Lead SDET / Test Architect

Lead Test Architect Exp : Minimum 13-14+ Years of Experience Location : 100% Remote in USA Duration: 6 months with potential for extension Interview Process/# of Rounds:2 rounds besides our screenings 1st - Hiring Manager and another technical resource 2nd - another technical round with other members of the team pending availability Visa : USC only Job Description: Core Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• 12+ years of hands-on testing and automation experience with Selenium WebDriver or similar (i.e. Robot Framework) and/or software development experience in any language (i.e. Python, Java,etc.,)
• 4+ years of hands-on SQL database experience (i.e. insert/update statements for data setup, delete/update statements for data teardown, select statements with simple joins for data verification)
• 2+ years of hands-on testing of REST APIs (i.e. verifying HTTP status code and JSON response body using POSTMAN); bonus if experience includes automation
• 2+ years of deep CI/CD pipeline experience (i.e. setting automation suite in deployment pipeline, constantly tweaking for optimal value and user-friendly test reports) with either Github actions, Codefresh and Jenkins
• 2+ years of Playwright framework using TypeScript
• 6+ years of experience working on an agile team

Ability to think critically, communicate with other team members and ask questions Display initiative, be able to work independently as a strong individual contributor with minimal guidance, and be an integral part of an agile team via superior collaboration and team playing skills Ability to figure out efficient ways of working to meet deadlines in a fast-paced start-up like environment Assist other SDETs in guiding them with technology or process as needed Actively contribute to, and follow the agile team norms set forth, including but not limited to attending daily scrum calls, backlog refinement, retrospective and other agile meetings Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills are a must Minimum Qualifications & Skills: Be a Test Architect on an agile team with multiple developers, SDETs, an architect, a product owner and a scrum master Contributes to Somos' automation strategy. Leads test scripting and security automation activities and testing procedures to automate processes. Assesses areas of improvement and identifies best tools for scaling, self-service, virtualization, and integration. Develops testing strategies for large, complex systems, applying knowledge of design concepts and procedures. Provides technical direction to formulate and develop effective test architectures. Be part of a multi-year/multi-team project to build an AWS web application with a ReactJS frontend, Spring framework microservices (REST APIs) backend, and Aurora database SDETs will be responsible for owning the testing of a user story (including manual & automated testing) and perform in-sprint automation using Robot Framework, as well as collaborating on Slack with the other SDETs to review overnight regression test failures (if any) Standard 2-week sprints (daily standups, weekly refinements, bi-weekly sprint demos and retros) Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience Preferred Qualifications & Skills (if any): AWS or similar Cloud experience is a plus Experience in shift left testing is a plus Experience with JMeter or any performance tool is a plus Telecom industry experience is a plus Comfortable working on a Mac or other Unix-based OS Experience in testing AI/ML, big data and reporting is a plus Remote Skills: Best Practices, Business Analysis, Communication Skills, Contract Management, Internal Audit, Microsoft Project, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Improvement, Procurement Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Risk Management, Strategic Planning, Writing Skills About the Company: TEKWings LLC Apply tot his job Apply To this Job