Software Test Engineer I

Company

Cox Automotive

• USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Software Test Engineer I

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid

• Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $70,600.00 - $106,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Cox Automotive is looking for Software Test Engineer I, responsible for a range of testing activities including designing and maintaining test suites, executing test scenarios manually, developing automated testing strategies and implementing them in industry standard testing frameworks. The Software Test Engineers provide testing expertise and play a role in providing advice, guidance, and monitoring of emerging technologies.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Writes, debugs, and executes code used in automated testing efforts.

• Contributes to and coordinates the testing efforts for manual and automated activities across supported applications.

• Contributes to and champions the defect lifecycle for found defects.

• Contributes to the SDLC testing strategy, test data management strategy, and Quality of the supported mobile applications.

• Gathers and provides metrics on business process, test results for manual and automated test suites, and presents them to stakeholders.

• Using established processes to continually review and select manual test cases for automation test scenarios.

• Recommends and presents updates to the automation framework(s) for improvement.

• Collaborates with the Product Owner(s) in deciding on and helping with feature delivery.

• Understands the challenges that delivery and operations teams face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.

• Recommends improvements to testing processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of testing teams and reduce technical debt.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as 4 years' experience in a related field

What We Look For:

• Working experience with software best practices and principles.

• Exposure to object-oriented programming.

• Exposure to software testing tools and processes.

• Exposure to using and testing within automated framework e.g. Appium, Espresso, XCUIT.

• Exposure to consumer-facing applications, databases, and API.

• Exposure to scripting shells such as terminal or PowerShell.

• Exposure to delivering products in an engineering, operations, or release role.

• Exposure to development lifecycle methodologies (e.g. waterfall, agile, iterative)

• Demonstrated abilities in analysis, design, problem solving and programming.

• Exposure to CI/CD pipeline for e.g. TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub actions.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer

• All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.