The Software Test Engineer (SDET) role focuses on delivering efforts at the Costa Rica center to ensure full regression and performance test coverage for ongoing Accela Civic Platform (SaaS) releases, and advancing Accela’s maturity in Test Automation, Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, and Performance Engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or any related discipline.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in quality engineering, functional testing, test automation, and test harness development using open-source tools.
- Good knowledge of frontend and backend servers, API and Mobile testing, and integration with DevOps pipeline.
- Strong understanding of JMeter, Python/Java, SQL and API gateways performance testing experience and Cloud environments (Azure), and performance monitoring tools like Datadog and Database and windows monitoring tools.
- Experience in taking ownership in core functional product areas.
- Experience in SaaS products, API services and Pipeline activities
- Proficiency in testing methodologies, tools, and techniques, including Agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve software issues effectively.
- Ability to collaborate closely with clear communication skills.
- Experience in Python and TypeScript automation development
- Experience with Playwright framework
- Experience in SaaS products, API services, and pipeline activities.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits in line with local standards.
- Remote work options
- Paid time off with paid holidays, paid annual leave, paid “wellness days” offered sporadically throughout the year to focus on rest and relaxation, and a company “soft-close” during the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
- Paid LinkedIn Learning subscription to all employees.
- Non-promotional learning and development opportunities for skills enhancement through on-the-job training and internal and external education.
