Senior Software development engineer in test

Do you thrive to help ship awesome software, not just prevent poor software from being released?

At TestVagrant we believe that shipping awesome software requires more than just testing and test automation. It involves constant
improvements to processes, tools, testing techniques, and approaches. It involves collaborating with engineering & business teams, collecting
metrics, analysing data, and innovating constantly.
If you're someone who champions & advocates quality, understands risks, and is courageous to drive the change, then this position was made
for you!

More about TestVagrant
We are a team of software consultants specializing in test engineering. We partner with our clients in their ambitious digital missions & integrate
business, engineering, and technology to deliver quality software faster and safer.
As consultants, our goal is to ship awesome software. By expanding our identities and playing overlapping roles across business, engineering &
technology, we bring a deeper and positive impact in amplifying business growth for our clients.

Our engineers have been building and contributing to open-source projects. Ekam.Studio and Optimus are a few to mention. Our thoughts and
opinions are reflected in articles, blogs, and books.

You’ll spend time on the following:
You will proactively seek out ways to avoid common software-testing problems such as test case duplication, flaky tests, and maintainability
You will pair including but not limited to devs, business analysts, engineering managers and operations to identify gaps & improve team
efficiencies
Strive for quality to be baked-in and aspire to shift quality to the left
Extend your passion for quality assurance practices to enable the engineering teams & coach to adopt a testing mindset
Spike, Compare and choose the right tools and eco-system for scalable and fast test automation
Drive the creation of reliable automated testing frameworks with strong reporting capabilities that ensures simple, effective analysis of failures
for your team to use
Capture metrics to measure the quality and make decisions that improve quality
The outcomes of this role include:
The team is able to get faster feedback for changes and express confidence in safety-net
The team is able to measure and gain insights into improvements to the product quality
Team expresses increased confidence and trust in test assets
You’ll also spend time on the following:
Storytelling and socializing the tech and engineering success stories across TestVagrant
Take initiative and participate in others, that move organization forward, aligning with tech and engineering first culture
Mentor the SDETs to grow in the direction of Sr. SDETs

To achieve the above, most of the following experience is a must:
You have worked as a Quality Analyst as part of a distributed engineering team, pairing with Devs, Business Analysts, and Infra teams
You have championed the quality domain and are proficient in functional, non-functional, and exploratory testing techniques
You have championed the testing domain and applied wisdom to prevent common mistakes
You have collaborated with business and engineering teams to arrive at non-functional requirement
You have contributed to various layers of the test pyramid
You have designed, developed, and evolved scalable test automation frameworks from scratch
You have proficiency in automation tools and techniques, including but not limited to Web, Mobile, and APIs
You have the ability to pick up new tech stack and contribute to developing test assets
You have worked with code coverage tools, linting, and static code analysers