Software Automation Engineer
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Position: Software Automation Engineer
Location: Broomfield, CO
Location: Broomfield, CO
Our ideal candidate is a passionate advocate for our customers, the quality of our releases, consistent improvement in our engineering teams and outcomes, and the usability and performance of our software.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement software test automation framework that will aggregate existing systems as well as new tools yet to be written
- Estimate work effort
- Communicate status to stakeholders
- Enable framework to be executed in highly scalable manner
- Enhance and extend the automation library and framework
- Write specialized automation tools for use in testing our software platform
- Participate in day-to-day engineering activities as part of an Agile Scrum Team
- Collaborate with Scrum team and analyze user stories to determine test scenarios/acceptance criteria
- Design and improve processes/tools to shorten feedback loop cycle
Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- At least 5 years of experience in software
- At least 2 years of experience in automating complex systems
- In depth understanding of software engineering and automation principles and the ability to apply this understanding to formulate and execute test strategies
- Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and attention to detail
- Proven success in improving software reliability and release predictability
Relevant:
- Experience working with the Windows stack (Visual Studio, C++, C#, .NET) or Web stack (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
- Experience in successfully designing and implementing an automation strategy
- Experience with testing, development, and deployment of desktop, server, and web applications
- Experience collaborating with multiple departments to achieve successful outcomes
- Experience with Continuous Deployment systems
- Data collection and root cause analysis techniques
- AWS experience, AWS certifications are a plus
Unsolicited third party/agency profiles and resumes will not be considered. Please do not inquire.
Alteryx, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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