Software Dev Engineer - Test

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Are you passionate about encouraging reading in the mobile age ?

The Kindle and Print Newsstand reading programs intend to provide the right content to each customer at the right time - varying from casual readers, avid readers to brand loyalists. The universe of selection is vast, from a variety of sources such as magazines, newspapers to paywall content.

We are looking for an experienced Software Dev Engineer in Test(SDET) to join their team

A Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) at Amazon is a developer with the primary responsibility of writing frameworks and tools to test products. It is a very unique and challenging role and provides immense opportunity to design and develop wide-reaching tools. It combines the "building" aspect of software design engineering with the "breaking" aspect of software test engineering. You’ll be writing code that automatically verifies that if anything does go wrong, you’re code will tell us. That means that you potentially write more code than the developers.

Responsibilities:
· Design and build the automated test frameworks and test suites for use in development and testing cycles
· Utilize innovative test technologies to develop a product's testing strategy
· Participating in design and code inspections.
· Perform manual testing, the scope of which will encompass all functionality of services to as a prequel to automation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

B.E/B.Tech/MCA/M.E/M.Tech/Ph.D degree in computer science or related fields

• Strong knowledge of programming, Datastructures and QA methodology
• Comfortable communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
• Strong organisational skills, tracking multiple test executions simultaneously and ability to synthesize the results
• Experience working and coordinating with distributed worldwide teams preferred
• Shows creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates applying should have:
· Three years core development experience as a Software Engineer
· Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and data structures
· Strong analytical and problem solving skills
· Demonstrable experience in writing clean code quickly
· Understanding of QA methodologies, life cycle and processes
· Experience in writing testing frameworks and automation tools is preferable

Equally important to these specific skills are a candidate's ability to:
· Multitask
· Quickly adapt to new development environments and changing business requirements
· Learn new systems
· Create reliable/maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems