Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test (Mobile Tester ( iOS & Android )) Medidata
New York, NY

Job Description

Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences with the world's most-used platform for clinical development, commercial and real-world data. Powered by artificial intelligence and delivered by #1 ranked industry experts, the Intelligent Platform for Life Sciences helps pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device companies and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk and optimize outcomes. Medidata serves more than 1,000 customers and partners worldwide and empowers more than 100,000 certified users every day to create hope for millions of patients. Discover the future of life sciences: www.mdsol.com

We know that diverse teams win and are fully committed to selecting leaders and employees that represent the markets in which we operate. We are still led by our Co-founders, Tarek Sherif and Glen de Vries, and have global operations in US, Europe and Asia with over 2000 employees.

Your Mission:

As a seasoned Software Development Engineer in Test, you are responsible for the automation strategy and framework for our patient-facing suite of products. These products are primarily mobile applications (and supporting backend apps & services) used by patients who participate in clinical trials. You will assess our current state of automation and work with team leaders, engineers and testers to lay out our go-forward plan. You will then lead execution and team adoption of automation tools & best practices.

* Own and manage automation framework to run tests for our mobile applications
* Work with the Engineering & Testing team to ensure the CI flow is complete and meaningful
* Identify gaps in the current automation suite and help prioritize those / get them into the development backlog
* Build some (not all) automation scenarios in these areas: missing low level coverage, full integration, and key functional area smoke test (i.e. locale-related testing)
* Coach engineers and testers on writing and maintaining impactful unit and integration automation
* Work to establish standardization across our team with respect to automation & testing automation
* Weigh-in on design and testing considerations, estimates and approach during our Agile SDLC (feature planning, grooming, etc)
* Identify automation opportunities in the Validation process and work with our team to prioritize those / get them into the development backlog
* Help the team build meaningful test data sets based upon Real-World production data that mimics how our customers use our products
* Benchmark (performance) critical areas in our products, identify any bottlenecks that can be re-architected for speed increases and work to get them into the team backlog
* Participate in manual testing activities when time permits, primarily as a means of understanding our testing practices / approaches and using that experience to prioritize and advance our automation efforts in the right wayAttend sprint planning meetings and discuss testing issues
* Lead evaluation and adoption of automation and other testing-related tools that are best-fit for our products & team

Your Competencies:

The must haves…

* Extensive automation experience, including experience in guiding teams to developing automation frameworks and best practices
* Mobile testing experience (knowledge of tools like Appium and/or Espresso)
* Ability to understand and trace large mobile code bases
* Deep knowledge of UI/UX best practices & design standards for iOS and Android
* API testing tools experience (for example Postman)
* Ability to Coach and propagate valuable automation, engineering & testing practices within the team

The nice to haves but not required…

* Ability to test using Rapid Software Testing practices and principles
* Ability to understand and execute Context Driven and Session Based testing
* Hands-on native app mobile development experience (Swift, Koitlin, Java)
* Experience with model-based automation testing tools & approaches
* Clinical industry experience is an asset

Education

* Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems; or equivalent experience

Medidata is making a real difference in the lives of patients everywhere by accelerating critical drug and medical device development, enabling life-saving drugs and medical devices to get to market faster. Our products sit at the convergence of the Technology and Life Sciences industries, one of the most exciting areas for global innovation. Nine of the top 10 best-selling drugs in 2017 were developed on the Medidata platform.

Medidata's solutions have powered over 14,000 clinical trials giving us the largest collection of clinical trial data in the world. With this asset, we pioneer innovative, advanced applications and intelligent data analytics, bringing an unmatched level of quality and efficiency to clinical trials enabling treatments to reach waiting patients sooner.

EEO Statement US:

Medidata Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Medidata Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law. Medidata Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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