Job Summary:The DMED team in Santa Monica is seeking a Sr.
Software Development in Test Engineer to join our Advertising Platform team to build test automation and processes to ensure the quality of our advertising systems.
When our systems work properly, they are able to reliably deliver relevant ads to all of our viewers; driving higher revenue for our business and helping our customers to discover brands and products that are relevant to their interests.
Defects in our ad systems can negatively impact revenue and deliver advertisements that detract from the viewer experience due to irrelevance, repetition and other factors.
This is a unique opportunity to join an excellent team and have a meaningful impact on the QE and automation process and culture, as well as the products we release.
As a result, those most likely to excel in this role are independent, creative, and able to operate effectively in ambiguous circumstances.
If you are interested in a testing role with a heavy emphasis on automated testing where the results of your testing will have significant impact on the business and be highly visible to company leadership, then this might be the right opportunity for you!Responsibilities:Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the complex advertising ecosystem in place at DMEDDevelop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using python or other OO languageParticipate in design discussions for our platform to help evolve the platform in a way that enables richer testing scenarios that simplify defect detection and preventionAssist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.Contribute to end-to-end acceptance testsWhere necessary, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated meansDrive the conversion of manual tests to automated whenever possiblePart of product teams in building architectures which are robust, fault-tolerant, and cloud native.
Builds solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that have been successfully deployed to customers/users.
Influences and drives software engineering best practices within the teamTechnically lead and deliver multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology while reviewing team member’s code.
Participates in developing technical and/or business approaches; and new/enhanced technical tools.Owns the design of software programs or systems within the team, and within the organization.
Writes codes that establishes and enhances frameworks.
Reviews code for the design, testability and clear usability.
Builds solutions that scale and perform.
Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration.Basic Qualifications:Minimum of 4 years of hands-on software test development experience, including both functional and non-functional test developmentPassion around driving best practices in the testing spaceProficiency with Python or other OO languageKnowledge of software engineering practices and agile approachesStrong desire for establishing and improving product qualityExperience building or improving test automation frameworks.Proficiency CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools.Proficiency in UI automation (Selenium, Robot, Watir)Experience in Gherkin ( BDD /TDD )Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a teamRequired EducationB.S.
in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)Additional Information:DISNEYTECH