Software Developer in Test; SDET​/Quality Automation

DRC is one of the largest educational assessment and curriculum/instruction companies in the industry.

Data Recognition Corporation, Maple Grove, MN

Quality Automation Engineer / SDET

Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position

This is an employee role, not contract or consult

Please, no agencies or third parties

DRC has more than thirty years of proven experience in reporting and analytics, supporting Educational Technology (EdTech), Federal Research, and Commercial Services. We deliver modern, cloud‑based advanced analytics solutions that create value and drive progress. As a company, we embrace a diversity of thought and encourage transparency, accountability, and collaboration to produce the best products and services for our customers.

We are seeking a Quality Automation Engineer to our organization. As a Quality Automation Engineer, this person will work closely with our project and development teams to deliver industry‑leading software applications. We are looking for a collaborative partner with a growth mindset and a minimum of 3 years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer and a proven track record of building and supporting automation frameworks.

This person would have experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery to succeed in this role. They should be scripting savvy, capable of supporting test strategies and automation, and fluent in QA targeting both TDD and BDD best practices. They should also be able to mentor and support other QA team members as needed and potentially provide maintenance support for existing test cases.

• Assist in translating business rules and requirements into test scenarios while training others on identifying potential issues.
• Design, document, and execute data, UI, and system‑level test strategies and plans using quality standards and automated test frameworks with QA deliverables that can also be maintained/run by a manual testing team.
• Provide QA for test‑driven and behavior‑driven development and testing automation for a CI/CD pipeline.
• Participate in testing software releases, fixes, and versions, delivering on time with high quality.
• Manage defects tracking, including detailed triaging of issues and timely re‑qualifying of hotfixes.
• Partner with the Development, Cloud, Dev Ops, Database Administration, and Product teams as needed.

• 3+ years of related experience.
• Knowledge of microservices/REST/SOAP concepts and experience scripting to automate API integration testing, preferably with Postman.
• Experience developing automated functional and performance tests using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, JMeter or similar.
• Experience with Shell scripting, e.g., Unix Bash, Microsoft Power Shell, or similar.
• Experience writing complex SQL queries using Joins and working with database models.
• Experience with data analysis and validations for ETL/BI reporting systems.
• Experience with one or more of the following data‑driven config setups: source‑target comparisons, incremental load testing, access controls and data‑scoping with row‑level security, behavior‑driven web UI testings.

• Experience QA testing for systems in large‑scale enterprise environments.
• Experience working with multiple BI analytic platforms, e.g., Thought Spot, Power
  
  BI, and Tableau.
• Experience working with cloud technologies, e.g., AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Experience working in the EdTech industry.
• Bachelor's or higher degree, preferably in Information Systems or a related discipline.

• Excellent organizational, oral, written, and presentational communication skills to work with all levels of staff and management.
• Proficient in creating business process and data flow diagrams using tools such as MS Visio and Lucid Charts.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Atlassian, Google suite, and applicable data analytics tools.
• Relate effectively and work respectfully with diverse work groups.
• Ability to consistently perform well during times of increased workloads.
• Set and meet deadlines.
• Manage multiple job functions simultaneously.
• Other duties as needed.

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