Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Title: Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Location: Chennai, India

Department: Business Systems

As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test, you will interact and collaborate with product owners, managers and architects across the timezones to understand the software solution and also present reports on testing progress, quality metrics, and any critical issues to management and project stakeholders. You are also expected to review test cases and automation suites for the software product. You will mentor other talented engineers and encourage innovation in the team. 

You will also provide guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team's efficiency and effectiveness in testing and quality assurance activities. This position requires hands-on and in-depth knowledge of backend API testing strategies, manual testing techniques for API level testing and UI-level Web application testing, along with hands-on experience in API, Performance and UI automation. You should have experience with agile methodologies, monitoring all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. You should be able to assess and communicate potential risks related to software quality, helping the team to prioritize testing efforts based on the potential impact. 

• Participate in the complete product testing cycle starting from analysis, architecture, design, automation,  testing of software and release

• Understand product requirements to

○ Develop Test plan

○ Develop test cases and review them

○ Automate test cases

• To conduct

○ Manual testing

○ Automation testing

○ Performance testing

• Leadership and Mentorship

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to members of the team.

  • Lead and participate in technical initiatives, code reviews, and design discussions.

  • Demonstrate leadership by exhibiting professionalism, good judgment, and effective communication skills.

• Test Process Improvement

  • Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, procedures, and tools to ensure quality and efficiency.

  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices related to software testing and quality assurance.

  • Identify areas for improvement in the software testing lifecycle and provide recommendations.

• Integrate all automated tests and reports with CI

• Coordinate with the project team and complete testing on time

• Report bugs and track them to closure.

• Take part in team standups, product review meetings, weekly meetings.

• Understand System Architecture and provide valuable inputs to continuously improve

• Ability to test the agreed modules on time, and mentor junior team members

• Eager to learn and adapt to dynamically changing environment

• Design, develop, and maintain the test cases, test data and automation test suite

• Make automation design at the module level that is highly reusable.

• Document work, automation designs, code, and record and produce test reports.

• Participate in reviews of work done by peers and provide constructive feedback.

• Completely accountable for one’s own work. Manage time efficiently.

• Responsible for deliveries within the required deadlines. Deliveries can be modules, documentation, customer releases, etc.,

• Estimate, Plan, organize, and execute assignments with very little or moderate supervision.

• Ensure team motivation and morale.

• Other responsibilities as assigned by the management from time to time.

• Programming Languages:  Java/Typescript/Python/C#

• Web Technologies and Protocols:

  • Understanding web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Familiar of HTTP, HTTPS, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Angular, React, jQuery

•   Automation Frameworks and Tools:

  • Proficiency in automation frameworks like Selenium/Playwright/Cypress.

  • Test automation tools such as TestNG, JUnit, or NUnit.

• Web Element Locators:  

  • Ability to identify and locate web elements 

  • (CSS selectors, XPath expressions, HTML attributes, class names)

  • Understanding of dynamic elements, 

  • iframes, shadow DOM, and handling different element states.

•    API Testing:

  • Understanding the principles and characteristics of APIs

  • Knowledge in constructing requests, parsing responses, and identifying issues.

  • Knowledge in writing scripts using Postman/SOAPUI/REST Assured

  • Able to create, send, and analyze HTTP requests.

•    Performance testing tools:

  • Understanding types of performance tests load/stress/endurance testing

  • Understanding performance metrics(response time,throughput, concurrency)

  • skills to identify bottlenecks, and diagnose performance issues

  • Familiarity with tools like JMeter/LoadRunner/Gatling

  • Solely handle Test Environment Setup

  • Understanding networking concepts, protocols (e.g., TCP/IP), 

  • Understanding network-related issues

•    Testing Concepts:

  • Writing test strategy, test plan and test case, and test execution

•    Version Control Systems:

  • Bitbucket / GitHub

  • managing code changes

  • collaborating with other team members

  • maintaining a history of code revisions.

•    Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):

  • Tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/Buildkite

  • Integrating the automation into CI/CD pipelines

•    Problem-Solving and Analytical Thinking:

  • designing efficient automation solutions/Framework

  • ability to identify and troubleshoot complex software defects

•    Test Management and Reporting:

  • Knowledge on Test management tools like JIRA or Zephyr

  • Experience in generating comprehensive test reports

•    Leadership and Mentoring:

  • guiding and mentoring other team members

  • providing technical expertise and guidance

•    Communication and Collaboration:

  • communicating testing progress to stakeholders.

  • gathering requirements, clarifying expectations, and resolving issues

  • communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

  • collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

•    Agile Methodologies:

  • Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

  • Planning for Iterative development cycles

  • Manage frequent releases

• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: 

  • ability to identify and mitigate risks related to software quality. 

  • Measure how well risks are documented and managed throughout the project.

• Good knowledge of the AWS/Azure cloud platform

• Compare and contrast the various solutions given a problem statement

• Self-starter and Passionate to learn new technologies.

• Knowledge of cloud native technologies

• Certification/Experience in AWS/Azure resources 

• 6 to 9  years of professional experience in SDET

• B.E / B.Tech or M.E / M.Tech / M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or an equivalent degree.

• Nil

• Engineering Manager or above.

About Business Systems Group

The vision of the Business Systems group is to deliver modernized and innovative system solutions and processes that drive business productivity, provide exceptional customer/user experience, support revenue growth and help manage accounting / compliance risk for Trimble.

About Trimble India

Trimble India is a subsidiary of Trimble Inc., a global leader in providing technology solutions for industries such as construction, agriculture, geospatial, and transportation. With a strong presence in India, Trimble offers a wide range of innovative products and services to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.