Product Test Engineer II - Geodatabase

Overview

Are you a geographer, GIS/data analyst, engineer or computer scientist who has a passion for building high-quality commercial software? We are looking for individuals with a dedication to quality and software engineering to join our team and help advance Esri's cutting-edge ArcGIS software.

Your work will involve discovering innovative ways to improve the products we deliver to our customers worldwide, finding ways to stress our code and build, automate and maintain test scenarios.

This challenging opportunity allows you to leverage your skills to design and build innovative automated tests. You will work with a diverse group of engineers and developers to implement creative solutions to complex quality assurance problems. You will also learn best practices from individuals that have decades of combined experience building ArcGIS, a premiere GIS platform.

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of dedicated software engineers and product engineers to design and author test cases
• Collaborate with software engineers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to test ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise functionality related to Data Management including Geodatabase, Enterprise Databases and Data Store, as well as data management services such as:
  Utility Network service;
  Feature service;
  Network Diagram service;
  Version Management service;
  Geodata service; WFS service, and more
• Participate in assessing product quality and release readiness
• Identify and troubleshoot the causes of product issues and limitations
• Learn existing product technologies and troubleshoot production issues in current and past software platform versions
• Test software components and their functionality through the user interface and provide usable, informative feedback on user experience
• Document software issues found during testing; reproduce bugs and work closely with Software Development Engineers to resolve these issues
• Design and execute test strategies and test cases for functional requirements
• Monitor and analyze test results; collaborate across teams to ensure software quality and release readiness
• Reduce manual testing efforts by building and maintaining automated test scripts using tools like Selenium, Appium or Silk Test
• Develop and maintain ways to share test results and status to the wider team
• Develop coding samples using public ArcGIS SDKs

Requirements

• 2+ years of software testing experience
• Experience using an application development language, such as C#, Java or Python
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A self-motivated team player with an interest in continuous learning and building software products
• Bachelor’s in computer science, engineering, geography, GIS, mathematics, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Familiarity with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS platform technologies
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience using web technologies such as JSON, REST, or Java Script
• Experience with software testing tools such as Coded
  
  UI, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, or related tools
• Familiarity with the Agile software development life cycle
• Experience analyzing code coverage using industry standard tools such as Bulls Eye and Coverity
• Testing or development experience with large scale GIS systems or desktop, web, or mobile applications
• Master’s in computer science, engineering, geography, GIS, mathematics, or related field

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Total Rewards

Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets;

experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business…