
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Abbott
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $86,700 - $173,300 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Complete software testing activities for user stories within the Agile SDLC by writing automated tests and contributing directly to automation coverage
- Review deliverables/activities identified in test plans for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance
- Write additional automated tests as needed to ensure full coverage for every release
- Develop and Optimize Automation Scripts and Frameworks: Design, code, and maintain automation scripts and frameworks using Python (or another modern programming language)
- Work with automation tools such as Appium, Selenium, and Robot
- Spend the majority of your day writing code and building scalable automation solutions
- Automation of Testing Processes: Build automated frameworks for unit, integration, UI, and mobile testing
- Perform exploratory testing only as needed to inform automation
- Create test datasets and execute automated test suites to ensure high-quality releases
- Automation Solutions Customization: Adapt automation frameworks to meet regulatory and product-specific requirements in the medical industry
- Maintenance and Enhancement of Automated Systems: Continuously improve automation frameworks and test suites
- Identify and implement opportunities to replace manual testing with automation
- Collaboration and Technical Leadership: Work closely with developers and QA team members to integrate automation into the development lifecycle
- Provide technical guidance when needed, but this is not a lead or managerial role
- Technical Documentation and System Documentation: Produce clear, concise documentation for automated tests, frameworks, and processes
- Ensure documentation meets regulatory and compliance requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a scientific, technical, or engineering discipline
- 5+ years’ experience in Software Testing and/or Software Quality Assurance
- 5+ years’ experience working as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with recent, hands-on automation coding
- 4–6 years of hands-on coding experience in Python (or similar modern programming language)
- Must be technically strong and have experience testing mobile applications
- Must have UI or API automation experience; mobile automation with Appium is a major plus
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
Benefits
- free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
- excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
- tuition reimbursement
- Freedom 2 Save student debt program
- FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
- recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries
- named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune
- recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists
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Hard Skills & Tools
automated testingautomation frameworksPythonunit testingintegration testingUI testingmobile testingAPI automationautomation codingsoftware quality assurance
Soft Skills
communication skillscollaborationtechnical leadershipdocumentation skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in scientific, technical, or engineering discipline