Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Job Description:

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance & Automated Testing:

• Actively participate in Agile team activities, providing expert guidance on testing requirements, effort estimation, and risk assessment.
• Design and develop programs, utilities, scripts, and pipelines to support various testing streams including Integration, System, Performance, Security, and Compatibility.
• Implement and report on automated test coverage strategies, providing insightful analysis of coverage metrics.
• Update and maintain automated regression tests, ensuring their effectiveness in identifying newly introduced defects.
• Analyze automated test results, including the review and resolution of false positives and the refactoring of fragile tests.
• Execute targeted manual and exploratory testing for critical functionalities and high-risk areas.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate potential security vulnerabilities within the testing process, tools, and application under test.
• Prepare complex test data and ensure test case execution aligns with comprehensive testing matrices.

Leadership & Strategic Planning:

• Contribute to the definition and documentation of comprehensive test frameworks, including the selection of technology stacks and test automation tools.
• Support the design and implementation of Continuous Testing pipelines within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Assist in establishing performance testing baselines and defining benchmarking strategies.
• Provide guidance on industry-standard testing processes (e.g., BDD, TDD) and contribute to the development of automated and manual testing strategies.
• Review product code changes to design optimal test cases and strategies, ensuring comprehensive coverage and risk mitigation.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, with experience in Databases technologies.
• Experience with mainframe environments (z/OS)
• Experience with REXX programing language
• Strong understanding and practical application of software testing methodologies, principles, and best practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Java, or JavaScript.
• Preferred experience with any of test automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, PyTest, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and platforms (e.g., Jenkins).
• Experience working with Git SCM
• Experience in designing and executing performance, load, and scalability testing for enterprise-level applications.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience programming in IBM Assembler (HLASM), , Metal C is a plus.
• Experience working with Endevor SCM is a plus
• Familiarity with API testing
• Relevant industry certification as ISTQB is a plus

Business Travel:

• No (or minimal) business travel is expected for this position.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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