Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET, Python)
Description
About Uplight
Uplight is the market-leading customer engagement, enrollment, and load flexibility platform for energy utilities. Uplight’s platform connects people, products, services, and other platforms to the energy grid and each other to power the clean energy transition, accelerate decarbonization, reduce costs, and positively impact communities.
The Position
We are seeking a seasoned engineer with a passion for changing the way millions of people save energy. You’ll work within the Engineering team to Automate and improve our platforms to deliver flexible and creative solutions to our utility partners and end users and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET II) expertise in Python to join our development team. As a SDET II Python Developer, you will be a crucial member of our development team, responsible for leading and driving the automation of end to end testing of complex, scalable, and high-performance Python-based applications. One of your main focus will be on developing and automating efficient, reusable and highly scalable test cases & components to deliver a robust product to users across platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, and coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, and quality product is important. You will take part in the planning and strategy to come up with the solutions with full ownership.
You will own the Automation of the product and its quality independently and be responsible for high quality deliverables. And you will work with a great team with excellent benefits.
Responsibilities & Skills
You should:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for end-to-end testing of our product.
- Collaborate with developers to understand the product architecture and identify test cases.
- Implement automated testing solutions using Python for various components, including REST, SOAP, and streaming services.
- Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases to ensure quality and performance.
- Integrate testing with CI/CD pipelines to enhance the testing process and ensure timely releases.
- Analyze test results, identify defects, and work with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
- Maintain test documentation and provide regular updates on testing progress and results.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies to enhance testing processes.
Required Skills (Java):
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field from IIT, NIT, or any other reputed institute.
- 5-7 years of overall experience, with at least 4 years in automation testing and quality assurance.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with Django framework.
- Hands-on experience integrating third-party APIs (REST, SOAP, streaming services) into products.
- Familiarity with database technologies, specifically MySQL and HBase.
- Experience with message brokers, particularly Kafka.
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as Agile.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
The following experiences are not required, but you'll stand out from other applicants if you have any of the following, in our order of importance:
- Experience with cloud infrastructure like AWS/GCP or other cloud service provider experience
- Knowledge of additional testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit).
- Hands on experience with Microservices architecture
- Solid CI/CD experience
- You are a Git guru and revel in collaborative workflows
- You work on the command line confidently and are familiar with all the goodies that the linux toolkit can provide
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, caste, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.