Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
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Job Description
Duties:
- Design and develop detailed test plans procedures scenarios and scripts to thoroughly evaluate new products or software updates ensuring they meet customer requirements and company quality standards.
- Develop comprehensive testing protocols and automation for various areas including nonfunctional testing areas such as loadstress performance and scalability customer usability database impact error detection regression testing and realworld implementation scenarios. This includes understanding how software changes may affect the underlying database ensuring that functionality is not compromised and that system performance is optimized across all layers.
- Identify and analyze software defects bugs functionality issues and output errors documenting them in detail and collaborating with developers to resolve issues. Special attention is given to how updates might affect data flow storage and retrieval potentially influencing database performance or integrity.
- Track and document issues resolutions and bug fixes throughout the testing process maintaining a detailed database of defects and successful mitigation strategies ensuring that potential databaserelated issues are closely monitored and addressed.
- Create clear and thorough documentation of test procedures for each phase or project to ensure replicability compliance with standards and growth of the companys knowledge base while also factoring in how changes may impact database interactions.
- Communicate effectively with crossfunctional teamsincluding developers product owners and clientsto ensure quick resolution of issues with particular awareness of potential databaserelated impacts and their broader implications on the system.
- Provide regular feedback to developers offering suggestions for improvements evaluating issues proposing solutions and identifying further testing needs while considering how software changes could indirectly affect database operations.
- Implement and maintain automated testing tools as needed ensuring they are updated and aligned with current testing requirements including any necessary updates to address database impact in automated test cases.
Planning and Decision Making:
This role involves the individual in actively participating in the estimation and planning of deliverables for both existing and new customers working closely with Project/Program Managers Product Owners and Architects. The individual will contribute to decisionmaking processes aimed at ensuring a 100 saydo ratio by helping to plan and coordinate tasks with the team. While their work will be monitored for accuracy and alignment with project goals any issues in planning or could lead to delays quality concerns or unmet client expectations so attention to detail and accountability are crucial throughout the process.
Impact and Scope:
This role plays a key part in the Load Testing for various programs and customer requirements for the software products. As a senior role within the team the scope covers all requests from different airports and implementations. The individual in this role will collaborate to ensure the successful delivery of these projects with their contributions closely monitored by the test engineering manager for efficiency and accuracy. The individual will create test artefacts which can provide the information on the short comings and the limitations of the software for a given implementation and find the defects which should be prevented before its deployed at the customer end.
While errors in planning or could lead to delays misalignment with strategic goals or disruptions to the roadmap the role emphasizes the importance of attention to detail and accountability throughout the process.
Key Internal and External Relationships:
Given the limited direct customer interactions the individual will primarily work with Project Managers Program Managers and Product Owners on a regular basis. Building strong relationships with these internal teams will be crucial to foster better collaboration and ensure seamless teamwork.
Qualifications :
Skills and Experience:
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Computer ScienceElectrical/Electronics Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Preferably has experience working with systems and machines software development or comes from a systems software background. Experience with kernel space or driver software development is highly desirable.
- At least 5 years of handson experience as a software test engineer.
- Strong knowledge of objectoriented design microservices architecture system architecture operating system fundamentals networking and the ability to understand and work with software code.
- Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Extensive experience in developing Test Plans Test Cases and Test Reports.
- Strong proficiency in various testing methodologies.
- Proficiency in automated testing including the creation and maintenance of automated test environments with a preference for experience in simulated test environments.
- Expertise in Python Linux CI/CD tools and Conatine technologies (such as Docker etc)
- Handson experience with testing REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies DevOps and continuous testing environments.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality.
- Quick to adapt and learn complex systems and new technologies.
- Familiarity with opensource toolchains and technologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly.
Additional Information :
We offer
Join us and well help build your career with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business both locally and globally. Youll experience an inclusive environment with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. Youll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing financial and lifestyle perspective.
Join us and work for a worldleader with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website Careers Smiths Group plc
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
