Staff Software Test Engineer (Hybrid/Onsite)

Visa • Austin, TX

252d • $112,100 - $162,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior SDET role is an ambassador of quality. You'll be joining one of our Agile Product squads which consist of a Software Engineering Manager, Software Engineers and fellow SDETs, reporting into a Tribe QA Engineering Manager. You will play a key role in ensuring the team delivers efficient, effective and scalable solutions for a wide range of problems. You will design, develop, build and maintain QA solutions and processes. You will also coach and guide all in the team on QA best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Nice To Haves

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Strong API testing skills, ideally in Java
• Strong experience with AWS (public cloud)
• Strong knowledge of Containerisation tools, such as Docker and knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS)
• Strong knowledge of Datadog
• Strong knowledge of mocking tools such as Wiremock
• Contract testing knowledge, ideally with Pact/Pactflow
• Kafka experience

Responsibilities

• Strong coding ability in Java and/or Ruby
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI
• Strong experience integrating testing at various levels into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong communication skills: written & verbal
• Strong understanding of agile methods of software delivery and the principles and practices of BDD, ATDD and TDD
• Strong knowledge of Containerisation tools, such as Docker
• Experience with AWS (public cloud)
• Strong knowledge of Datadog
• Has played a major role in the delivery of high quality solutions, in a micro services environment, across large cloud-native architectures
• Has designed, developed and evolved the test architecture of large scale, highly available cloud solutions
• Has driven positive change towards Continuous testing, DevOps and Agile
• Comfortable challenging the status quo
• The ability to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders in order to determine appropriate acceptance criteria for both business and technical needs
• Ability to make tactical as well as strategic decisions and recommendations based on incomplete or ambiguous information
• The ability to technically analyse a problem and a solution and recognise the right level of detail and abstraction to lead discussions with different stakeholders
• Contract testing experience, ideally with Pact/Pactflow
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS)
• Kafka experience
• Experience with mocking tools such as Wiremock
• Ideally from a background in FinTech, Payments or Financial Services

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 (k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree