Software Engineer

Boston, MA · Job # 8580BK

Our client is an established software company with a very high hiring bar. You must be at the top of your game and have a passion for technology. The team is comprised of Math/ Physics /CS/ majors. You will be using ALGORITHMS in your detective work

You will be doing

• Develop functional, load and stress tests for client’s software
• Develop test scenarios, author and execute test plans.  Specialize in high availability and performance
• Review product source code to inform test design for edge and stress test case development for key areas of the product such as failover and recovery
• Write software to test product functionality in a heterogeneous multi-platform environment with a focus on destructive testing
• Collaborate with interdepartmental teams to provide early feedback on new features.
• Communicate about defects for assignments that range from verification of targeted changes to optimizations for new hardware, and where specifications range from informal concepts to detailed description. Ability to find weak spots while critically reading code

Qualifications

• Familiarity with software test tools and automation methodologies (Spark testing)
• Experience with cloud, container and Docker technology
• Experience with one or more of the following scripting languages: Perl, Python
• Object-Oriented programming (Java, DotNet, C#, C/C++)
• Experience with Windows batch and PowerShell scripts, UNIX sh and bash scripts
• Experience with coding for or testing low-level multi-threaded applications
• Technical knowledge of operating systems

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States legally