Software Development Engineer in Test

Mimecast is a company focused on building innovative solutions for Human Risk Management. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join their collaborative software engineering team, responsible for designing, developing, and operating software tests for their products.

Responsibilities

• Help plan, refine and estimate epics and stories as part of an Agile Scrum team
• Create test strategies and plans to thoroughly test new features
• Refine acceptance criteria into testable units and convert those to efficient and reliable automated tests
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and sustain successful automation as part of our regular build process
• Perform manual testing on occasions when automated tests are not practical
• Detect, reproduce, and help resolve defects, emphasizing troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and preventing similar issues in the future
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, Architects, and Engineers in the US and UK
• Participate in and help drive Agile development processes
• Push for continuous improvement in everything we do
• Freely debate options and ideas, then rally behind decisions
• Take initiative and apply innovations in technology and process to our products and work
• Use and embrace AI tools to help in Quality Engineering activities
• Participate in on-call rotation with your colleagues

Skills

• Skills and aptitudes for Quality Engineering, especially automated testing
• Understanding of how to plan tests and break down stories into testable units
• Familiarity with full-stack automated testing, verifying front- and back-end interfaces including RESTful and gRPC API endpoints, and web-based user interfaces
• Object-oriented programming skills and experience automating in Java, JavaScript, Typescript or similar
• Familiarity with building and scaling tests using frameworks like JUnit/TestNg and Selenium/Cypress/Playwright
• Familiarity with databases and including database-side verification in automated tests
• Familiarity with performance and scalability testing
• Familiarity with effective use of AI tools for development, testing, or documentation
• Experience testing applications that use PostgreSQL, including writing queries and verifying data integrity
• Familiarity with docker containers, Kubernetes and Helm
• Experience with CI/CD build pipelines, especially using GitLab and Jenkins
• Familiarity with AWS or similar public cloud offerings, and using their SDK to interact with Cloud Services for testing
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Grafana for testing and support
• Ability to troubleshoot and support customers, including understanding product features, providing technical guidance, and investigating issues
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Bias for action and problem solving – eagerness to take initiative and make things happen
• Familiarity with digital communications tools like Zoom, Slack, and MS Teams: Not just how to use them, but how they work and integrate

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Formal and on-the-job learning opportunities
• Incentive plans

Company Overview

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