Software Development Engineer in Test, Operational Tools

Zoox
Foster City, US
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level test automation engineers with experience in cloud and mobile applications working in safety-critical domains.

Best fit for

  • Automation engineers who prioritize edge cases and high-stress scenarios
    — “focusing on edge cases and high-stress scenarios”
  • Developers comfortable building scalable integration automation frameworks
    — “building scalable integration automation frameworks”
  • Testers with experience in API and end-to-end test coverage
    — “comprehensive test coverage at API, integration and end-to-end level”

Things to consider

  • Role involves ensuring reliability of safety-critical tools
    — “ensuring the reliability of safety-critical tools”
  • Expectation to enhance existing frameworks alongside new development
    — “enhancing existing frameworks for automated testing”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate past success in automating repetitive testing tasks
    — “prioritizing automation for repetitive tasks”
  • Showcase framework design skills beyond just test execution
    — “design and implement functional and integration automation tests”
  • Highlight experience with cloud ops or backend applications
    — “automated testing of web based cloud, backend and mobile applications”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • reliable safety-critical tools
  • comprehensive test coverage
Typical background
software developmentquality assurance

Skills & requirements

Required

Automation TestingIntegration TestingCloud OpsAPI TestingRegression Testing

Preferred

Edge Case TestingHigh-stress Scenario Testing

About the role

Original posting from Zoox via Lever

As a Software Development Engineer in Test on the Product Software Quality Assurance team, your role will focus on building scalable integration automation frameworks and enhancing existing frameworks for automated testing of web based cloud, backend and mobile applications. You will design and implement functional and integration automation tests for cloud ops used by the Zoox customers and the backend applications, ensuring comprehensive test coverage at API, integration and end-to-end level. By prioritizing automation for repetitive tasks, developing robust regression suites, and focusing on edge cases and high-stress scenarios, you will ensure the reliability of safety-critical tools.

Source: Zoox careers (Lever)

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