Software Test Engineer 2/Redmond, WA (Remote)- 2 months Contract
Candidates with prior MICROSOFT experience only. Job Description : Position: Software Test Engineer 2 Location Requirements: Fully Remote- Puget Sound area
Typical Day in the Role
Purpose of the Team ? The team writes infrastructure code for the automated testing so that can often be like moving from one testing framework to another. They also debug test failures and help the feature teams to write reliable tests which then another, newer role that the team is also working on, has some on call like engineer responsibilities where you know various Azure DevOps pipelines fail. Comfortable with jumping into challenges.
Key projects - on call engineer/ Two people rotation- once a month, need to investigate them and understand the the failures and take action based on what's going wrong, may need to escalate it to a team that owns the test or a piece of infrastructure that they own is failing and may need to create a bug in ourselves and fix that.
Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm - 10% meetings, 60% investigating pipeline, 30% projects.
Candidate Requirements
Years of Experience Required ? 1-2 years work related experience required
Degrees or certifications required ? Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and/or experience with testing preferred
Disqualifiers ? (PREFERENCE) to have coding or any industry experience or someone that's had a role in development or even quality assurance for like a year or two previously, umm, you know might be able to do this job a bit more proficiently
Best vs. Average ? Automated testing/ definitely has the skillset needed for this role/ written software to support automated testing or maintained it umm, for instance, the particular framework ( team currently using playwright)
Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience
1) Knowledge of Windows interface +2yrs
2) typescript and JavaScript
3) Automatically testing
Hard Skills Assessments
Expected Dates ? ASAP
Assessment Process ? call with sponsor
Candidate Preparation - coding question and writing test
Writes test cases, and may run and / or write test automation scripts. Performs detailed analysis of test results and adjusts test cases accordingly.
Can provide some bug prevention or proactive testing through product specification reviews.
Works with developers and/or program managers to troubleshoot failures or triage to the appropriate level.
Skills: 1-2 years work related experience required.
Relevant related experience will be considered.
Knowledge of, and experience in, black box software testing principles.
Demonstrated ability to define and use common terms and concepts for at least one operating system and environment required.
Beginner to intermediate level knowledge of one or more scripting languages (JavaScript, VBScript, Perl Script or Windows batch files) may be required.
Working knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP), hardware, debugging, and operating systems preferred.
Knowledge of Windows interface guidelines may be required. Should be able to work independently.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and/or experience with testing preferred.
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