Software Development Engineer in Test
Our Quality Assurance team is responsible for ensuring the high quality of Markit Digital's software by verifying that software functionality conforms to business requirements, and communicating risks to the business. As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will support the development, testing, and automation of a new UI platform designed to improve time-to-market and consistency across our entire company. You will be part of a highly skilled and versatile team working in a fast-paced environment. You will be involved in test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation, and test execution. Your focus is developing code rather than fixing or finding bugs.Your job is to accelerate product development by helping developers help themselves.
How you'll do it at Markit Digital
Setup test frameworks and help teams setup automation infrastructure
Develop and execute [automated] test scenarios for testing of back-end operations (APIs, Deployment, Scaling, etc)
Work with QA teams to create, maintain, and improve automated test suites for applications
Work with developers to ensure that all features and bug fixes come with automated test coverage
Create, execute, and automate test scenarios from use cases for existing and new solutions
Deliver quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners
Identify and implement ways to provide efficiencies to test cycles
Analyze and troubleshoot issues
Interact with team members to analyze complex projects and break them down into detailed and functional tasks
Assist with the creation and analysis of test results
Advocate for quality and the user experience
Create test strategies in collaboration with the Agile team that consider all phases of testing, such as unit, integration, API, feature testing, design, accessibility, compatibility, performance and load, regression, etc.
Own the continuous improvement of quality processes including, required documentation, testing processes, and the overall quality of the agile team's software.
Ensure all products conform to WCAG Accessibility guidelines. Interpret guidelines and suggest changes that will make the product more accessible, in the absence of concrete requirements. Validate products are ready for submission to a third-party Accessibility Certification provider.
Required Qualifications
Must have Javascript development experience
Proven experience designing and creating automation frameworks and test suites
Experience testing RESTful API’s through Postman collections
Experience with TestCafe or Selenium
Experience writing test strategies and creating test cases
Experience with at least one major UI framework (Svelte, Vue, React, Angular)
Experience with Git version control
Experience setting up, modifying, and maintaining CI systems (Jenkins preferred)
Experience with WCAG 2. 0 A and AA standards
Web and Mobile Accessibility
Jaws/NVDA/Voice Over/Talk back screen readers
WAVE for facilitating web accessibility evaluation by providing a visual representation
Experience with other assistive technologies
Preferred Qualifications
An understanding of Atomic design
Experience with Nodejs
Experience with API testing
Experience with SonarQube
Experience with Sentry.io
Profile (non-technical):
Strong problem-solving skills
Strong organization skills and the ability to work on multiple concurrent projects, with a high standard of quality
The ability to quickly shift priorities and adapt to change
Can-do attitude
Works independently under minimal direction with strong work ethic
Ability to lead the development team in testing efforts
Able to work quickly and productively in a fast-paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Where we're going
Hot on the heels of moving our service-oriented architecture to the cloud and automating our deployments and configurations, we're rolling out new tools to our stack like Angular, React, and Vue. We are always on the lookout for ways to make our sites more secure, scalable, and fast. We are continuing to explore our wealth of new data sources outside of the financial markets to pioneer new market spaces like virtual and augmented reality.