Sr Software Development Engineer - Test
Chicago, IL

Job Description

A great place to work!Zelle® Closed 2018 with 433-million transactions and $119-Billion in payments and more than a hundred Community Banks and Credit Unions joining the Network® in the year's final quarter.Come and join the most Innovative FinTech company in Arizona.

Overall Purpose

This position designs, develops, tests and maintains software product applications.

Essential Functions

* Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems and applications.
* Serve as technical expert on development projects.
* Drives full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
* Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
* Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
* Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
* Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
* Drive software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
* Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
* Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.



Desired Skills

Automation

* Ability to use Unix/Linux command line programs and create/edit scripts.
* Able to analyze results of automated deployment scripts and makes modifications.

Specific Requirements and Qualifications for Software Development Engineer in Test:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field required.
* 5 years' experience developing software or test automation frameworks using one of the programming language - Java, Ruby, Node.js or Objective C. Java is preferred.
* Prior experience with established Software development tools( GIT, Eclipse/Android Studio/X-Code)
* Mobile programming (Android or iOS/Swift ) experience is a bonus and preferred.
* Experience implementing test automation frameworks for web or mobile platforms (hybrid, iOS or Android) using any test automation tools- Appium, Selenium, Web driver, Rest-Assured API, and Cucumber.
* Experience with Device Cloud Providers: Perfecto Mobile, Device Anywhere, Amazon Device Farm.
* Experience in building and executing automated and performance tests for REST and XML/SOAP/JSON based services.
* Excellent knowledge and experience with web technologies - HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON, SQL, Java Script, Node.js
* Experience testing system/server level software, networking (sockets, SS7) and telecommunications protocols: HTTP, SIP, ISDN, Rest Services, wireless technology testing.
* Passion to work independently on diverse problems and resolve challenges on a daily basis.
* Agile/Lean methodologies experience preferred.
* Security testing is a plus.
* Knowledge of Performance/Load Testing is a plus.

Design

* Able to prepare detail design documents from requirements.
* Familiar with Reporting tools such as Crystal Reports, Jasper Reports, BIRT, etc.
* General understanding of software environments and network topologies.
* Able to demonstrate OOA/OOD skills.
* Demonstrable understanding of distributed, component based architecture
* Working knowledge of networking and/or telecommunications protocols
* A solid understanding of event driven / asynchronous programming and multi-threading
* Demonstrable technical design skills (UML experience a plus)
* Familiar with TDD/BDD.
* Familiar with SOA framework, web services, etc.

Collaboration

* Agile/Lean methodologies experience
* Solid understanding of an iterative software development process
* Able to guide the team to produce estimates for all project activities and tasks.
* Responsible for eliciting user and functional requirements and ensuring they consistent and complete
* Mentor and monitor Software Engineers in the technical aspects of their assignments.

Experience

* Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and/or 5 or more years of related industry experience.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Early Warning is an equal opportunity employer that takes affirmative action to employ, and advance in employment, qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans.