Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Mercury is a technology company developing a state-of-the-art shipping platform. They are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design and implement robust test automation frameworks, ensuring high-quality products and coaching the team in quality and testability.

Responsibilities:

• Be a part of the cross-functional agile team to contribute to the quality of Mercury’s next-generation shipment platform by designing, documenting, coding, fixing, testing, and enjoying what you build
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases that will cover all possible customer use-case scenarios
• Perform different types of testing (functional testing and non-functional testing) by using manual and automation techniques and record test results
• Coordinate and create automation activities around regression testing, UI testing, API testing, and Cross Browser testing
• Create and maintain test documentation
• Report and track issues accurately and effectively
• Work closely with a team of Product Managers and Architects to analyze and clarification of customer requirements, plan the process of testing, estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate quality testing activities
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipeline
• Work with the Architects and Development team closely to identify issues, capture required data, discuss fixes, and re-test the fixed defects
• Work with the QA team to analyze testing, and improve and optimize testing processes
• Be an owner and a champion of platform and application quality and the customer experience

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years experience as an SDET
• Strong programming skills in Java and/or TypeScript, with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks
• Experience in UI device/browser-based test automation using Playwright
• Experience in API (REST) test automation using Rest-assured
• Familiar with Automation methodologies (Data Driven, Hybrid, BDD, POM)
• Hands-on experience in SQL (Analytical Functions and complex queries) and DB testing
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with performance testing tools (k6, Locust, JMeter, etc.)
• Experience testing modern web-based applications and distributed systems
• Experience with test case design using various techniques/approaches to achieve optimal test coverage
• Experience with test data generation and selecting the right test data
• Experience in test execution and test reporting
• Well-versed with various types of testing (like e2e, regression, smoke, etc.)
• Good understanding of software development life cycle
• Fluent in English
• Passion for learning and researching
• Excellent communication capability
• Good understanding of lean/agile values; principles and associated practices
• Attention to detail
• Self-Managed
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Team Player
• Masters or higher studies in Computer Science or related fields
• Valid ISTQB certification
• Understanding Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and their corresponding tools like Jira X-Ray
• Experience with Cucumber Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) framework
• Knowledge of Node.js and related frameworks
• Experience with Linux operating System shell commands and scripting