Software Test Engineer

Overview

This is an on-site role in Seattle.
Pay Range: $73/hr – $81/hr​

Job Responsibilities

• Create innovative solutions to complex and unconventional problems.
• Leads discussions for the architecture of products/solutions and creates proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans
• Contribute to the development and design of software services, applications, and tools that are secure, highly available, scalable, and reliable to meet the needs of the business.
• Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code.
• Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices.
• Triage live site incidents to Identify patterns and create correlations between anomalies and anomaly detections via live and historical data.
• Analyze manually detected critical environment anomalies and automate detections.
• Design and implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure the health of datacenter critical environments.
• Develop code, scripts, systems, tools, or platforms that automate moderately complex but repetitive operations processes (e.g., monitoring, alerting, deploying products and updates, debugging) at scale; reviews existing automation code and scripts to evaluate reusability, extendibility, and scalability within an organization.
• Collaborate with software development and data engineering teams to ensure that software systems are designed with security, privacy, and reliability in mind.
• Fine-tune and improve a variety of sophisticated software implementation projects
• Gather and analyze system requirements, document specifications, and develop software solutions to meet client needs and data
• Analyze and review enhancement requests and specifications
• Implement system software and customize to client requirements
• Prepare the detailed software specifications and test plans
• Code new programs to client’s specifications and create test data for testing
• Modify existing programs to new standards and conduct unit testing of developed programs
• Create migration packages for system testing, user testing, and implementation
• Provide quality assurance reviews
• Perform post-implementation validation of software and resolve any bugs found during testing

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 8-10 overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required to be eligible for this role. Mechanical or electrical base level knowledge would be helpful.
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Large systems software design and development experience
• Experience performing in-depth troubleshooting and unit testing with both new and legacy production systems
• Experience in programming and experience with problem diagnosis and resolution

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Minimum 8+ years experience with C Sharp.
2. Minimum 8+ years experience with UI or UX would be helpful.
3. Minimum 8+ years experience with Data sources like data modeling, being able to connect the front end to the back end. Full Stack.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $73/hr – $81/hr. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! 

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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