Lead Software Development Engineer in Test
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test
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Job Description
About Trimble:
Trimble is a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability for our customers. We are an exciting entrepreneurial company with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. While GPS is at our core we have grown beyond this technology to embrace other sophisticated positioning technologies and in doing so we are changing the way the world works. Those who successfully lead others to meet our objectives are vital to our organization. Leadership at Trimble is much more than simply exercising assigned authority; we expect our leaders to embrace a missionfocused leadership style demonstrating the strength of character intellect and the ability to convert ideas to reality.
Job Purpose
As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test you will be testing the ecommerce web application developed by a strong development team this will include testing the frontend UI based web application along with the REST APIs and backend integration. You will interact and collaborate with product owners and architects across the time zones to understand the software solution and also present reports on testing progress quality metrics and any critical issues to management and project stakeholders. You are also expected to review test cases and automation suites for the software product. You will mentor other talented engineers and encourage innovation in the team.
You will also provide guidance mentorship and support to ensure the teams efficiency and effectiveness in testing and quality assurance activities. This position requires indepth knowledge of ecommerce testing strategies manual testing techniques for API level testing and UIlevel Web application testing along with hands on experience in API Performance and UI automation. You should have experience with agile methodologies monitoring all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. You should be able to play the role of scrum master. You should be able to assess and communicate potential risks related to software quality helping the team to prioritize testing efforts based on the potential impact. Good to have experience in rest assured java python Scala playwright and TypeScript.
Main Responsibilities
Participate in the complete product development cycle starting from analysis architecture design automation testing of software and release
Understand product requirements to
Develop Test plan
Develop test cases and review them
Automate test cases
To conduct
Manual testing
Automation testing
Performance testing
Leadership and Mentorship
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to senior and junior members of the team.
Lead and participate in technical initiatives code reviews and design discussions.
Demonstrate leadership by exhibiting professionalism good judgment and effective communication skills.
Test Process Improvement
Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes procedures and tools to ensure quality and efficiency.
Stay current with industry trends and best practices related to software testing and quality assurance.
Identify areas for improvement in the software development lifecycle and provide recommendations.
Integrate all automated tests and reports with CI
Coordinate with the project team and complete testing on time
Report bugs and track them to closure.
Take part in team standups product review meetings weekly meetings.
Understand System Architecture and provide valuable inputs to continuously improve
Ability to test the agreed modules in time work with junior team members
Eager to learn and adapt to dynamically changing environment
Design develop and maintain the test cases test data and automation test suite
Make automation design at the module level that is highly reusable.
Document work automation designs code and record and produce test reports.
Participate in reviews of work done by peers and provide constructive feedback.
Completely accountable for ones own work. Manage time efficiently.
Responsible for deliveries within the required deadlines. Deliveries can be modules documentation customer releases etc.
Estimate Plan organize and execute assignments with very little or moderate supervision.
Ensure team motivation and morale.
Other responsibilities as assigned by the management from time to time.
Key Result Area
Timely delivery of test cases and automated tests on a sprinttosprint basis.
Automation coverage to be at least 80 in the project.
Effective reporting of work and reports.
Skill Set
7 to 12 years of professional experience in SDET
Programming Languages: Java/Typescript/Python
Web Technologies and Protocols:
Understanding web technologies like HTML CSS and JavaScript
Familiar of HTTP HTTPS RESTful APIs Angular React jQuery
Automation Frameworks and Tools:
Proficiency in automation frameworks like Selenium/Playwright/Cypress.
Test automation tools such as TestNG JUnit or NUnit.
Web Element Locators:
Ability to identify and locate web elements
(CSS selectors XPath expressions HTML attributes class names)
Understanding of dynamic elements
Iframes shadow DOM and handling different element states.
API Testing:
Understanding the principles and characteristics of APIs
Knowledge in constructing requests parsing responses and identifying issues.
Knowledge in writing scripts using Postman/SOAPUI/REST Assured
Able to create send and analyze HTTP requests.
Performance testing tools:
Understanding types of performance tests load/stress/endurance testing
Understanding performance metrics(response time throughput concurrency)
skills to identify bottlenecks and diagnose performance issues
Familiarity with tools like JMeter/LoadRunner/Gatling
Solely handle Test Environment Setup
Understanding networking concepts protocols (e.g. TCP/IP)
Understanding networkrelated issues
Testing Concepts:
Writing test strategy test plan and test case and test
Version Control Systems:
Bitbucket / Git
managing code changes
collaborating with other team members
maintaining a history of code revisions.
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
Tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/Buildkite
Integrating the automation into CI/CD pipelines
ProblemSolving and Analytical Thinking:
designing efficient automation solutions/Framework
ability to identify and troubleshoot complex software defects
Test Management and Reporting:
Knowledge on Test management tools like JIRA or Zephyr
Experience in generating comprehensive test reports
Leadership and Mentoring:
guiding and mentoring other team members
providing technical expertise and guidance
Communication and Collaboration:
communicating testing progress to stakeholders.
gathering requirements clarifying expectations and resolving issues
communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders
collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams
Agile Methodologies:
Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
Planning for Iterative development cycles
Manage frequent releases
Risk Assessment and Mitigation:
ability to identify and mitigate risks related to software quality.
Measure how well risks are documented and managed throughout the project.
Resource Management:
resource allocation and team management
assess the efficiency and productivity of the testing team.
Ensure resources are allocated effectively to meet project deadlines and quality goals.
Good knowledge of the AWS cloud platform
Compare and contrast the various solution given a problem statement
Selfstarter and Passionate to learn new technologies.
Good to have
Selfdriven gogetter
Knowledge of Ecommerce Domain
Experience in Playwright
Qualifications & Experience
B.E / or M.E / / M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or an equivalent degree.
Supervisory Responsibility
May have to manage a team of 23 members.
Employment Type
Full-Time
