Vail Systems

Software Engineer, Test & Infrastructure I

Vail Systems

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois

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Salary

💰 $68,300 - $90,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

DockerJavaJavaScriptJenkinsJUnitKubernetesLinux.NETNoSQLPerlPythonRSpecRubySQL

About the role

  • Develop & Maintain Automation: Write clean, modular, and data-driven test code that adapts to evolving APIs and features, helping reduce flakiness and brittleness in automation.
  • Contribute to Test Frameworks: Assist in building and enhancing frameworks that validate complex systems, including telecom protocols, APIs, and media flows.
  • Hands-On Testing: Participate in functional, regression, and integration testing across distributed environments—learning how to analyze failures and reproduce tricky edge cases.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to ensure that quality is embedded in every stage of the development lifecycle.
  • Learn CI/CD Practices: Support Jenkins pipelines, containerized test environments, and automated regression runs, building familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Explore Data Analysis: Query SQL and NoSQL databases to set up test data, validate results, and troubleshoot automation issues.
  • Support Agile Delivery: Take part in sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming with a QA-first mindset.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience: 0–2+ years in software development or test automation.
  • Programming Skills: Familiarity with languages such as Ruby, Java, C#/.NET, C++, Perl, Python, or JavaScript.
  • Test Frameworks: Exposure to tools such as JUnit, NUnit, TestNG, RSpec, or Cucumber.
  • Platforms: Comfortable working in Linux and/or Windows environments.
  • Databases: Basic knowledge of SQL and NoSQL systems.
  • Problem-Solving: Ability to think critically and troubleshoot complex issues in a short time.
  • Agile Mindset: Experience with Agile or similar iterative development methodologies.