
Experience in deep diving into logs, code, and other elements to understand and solve problems.
Knowledge of Copado for CI/CD processes
Solid DB understanding (types, schemas, SQL queries, basic operations) and ability to incorporate database-side validation into automated tests.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
Relevant certifications in QA, Salesforce, or related technologies.

DEI StatementCybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.

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