Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cayuse provides technology and services that support globally connected scientific research. The Software Development Engineer in Test will develop and maintain performance and automated testing frameworks, execute comprehensive functional and performance tests, analyze system bottlenecks and metrics, and collaborate with engineering, DevOps, product, and QA teams to ensure software quality, scalability, and stability.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute comprehensive test strategies - including functional automation, load, stress, endurance, spike, and scalability testing
- Establish and maintain performance baselines and analyze test results over time to identify trends and performance regressions
- Collect, analyze, and interpret performance metrics (CPU, memory, throughput, response time, latency, and error rates)
- Identify system bottlenecks, performance degradation, and root causes through profiling and diagnostics
- Partner with DevOps and Engineering teams to define and use realistic test environments and datasets
- Provide detailed performance test reports and recommendations for optimization
- Partner with software engineers, product owners, and QA to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for web, API, and backend systems
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous testing
- Identify, document, and track bugs through resolution
- Perform code reviews for test code and contribute to best practices in test automation
- Develop tools and utilities to improve test automation and test coverage
- Analyze test results and provide insights into product quality and potential risks
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning and retrospectives
Skills
- 3+ years of experience in software testing, with demonstrated experience in both test automation and performance testing
- Hands-on experience with k6 as a primary performance testing tool
- Hands-on experience with Playwright for test automation (Cypress or Selenium also considered)
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, TypeScript (or JavaScript)
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test processes, and best practices
- Experience testing APIs using tools such as Postman, REST-assured, or similar
- Experience with CI/CD tools and repository management (Bitbucket, Jenkins, or similar)
- Experience with creating, setting up, and executing manual test cases (preferably in Zephyr)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- A passion for quality and a proactive attitude toward improving development and testing processes
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Proficient in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, TypeScript or JavaScript)
- Able to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code
- Familiarity with object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
- Working knowledge of APM tools (Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics)
- Ability to interpret logs, metrics, and traces to pinpoint performance issues
- Familiarity with profiling tools (GC analysis, thread dumps, heap dumps)
- Building and maintaining performance testing frameworks using K6 (JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, are a plus)
- Building and maintaining automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
- Writing automated tests for UI, API, and backend components
- Experience with data-driven, behavior-driven, or keyword-driven testing
- Integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Automating new feature functionality, regression testing and smoke tests as part of deployment cycles
- Designing and executing tests for REST/SOAP APIs using tools like Playwright or Postman
- Validating status codes, response schemas, performance, and edge cases
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Bitbucket) and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)
- Ability to model real-world user behavior and traffic patterns
- Risk-based planning to identify high-impact test areas
- Defining testing testing scope, scenarios, workloads, and success criteria based on requirements
- White box and risk based testing mindset
- Defining and tracking metrics such as test coverage, defect leakage, test execution rate
- Defining and tracking KPIs such as response times, error rates, throughput, resource utilization, and scalability
- Communicating test outcomes effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Writing test cases/scenarios that cover functional, integration, regression, and edge cases
- Strong understanding of white box testing techniques with the ability to collaborate with others to build coverage
- Strong understanding of system-level and architectural dependencies
- Using tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps to log, track, and manage bugs
- Root cause analysis and collaboration with developers for resolution
- Working closely with developers and architects to drive performance fixes
Benefits
- Competitive Medical Benefits (PPO + HSA available)
- Vision, Dental, Short-Term Disability fully covered by Cayuse
- Unlimited PTO + Holidays + Flexible Work Schedule
- Remote Work Stipend
- Equal Paid Parental Leave
- 401k with Employer Matching
- Quarterly Wellness Reimbursement
- Remote Work Environment, supporting the Ultimate Employee Experience
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