SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IN TESTRATE: $100K - $130KLOCATION: SCOTTSDALE, AZDURATION: FTE (PERM)About the CompanyAs a member of the Quality Assurance organization, the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test will play a pivotal role in optimizing testing efforts by implementing quality engineering and automation best practices into the SLDC.About the RoleThe Sr. SDET will work closely with agile teams, including developers and product teams, to ensure delivery of superior quality products. Additionally, this position will play a pivotal role in mentoring other members of the Quality Assurance organization in support of organization goals.ResponsibilitiesDevelop robust and scalable test automation frameworks and solutions in support of various testing efforts (Functional, system, integration, regression, end to end, performance, etc) that adhere to IT best practices and compliance standards.Automate additional supporting activities such as test data creation and maintenance, as appropriate.Creation and execution of automated test cases for both UI applications and web services.Develop and build test automation progress and execution reports to be shared across the IT organization.Qualifications8+ years of experience in development, SDET or similar role.5+ years of experience automating modern UI and web service tests, utilizing the following or closely related tools/technologies:Test automation frameworks and technologies such as TestNG, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, RestAssured, etc.Programming and scripting technologies such as: Java, Python, SQL, Git, Maven, etc.Use of various development and testing tools such as: JIRA, SoapUI, ReadyAPI, Postman, Zephyr, Xray, Jmeter, Confluence, etc.2+ years of experience in a Sr. SDET role, coaching, training and mentoring others.Required SkillsExperience in automating tests for web applications including UI, database, and APIs.Experience in performance/load testing.Collaborate with software/systems personnel in application testing, such as system, unit, regression, load, and acceptance testing methods.Analyze formal test results to discover and report any bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaws.Ability to work with Development team to schedule software releases and coordinate customer updates, sometimes after-hours.Excellent documentation skills; experience with the Atlassian tool set a plus – Confluence, JIRA, Zephyr etc.Experience with build and deployment pipelines. Preferred SkillsExperience with additional testing tools and methodologies.Knowledge of CI/CD processes.