Senior SW Developer in Test & Quality Lead

Meet The Team

We are seeking a SDET & Quality Lead to join a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering team. In this role, you will work with your scrum team to prototype, design, develop, and qualify software solutions. The Engineering team embraces a highly collaborative development model that requires deep development and test involvement from start to finish for each project.

What You Will Bring To The Table

• Design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software solutions
• Participate in creating, running and maintaining white box & black box test suites to ensure regression coverage and software quality with a focus on automation
• Triage and document test failures, validate veracity of fixes and ensure new regression coverage as necessary
• Lead efforts and contribute to evolving the quality competency for the entire engineering team
• Contribute to evolving and advocating for quality best practices (for example: quality plans, test strategy, test case development, automation, test tools & technologies, etc.)
• Take ownership for and drive updates to a multitude of integration environments for development & qualification of our products/solutions
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring & coaching members of the engineering team
• Help drive continuous learning throughout the engineering team
• Contribute to and participate in reviews of functional specifications, technical designs, qualification plans
• Participate in reviews of business requirements

Experience and Skills

• 5-8+ years of hands-on contribution in software engineering or equivalent related experience
• Experience testing scalable distributed software and complex products & solutions
• Java development experience
• Knowledge of Object Oriented development and design principles
• Database, networking, Linux knowledge
• Deep understanding of engineering processes (including Agile methodologies)
• Advanced problem solving skills
• Ability to quickly ramp up on new technologies
• Ability to ramp up on and take ownership for existing test framework, test causes, automation suites
• Ability to convey complex technical information in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to influence and moderate technical discussions with the engineering team
• Tech savvy, detail oriented, and highly driven
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• A genuine passion for ensuring the team delivers high-quality solutions
• Relevant formal education, including BSCS or MSCS

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage as we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

With Japanese Roots Going Back Over 100 Years, Our Culture Is Founded On The Values Of Our Parent Company Expressed As The Hitachi Spirit

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge