Software Development Engineer in Test

Mimecast North America • Columbus, OH

88d • $96,000 - $144,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Help us build the next generation of Mimecast products! Be on the cutting edge as we continue building the next generation of Mimecast's Human Risk Management solution! We use our AI and ML platform to help our customers identify and address non-compliance, data loss and security issues across their communication and collaboration tools, and to respond to incidents quickly. We are looking for a Software Developer in Test (SDET) with skills and aptitudes for test automation and quality engineering to join our dynamic and collaborative software engineering team!

Requirements

• Skills and aptitudes for Quality Engineering, especially automated testing.
• Understanding of how to plan tests and break down stories into testable units.
• Familiarity with full-stack automated testing, verifying front- and back-end interfaces including RESTful and gRPC API endpoints, and web-based user interfaces.
• Object-oriented programming skills and experience automating in Java, JavaScript, Typescript or similar.
• Familiarity with building and scaling tests using frameworks like JUnit/TestNg and Selenium/Cypress/Playwright.
• Familiarity with databases and including database-side verification in automated tests.
• Familiarity with performance and scalability testing.
• Familiarity with effective use of AI tools for development, testing, or documentation.
• Experience testing applications that use PostgreSQL, including writing queries and verifying data integrity.
• Familiarity with docker containers, Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience with CI/CD build pipelines, especially using GitLab and Jenkins.
• Familiarity with AWS or similar public cloud offerings, and using their SDK to interact with Cloud Services for testing.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Grafana for testing and support.
• Ability to troubleshoot and support customers, including understanding product features, providing technical guidance, and investigating issues.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Bias for action and problem solving - eagerness to take initiative and make things happen.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with digital communications tools like Zoom, Slack, and MS Teams: Not just how to use them, but how they work and integrate.

Responsibilities

• Help plan, refine and estimate epics and stories as part of an Agile Scrum team.
• Create test strategies and plans to thoroughly test new features.
• Refine acceptance criteria into testable units and convert those to efficient and reliable automated tests.
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and sustain successful automation as part of our regular build process.
• Perform manual testing on occasions when automated tests are not practical.
• Detect, reproduce, and help resolve defects, emphasizing troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and preventing similar issues in the future.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, Architects, and Engineers in the US and UK.
• Participate in and help drive Agile development processes.
• Push for continuous improvement in everything we do.
• Freely debate options and ideas, then rally behind decisions.
• Take initiative and apply innovations in technology and process to our products and work.
• Use and embrace AI tools to help in Quality Engineering activities.
• Participate in on-call rotation with your colleagues.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members sustain a healthy lifestyle.
• Formal and on-the-job learning opportunities.
• Hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services