Lead Software Development Engineer

Lead Software Development Engineer

Location: O’Fallon, MO

Duration: 24 months

Interview process: First round phone, second round skype video

Duration? Is there an opportunity for conversion or extension?

2 years Yes there is an opportunity for conversion.

What is the name of your group and what is your team’s main responsibility?

Analysis and Architecture Team. This role is for Special Interest Group where the team will be responsible to create common libraries and Performance Automation framework for the big initiative MDES 2.0 which is a rewrite of current MDES Platform moving towards Cloud Transformation.

What are your top 3 required technical skills?

Manage and develop system integration and functional testing strategies and subsequent supporting tests plans and cases.

Develop, manage and maintain an automation framework that can support reusable automated test cases and test data.

Develop, execute and maintain automated test scripts for Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance and Usability testing.

Develop test automation strategies and approaches that incorporate multiple phases of testing including: unit, system and integration, functional, performance, and regression testing.

Develop supporting test plans that incorporate automated testing tools.

Create and maintain reusable automated tests.

Create and implement automated testing of web applications across multiple web browsers and platforms.

What are a couple of desired/nice to have skills?

Develop process definition and documentation and a working knowledge of release management.

Manage continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) processes.

Research and collect performance requirements, along with developing the appropriate performance test work products (test strategies, plans, scenarios and scripts)

Specify set-up and prepare test environments in advance of testing and manage testing progress reports; including defect management

Develop, manage, and maintain quality metrics like unit test coverage and testing progress.

Remain current with new testing technologies.

Develop and implementing a strategy for creating and maintaining reusable test data.

What soft skills would you like to see in a candidate?

Have soft skills as well as technical in order to Communicate, collaborate and work effectively in a global environment. Public speaking as a technology evangelist for Mastercard

Is there anything that would automatically disqualify a candidate?

Without relevant experience and skill set

What will be your interview process? (Phone, skype, on site)

Phone/Skype

Do you have an upcoming OOO’s/meetings/PI planning’s which could potentially halt the sourcing process?

No