Description

The Software Development Engineer in Test role will work on Employee Experience technology and help build high quality automated tests and test harnesses written in C#/.Net to test our application portfolio suite in an automated fashion. This role serves as an integral member of a global Agile Product Development team to design, build, test and deliver Willis Towers Watson’s technology products to our external or internal clients. The automated testing work being done at Willis Towers Watson is cutting edge and seeks to rival automated test frameworks found in successful technology focused companies around the globe. You will develop and integrate high quality automated tests for products built on the latest software architecture patterns and platforms; you will be part of a forward thinking and technology focused Employee Experience Business Technology team that seeks to leverage and develop the latest and greatest in the field of automated testing to deliver Willis Towers Watson products to the market place.

The Role

Creates high quality acceptance tests from acceptance criteria and quality standards that help the scrum team understand the value of the user story from the user's perspective.
Helps support and maintain the goal of continuous and daily automated test execution and review failed tests.
Works with the scrum team in identifying appropriate tests to automate that will get the team closer to the goal of delivering working software to production at the conclusion of every sprint.
Integrates best practices into the daily norm including code maintainability and follows designs pattern including modularity, reusability, etc.
Advocates improving quality during all stages of software development.
Serves as a champion of quality for your scrum team and help support the QA Community of Practice, knowledge sharing sessions, lunch & learn, brown bag sessions, and other learning sessions.

Qualifications

The Requirements

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in a technology related discipline.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Manages time effectively by placing the right focus on value adding operations
Demonstrate a good understanding of SDLC process. Experience in Agile/Scrum framework is a plus.
Good technical foundation, knowledge in the programming language C#, or a similar development tool
Working knowledge of the following technologies: JavaScript, Ajax, Jquery, CSS, XLM, Angular, load balancing, single/multi tenancy, and rational database design concepts, is a plus
Knowledge of using development tools such as Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio is a plus
Experience with API based automated test development
Experience with writing T-SQL
Experience with Unit Testing
Experience with Selenium or Playwright
Intermediate knowledge of tools and techniques used in manual testing
Experience with UI automated test development is a plus
Converts manual test steps into repeatable automated tests for Regression testing
Experience with creating test scenarios from functional requirements and/or User Stories using the Gherkin format is a plus

WTW is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Software Development Engineer in Test