Remote Offshore Software Development Jobs in Pennsylvania

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Section 1: Position Summary

As aSoftware Development Engineer in Test (SDET)at Ascensus, you will be working in a high-energy team, developing, and executing automated or manual tests in various stages of development by using the best engineering practices in the industry today. Passion for all aspects of software development is critical. We are building teams that are empowered to solve the business needs by having a rapid development and deployment pipeline with a focus on automation and releasing software.

As a Scrum team member, you will be responsible for delivering high quality solutions that adhere to the software architecture strategy, coding standards, and established organizational policies and procedures.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the test automation suite using various test automation frameworks
• Experience in batch testing, big data testing
• Work in an agile development environment, collaborating with the team to deliver quality software iteratively
• Develop end-to-end software test frameworks, test suites, and tools to validate product-specific features and use cases
• Develop and execute integration and API tests to ensure system reliability and performance
• Incorporate automated tests into our continuous delivery pipeline.
• Perform creative exploratory testing of new features and products.
• Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolutions
• Ability and willing to assist with all tasks within an Agile scrum team, writing stories, development & manual testing.
• Understanding of Agile Testing Quadrants, Behavior Driven Development, ATDD/TDD.
• Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients
• The I-Client philosophy and the Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always should be visible in your actions on a day-to-day basis showing your support of our organizational culture

Supervision

• N/A

Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Strong experience as a Software Engineer or a Software Engineer in Test, Test Automation Engineer, or equivalent roles.
• Strong experience developing test frameworks with open-source automation tools such as Selenium or Cucumber.
• Strong Selenium Playwright experience is required
• Proficientexperience writing automation scripts with at least one Object Oriented Programming Language such as C# or Java.
• Strong experience with a scripting language such as Python, PowerShell, Perl, JavaScript
• Strong experience working with Database testing techniques using Sybase, SQL server, or Oraclewith a strong understanding of database schemas
• Experience working with performance Engineers or Performance tools such as BlazeMeter, JMeter and/or Taurus
• Experience with testing API frameworks and microservices with Event Driven architecture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced Agile or SCRUM development methodology

For virtual remote positions, we require an uninterrupted workspace during business hours and an internet work speed of 25 Mbps or better. If you are unsure of your internet speed before applying, please check with your service provider.

The national average salary range for this role is$120-150k in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses and benefits.This base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, performance, and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however, from time to time, it may occur on a case-by-case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid-Time-Off, etc. For more information, please visit careers.ascensus.com/#Benefits.

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