Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Role Mission: Drive automation for our software tests for systems undergoing significant changes in design. Fully reap the benefits in test coverage, speed and confidence that automation offers.

Accountabilities:

• Take over ownership of the existing performance test scripts from vendors
• Schedule, design and drive performance tests
• Improve efficiency of performance tests
• Improve test reliability and time taken for performance test runs
• Improve performance of applications in terms of user experience and satisfaction

Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing and optimising processes for performance testing
• Designing performance tests, with details around desired environment set up, areas to test, expected results and explanations for deviations
• Establishing and tracking metrics for application and service performance to drive improvement and accountability
• Work with stakeholders across engineering and QA teams to ensure alignment on goals
• Driving application and services performance improvements through collaboration with respective engineering teams
• Design ways to track and report the results of and efficacy of performance test runs

Areas of Impact:

• Stakeholders: QA, Engineering, Program/Delivery Management, Product

• Decision Rights: Strongly advise Automation tools and license purchase, strongly advise KPIs for the performance of applications and systems

• Resources: ~10 automation resources from vendors as peers, some existing licenses for BrowserStack, LoadRunner

Ideal Track Record:

• Delivered performance test runs measured in the multiples of tens, if not hundreds, demonstrable performance improvements for systems, services and/or applications
• Designed performance test plans for web and mobile applications, with clear ability to explain environmental considerations in said plans.
• Designed dashboards for reporting on performance test results and stats to stakeholders
• Designed or improved processes to include performance tests regularly