A Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) at Amazon is a developer with the primary responsibility of writing frameworks and tools to test products. It is a very unique and challenging role and provides immense opportunity to design and develop widereaching tools. It combines the building aspect of software design engineering with the breaking aspect of software test engineering. Youll be writing code that automatically verifies that if anything does go wrong your code will tell us. That means that you potentially write more code than the developers. We want you to be the best version of yourself to continuously evolve and improve
Key job responsibilities
Design and build the automated test frameworks and test suites for use in development and testing cycles
Utilize innovative test technologies to develop a products testing strategy
Participating in design and code inspections.
Perform manual testing the scope of which will encompass all functionality of services to as a prequel to automation
BS degree in Computer Science from a reputed institution 5 years core development experience as a Software Engineer
Understanding of computer science fundamentals and data structures
Analytical and problemsolving skills
Demonstrable experience in writing clean code quickly
Understanding of QA methodologies life cycle and processes
Experience in writing testing frameworks and automation tools is preferable
Comfortable communicating crossfunctionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
Organizational skills
Tracking multiple test executions simultaneously and ability to synthesize the results
Experience working and coordinating with distributed worldwide teams preferred
Shows creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness
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