Software Quality Engineer

xCures Inc.

77d•$125,000 - $180,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Software Quality Engineer, you will work with Clinical Operations, Developers, and Data Science to design, develop and maintain exploratory and automated test solutions for effective and efficient test execution. Our applications utilizes a range of Web, API, and database interfaces built using a mix of leading proprietary and open source technology. You will be responsible for developing and enhancing quality metrics and test automation solutions to keep pace with fast-paced Agile code delivery and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. You will also work with Product Owners, and Clinical Operations and Data Science to produce creative and impactful system-level exploratory tests representative of customer workflows and continuous learning models.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and 4 years’ experience or master’s degree in Computer Science; or comparable experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. BS in Computer Science preferred.
Experience making code more testable, writing test frameworks, and automating tests
Experience in Data Quality Assurance: Ensure the data used to train AI models is accurate, comprehensive, and bias-free
AI/ML Knowledge: Understanding of how AI models are built, trained, and deployed, including concepts like supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, etc.
Experience Testing AI/ML Models: Develop and execute test plans and scripts to evaluate the performance, accuracy, and robustness of AI/ML models
Champion testing, functional testing, and other continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes leading to superior quality products
Experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Experience developing complex web applications using React, TypeScript and node.js
Experience in CSS and HTML
Experience programming in Python
Experience testing AI/ML models and datasets
Experience in constructing engineering and architectural patterns
AWS ecosystem familiarity (Lambdas, Serverless, SNS.)
Deep business intelligence platform experience
Strong SQL skills, including performance tuning in a SQL environment.
Development of ETL tools/processes to load data repositories and create test data sets.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS
Experience with NPM (Node Package Management)
Experience testing relational databases, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
Experience testing serverless applications leveraging AWS Lambda
Passionate to learn and willingness to stay current with their technical skills
Ability to identify, own and solve problems independently or as part of a team
Experience working on an Agile development team
Experience writing and maintaining automation tests
Experience with Docker or Lambda
Understanding of JSON
Understanding in building reusable code.
Working with large-scale databases, collection, and organization of real-time event streaming data.
Working with Dimensional, Entity-Relationship, Tabular models, and OLAP data modeling.
A proven track record in delivering in an agile environment, while managing multiple priorities.
Practical experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
Experience with Git/Github or comparable distributed version control system.
Experience developing and using Restful API’s

Responsibilities

Code, test, debug, document and maintain software applications test suite using established coding standards and methodologies.
Provide technical guidance in software design and development activities.
Participate in Scrum activities, perform code reviews, contribute to a high performing, growing team.
Own component(s) of the testing architecture and direct the work of other team members.
Build, deploy, and manage test environments
Create stage gates for testing of software and data science deployments and release strategies
Ensures new software meets quality standards through writing manual and automated tests.
Troubleshoots, debug, resolve product issues as they arise.
Assists in designing interfaces to improve the user experience.
Support the application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support). Follow established development, documentation, testing and deployment processes.
Gather testing requirements and suggest solutions; serve as an integrator between business needs and technology solutions.
Collaborate with the product development team to plan and test new features.
Participate in planning and scoping meetings for future projects.
Responsible for managing and maintaining project and work backlog; able to re-prioritize tasks as the business deems appropriate.
Work cross functionally to resolve complex customer problems.
Prioritizing and executing assigned tasks within deadlines; identify, track, and mitigate risks as appropriate.
Stay current with new technology trends.
Train, coach, and mentor other engineers on testing best practices.