Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Tracking Code

1449-626

Job Description

Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Lead SDETs report to one of our Engineering Managers, and work closely with business stakeholders to define and execute requirements.

 

Our Software Engineering team:

Our engineering squads work right alongside our teams in operations, analytics, accounting, marketing, and even recruiting. We are expected not just to be the experts in technology, but to be able to fully understand what we are trying to build as a company—then make it possible.

 

Both inside and outside engineering, we drive each other to learn more and to build better. This makes for a culture and passion made from individuals working together, not a top-down initiative. We have earnest conversations about technology, structures and process, and the best path forward, building consensus and a shared mission from the ground up.

 

Our culture defines who we are, and who we aspire to be. We want you to be a part of this culture at Enova.

 

We speak this language:

Our primary application stack includes Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, and Debian. Other tools we use include Selenium, Cucumber, Rspec, Jasmine, with code management by GitHub and CI by Jenkins.

 

We work to stay on the cutting edge of technology and contribute back to open source projects, because flexible frameworks build the foundation for our businesses. It feels good to give back.

On average, we release two new products per year, with two code releases per day, and we’re getting faster all the time. We’re dedicated to creating quality software quickly, and we're creating a solid, stable, and flexible service-oriented infrastructure to get there.

 

This is where YOU come in:

As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test, it’ll be your job to test not only projects, but processes. Is our CI deployment reliable and scalable? How can our build/release process be improved? What does product quality and confidence mean across projects, and how do those values play into the dev cycle? You’ll use your technical chops in wiring up automation, your collaboration and people skills to understand and improve process, and your leadership ability to establish solidarity in intentional quality. Your charge will be the health of our engineering practices, and you’ll work with project teams to implement, standardize, grow, and tune those strategies across the organization.

 

You’re right for this job if you:

• have experience with Ruby, Perl, Python, Java, or PHP
• have a strong understanding of TDD
• have experience testing complex, high risk projects
• are passionate about software quality, using open source technologies, and learning new things
• have managed test infrastructure and strategy
• have proven project management skills, specifically the ability estimate scope, break down problems into deliverable chunks, and pivot when requirements change.
• have experience leading testing projects
• can balance multiple concurrent projects with varying priorities
• love to stretch and break other people’s code
• can communicate with non-technical team members about progress, challenges, or new ideas
• have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

 

Kudos to you if you:

• have been exposed to Cucumber, Selenium, or Rspec
• have mobile testing experience
• employ a working knowledge of testing modern web standards
• have testing experience in scalability, performance, or security
• have code on GitHub for personal or public open-source projects (send us links!)

Job Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular