OverviewThis position sits within our Product Development division, which develops, tests, and improves our software solutions in an innovative and collaborative environment.
The Opportunity
A Senior Software Development Engineer (Test) at ConstructConnect is a developer with the primary responsibility of ensuring software quality. This is predominantly done through developing test strategies, creating / updating test automation code, executing tests (both automated and manual), and analyzing / troubleshooting defects. It is a unique and challenging role that combines the "building" aspect of software development with the "breaking" aspect of software testing. While they are responsible for all quality activities within their team, the focus is on collaboration and writing code that automatically verifies application changes.
Senior SDET’s are expected to have expertise both in software development and software testing practices. They collaborate with product development teams to ensure the delivery of high quality, high value product features. They understand how our customers use our products and applications, and the technical implementation of them. They ensure our sites, products, and platforms perform to industry-beating quality levels by designing, developing, and maintaining automated solutions in Python / Pytest that support the development, testing, and deployment of our software solutions. They are constantly seeking to improve the quality, efficiency, and reliability of our platforms. Senior SDET’s are expected to perform job functions independently and support other team members through mentoring, code reviews, paired programming, training, feedback, etc.
This position sits in our Peachtree Corners location of Metro Atlanta on a hybrid basis every Tuesday and Wednesday each week.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
- Be an expert in your product and applications
- Own all quality activities for your product and applications – including test planning, test execution, reporting, and troubleshooting
- Create and maintain automated tests in Python / Pytest
- Be a leader and example of implementing Quality Engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, etc)
- Lead implementing and enhancing organizational automation frameworks
- Actively participate in design and code inspections to design and implement stable, testable, high-quality services and functionality.
- Contribute to the application technical roadmaps
- Review static code analysis reporting such as SonarQube or Veracode to identify problematic areas of codebases and collaborate with other engineers to remediate.
- Lead Proof of Concepts (POC) for new Quality Engineering technologies and tools
- Be an example and provide mentoring and guidance to other team members
- Participate in peer reviews and ensure coding standards are adhered to by other team members
- Be a cultural leader for the team, including collaborating with other software engineers to identify team improvements that increase velocity or quality
- Operate within an Agile framework, adapting to iterative development cycles and contributing to scrum ceremonies
- Pursue continuous learning and professional development to stay abreast of industry standards and new technologies
- This job description in no way implies that the duties listed here are the only ones that team members can be required to perform
Qualifications
What You Bring to the Team
- BS degree in Computer Sciences, programming or a related discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience
- 5+ years software testing or development experience with 5+ years hands-on coding experience in object-oriented programming languages such as Python, C#, and/or Java, Python required
- Expert understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Principles, Data Structures, and Algorithms
- The ability to keep current with the constantly changing technology industry.
- A passion for design, development, and testing
- Expert understanding of Agile processes and workflow
- Capable of analyzing issues in existing code and providing root cause analysis as well as remedy options
- AI - Claude Code and Codex experience
- Demonstrated success in mentoring and/or leading team members
- Experience using test automation tools and frameworks such as Pytest, Selenium, etc is a plus
- Strong understanding of modern software testing practices
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task efficiently
- Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
- Ability to collaborate with developers on architectural-level issues such as data flows, exception handling, and resilienc
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- The physical activities of this position include frequent sitting, telephone communication, and working on a computer for extended periods of time. Visual acuity is required to perform activities close to the eyes.
- Team members are expected to maintain a dedicated and ergonomically appropriate remote workspace.
- Team members who live within commuting distance of our office location(Atlanta, Georgia) are expected to work in a hybrid capacity, with regular in-office presence every Tuesday and Wednesday each week.
- All team members must reside and perform their work within the United States
