Software Engineering Lead - Test
ZS is a professional services firm that works side by side with companies to help develop and deliver products that drive customer value and company results. From R&D to portfolio strategy, customer insights, marketing and sales strategy, operations and technology, we leverage our deep industry expertise and leading-edge analytics to create solutions that work in the real world. Our most valuable asset is our people-a fact that's reflected in our values-driven organization in which new perspectives are integral and new ideas are celebrated. ZSers are passionately committed to helping companies and their customers thrive in industries ranging from healthcare and life sciences, to high-tech, financial services, travel and transportation, and beyond.
ZS's Software Development team designs, implements, tests and supports high-quality products that help hundreds of companies and thousands of end users make critical decisions. Whether writing distributed optimization algorithms or advanced mapping and visualization interfaces, you will have an opportunity to solve challenging problems and make an immediate impact.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LEAD
ZS Associates, a global leader in sales and marketing effectiveness, is looking for a Software Engineering Lead join our Software Development group in our Evanston, US office.
You will lead a group of Test Engineers to create automated tests to evaluate the quality of products used by hundreds of companies and thousands of end users to make critical decisions and manage sales operations. The Software team at ZS is a casual, collaborative, and smart group located in Pune. In this role you will:
Job Description:
- Implement automated tests that cover functional and non-functional requirements to evaluate the quality of our Javelin line of products
- Provide technical leadership and act as a resource and coach for your team
- Maintain high morale and motivate engineers to go above and beyond
- Help establish a culture of quality and processes that support a world-class testing organization
- Develop expertise in the products owned by your team, and use that expertise to advocate on behalf of the customer in design, implementation, testing, and planning sessions
- Evaluate and recommend new testing tools and process improvements
- Partner with the test and development teams to determine the best infrastructure and frameworks to deliver automation in a continuous integration system
- Ensure quality is being designed into the system
- Continue to expand and enforce our Quality processes and best practices across your team with comprehensive test planning, execution, and reporting
- Review automation implementations and encourage sound design principles while remaining practical and milestone driven
- Know and care about what the customer wants from our service -- and be willing to stand up for it!
- Ability to work in global cross-office teams, including travelling to remote offices as required
- ZS is a global firm; fluency in English is required
Qualifications:
ZS welcomes candidates with strong quantitative skills. A demonstrated record of professional success and a passion for understanding and testing web applications are required. Additionally, we seek individuals with the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (CS) or Electrical Engineering (EE) or a related disciple. CS is preferred
- 6+ years of Quality Engineering experience in one or more software companies, with a minimum of 2 years of officially being a lead of 2 or more individual contributors
- Expert at QE testing methodologies, tools and approaches (black box, white box, code coverage, performance and automated testing experience)
- Experience developing automated tests for projects with complex functionality that require a deep understanding of the application logic and dependencies
- Extensive knowledge of testing tools, such as Selenium, NUnit, Jira,etc
- Knowledge/ exposure of AWS/ Lambda / API is good to have
- Ability to motivate people and achieve results
- Strong verbal, written and team presentation communication skills
ZS is a global consulting firm. Fluency in English is required; additional fluency in at least one European or Asian language is desirable.
Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment. An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
ZS offers a competitive compensation package with salary and bonus incentives, complete medical/dental/life insurance programs and retirement savings benefits. ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
ZS is committed to providing and maintaining a safe workplace. Must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by date of hire to be considered. Proof of vaccination will be required. Religious/Medical Exemptions can be requested on a limited basis upon hire.
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