Uptake is a Chicago-based predictive analytics SaaS platform provider that empowers major industry leaders to optimize performance, reduce asset failures and enhance safety. At Uptake, we combine our strengths—machine learning, analytics, data visualization and software development—with the expertise of our industrial partners. The result is enormous savings in development time and resources for Uptake’s partners and a proven industrial grade software platform that delivers value to partners and their end customers.

• Solid knowledge and understanding of the systems development life cycle, software concepts, test methodologies and their application
• Strong backend testing experience is critical
• Ability to develop complex queries and experience in SQL or other relational database is required
• Experience developing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Cases, and Test Data
• Experience in test automation
• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment and learn new concepts
• Experience in Agile software development environment preferred
• Understanding of Change and Release Management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate with application users, developers, product owners, architects
• Hands on experience in handling large datasets / worked on ETL is a bonus
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience (Computer Science or Information Systems preferred)

Nice to haves:

• Rest API testing experience
• NoSQL data store experience
• Performance testing experience 
• Experience with Docker and Selenium