Software Quality Engineer

Description

Sr. Software Quality Engineer
Boston, MA
Client Carbonite
Description
The MidMarket Endpoint team develops and deploys cloudbased software to store, protect, access and compute data on Windows & Mac platforms for the MidMarket. seeking a professional Senior Software Quality Engineer to design and deploy automated testing for the MidMarket Endpoint Products.
This role covers functionality across the system and emphasizes automation heavily. You will be building automation infrastructure that increases confidence in the software and adds to the teams overall velocity while driving to release. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills and a deep knowledge of automation tools for one or more of the platforms Endpoint Protect supports.
Specific Objectives and Responsibilities Your First Five Months Review and gain a solid understanding of the architecture of the Endpoint server backup product Understand test & release process frameworks Be able to author manual and automated test cases (Python) Be able to work in sync with the Dev and QE teams to develop and execute test plans Triage and develop solutions for issues encountered by a variety of cross functional and internal sources Key Challenges to Overcome For a Quality Engineer on our team, it is key to internalize the values of developing robust, scalable and maintainable Test Automation for server and client based software. The key driver for a Quality Engineer on this team is to provide the confidence to move forward on the development of complex code and solutions through clear and thorough test cases, planning and test automation.
Skills & Experience
A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent, 5+ years of relevant experience. Experience in developing and debugging multithreaded distributed applications. Significant development experience with C# and SQL Server. Experience programming in Python/Ruby or similar scripting language. Experience using an Agile process for development. Microsoft Azure exposure a plus.