Software Test Engineer II

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Software Test Engineer II

Individual ContributorHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

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Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $79,400.00 - $119,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Software Test Engineer II is responsible for developing automated testing strategies and implementing them in industry standard testing frameworks. The Software Test Engineer provides testing automated testing expertise and oversight and also plays a role in providing advice and guidance and monitoring emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Understands the challenges that delivery and operations teams face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.

• Recommends improvements to testing processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of testing teams and reduce technical debt.

Automation Development

• Owns the testing automation strategy, test data management strategy, and test automation framework architecture.

• Develops new or maintains existing test automation frameworks for all applications that automation currently supports.

• Writes, debugs and executes code used in automated testing efforts.

• Coordinates regression test automation activities across supported applications.

• Defines, implements, and manages processes and “best practices” with regard to automated testing.

• Establishes processes to continually review and select manual test cases for automation test suites.

• Provides metrics on business process and code coverage for automated test suites.

• Presents test results to stakeholders.

• Partners with feature developers and other automation engineers to build the tools and infrastructure to ensure production code is thoroughly tested to the highest standards.

Application Support

• Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.

• Provide support, advice and guidance.

• Actively works with less experienced software test engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.

Emergency Technology Monitoring

• Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new testing technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience in a related field

• Industry standard AWS, Automation Built into the CI/CD pipeline

• Industry standard Automation tool (Selenium)

• Strong understanding of Quality Assurance process

• Writing Automation Scripts using C#/.NET or Python

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.