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You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
IDBS helps BioPharma organizations unlock the potential of AI/ML to improve the lives of patients. As a trusted long-term partner to 80% of the top 20 global BioPharma companies1, IDBS delivers powerful cloud software and services specifically designed to meet the evolving needs of the BioPharma sector.
IDBS, a Danaher company, leverages 35 years of scientific informatics expertise to help organizations design, execute and orchestrate processes, manage, contextualize and structure data and gain valuable insights throughout the product lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing. Known for its signature IDBS E-WorkBook software, IDBS has extended its flexible, scalable solutions to the IDBS Polar and PIMS cloud platforms to help scientists make smarter decisions with assured confidence in both GxP and non-GxP environments.
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The Senior Software Tester contributes to the delivery of products by carrying out testing activities as part of an agile team. This role involves creating test estimates, test approaches, and executing identified testing. The Senior Software Tester may also be responsible for the overall agile team’s testing strategy and supporting junior team members.
This position reports to the Engineering Manager and is part of the Customer Sustaining Team of Engineering Department located in Bangalore and will be an on-site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Create and execute robust, repeatable, and maintainable test plans, implementing testing strategies aligned with departmental goals.
- Identify cross-team interdependencies and coordinate with other teams to incorporate them. Adjust plans as technology and business requirements change.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Customer Support teams to understand customer problems, provide updates, and enhance satisfaction through effective communication.
- Pair and swarm with team members and cross-functional teams to investigate, reproduce, and resolve Customer Escalations, Support Incidents, and Customer-found defects.
- Support recruitment activities and technical onboarding of new team members. Continuously develop skills, learn new technologies, and contribute to team improvement.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of experience in software testing, with a focus on automated testing.
- Expertise in analyzing complex systems, defining testing strategies, designing effective test plans, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
- Writing, reviewing, and executing manual and automated tests, including functional, regression, and performance testing using tools like JUnit, Robot Framework, Cypress, Playwright, JMeter, Python, Postman, RestClient, and others.
- Familiarity with integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools like AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Gradle, and Maven.
- Experience with Agile practices such as Kanban or Scrumban to manage team priorities and deliver high-quality solutions on time. Strong problem-solving and investigation skills in complex technical environments.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing (or equivalent) or relevant competence to undertake the qualification.
- Working in the Life Sciences industry and regulated environments, participating in Customer and Internal Audits, and ensuring compliance with QMS procedures.
- Troubleshooting, performing root cause and thread dump analysis, memory management, and performance tuning, including JVM optimization. Experience of writing and executing queries and troubleshoot database issues with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB.
IDBS, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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