Remote Staff SDET

Summary

Join VGS, the world's leader in payment tokenization, as a Staff SDET and champion test automation practices. This hands-on technical lead role will mentor and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to drive quality initiatives.

Requirements

• 8+ years hands-on experience in test automation practices with various tools and frameworks for a Cloud SaaS environment
• Extensive experience in backend performance testing of high volume applications that handle millions of requests using Locust or equivalent
• Extensive experience in backend functional testing using framework and tools such as RestAssured, PyTest or equivalent
• Developed BDD/TDD tests using cucumber framework
• Strong OOP experience in languages like Python, JavaScript and deep understanding of design patterns
• Prior Agile development experience, preferably in a CI/CD environment using CircleCI, Jenkins, Github, or Gitlab
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices, CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka (MSK), Java, Spring Framework, Python, and AWS services
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to understand and explain complex technical issues to a non-technical audience
• BS in Computer Science or Equivalent

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, drive and own quality strategy including roadmaps, initiatives, standards, tooling, framework, and processes
• Analyze incidents, customer reported defects, internal reported defects, bugs and identify gaps in test capability, coverage, framework, tooling across all product teams and suggest technical improvements
• Lead tool analysis, create proof of concept models, socialize and acquire buy-in to support the tools selection process
• Work seamlessly in a remote-first environment and foster a culture of test automation across teams and ensure consistency of test tooling, framework and processes
• Drive shift-left in the SDLC and actively work with development and devops teams for integrating test automation as an integral part of the CI/CD delivery pipeline

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in UI functional testing using Testcafe, Cypress, Selenium or equivalent
• Knowledge of white box testing tools such as SonarQube
• Knowledge of observability solutions using Grafana, Honeycomb and Open Telemetry

Benefits

• Flexible work hours
• Flexible PTO
• Competitive health benefits
• VGS stock options
• 401k plan, with employer matching 4% and immediate vesting (available only for US employees)
• Life & disability insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts, dependent and healthcare FSA (available only for US employees)
• Global parental leave program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Home Internet reimbursement
• New hire home office set up allowance
• Professional learning reimbursement