Software Development Engineer Test (SDET)

What You'll Do

As a SDET, you are responsible for Assure Quality for all the products. Plan and estimate the test efforts for a feature / release. Create solution design and high-level scenarios based on solution design, Optimize test cases and contribute towards automation script writing and execution. Planning and executing test cases

• Testing and deployment of integrations between ERP systems (such as SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, NetSuite) and popular eCommerce platforms (such as Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce).
• Engage in continuous automated and manual testing activity throughout agile development iterations to ensure zero defects.
• Establish yourself as a quality automation expert in the team, advocating for complete code coverage of several large codebases to enable continuous delivery to customers and a pre-determined SLA.
• Work with the development engineers and provide a backlog of defects, tech debt items and product improvements
• Provide feedback and recommendations on software usability and functionality.
• Investigating customer problems escalated by technical support.
• Be a passionate voice of the customer within the development organization.
• Create UI and API automation suites with intuitive testing reports.
• Develops, modifies, and executes software test plans, automated scripts and programs for testing.
• Develop and Test custom APIs, connectors, and middleware that facilitate data exchange, synchronization, and real-time communication between different systems.
• Test robust error handling, data validation, and data transformation mechanisms to ensure data integrity and accuracy during integration processes.
• Optimize integration performance and scalability to accommodate a growing number of clients and increasing data volumes.
• Focus on security aspects, observability, scalability, and telemetry.
• Perform code reviews and ensure coding standards and practices are followed.
• Implement and follow agile/scrum processes.
• Collaborate with other teams to solve cross functional challenges.
• Ensure team is not creating technical debts.
• Take necessary corrective measures to address problems in application.
  

What You'll Need to be Successful

• Bachelor/master's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 4+ years of full stack experience in software design, development and testing.
• Good understanding of Object-oriented programming languages
• Good understanding of ERP and eCommerce system architectures, APIs, data models, and authentication mechanisms.
• Good experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, and other data interchange formats.
• Experience in working in an Agile team with hands on with TDD, BDD
• Experience of working on AWS Cloud and DevOps (Terraform, Docker, ECS, etc.) would be beneficial.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills to be able to solve complex problems and critical production issues.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Experience with load and/or security testing is a plus
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software projects on time.
  
  
  

About Avalara

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.