Software Development Engineer in Test I

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) within the Product Quality Experience (PQX) organization at a major social media platform, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products by building and executing automated testing across multiple products and platforms. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented engineer with strong cross-functional skills who has a passion for building great software products and improving engineering and testing efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated test frameworks and tools to fill test gaps
• Manage contingent engineers on the team to ensure high output volume
• Partner with infrastructure and product engineering teams to ensure automated testing is fully enabled
• Independently drive goals as a project manager—tracking and reporting on status, escalating risks, and finding solutions to obstacles
• Drive a culture of quality within PQX by advocating for high quality, quickly escalating issues found by automation or blocking test execution, and helping other teams understand the importance of testing
• Design and implement high-quality automated tests to verify release readiness and product quality

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in developing and analyzing technical automated test frameworks and infrastructure
• 2+ years work experience in a role coding in Python, PHP, Java, C/C++ (or equivalent language) including code maintenance and review
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years experience building automation strategies and estimating test efforts
• 2+ years experience in assisting in the planning, tracking, and control of test environments and data
• Experience writing test automation code and frameworks that can simulate complex multi-system scenarios
• Experience with automation testing types includin