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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – Human Risk Platform Team
Why Join Our Team?
Mimecast provides cyber security that helps thousands of organizations worldwide make email and messaging safer, restore trust, and bolster cyber resilience. We help organizations stand strong in the face of cyberattacks, human error, and technical failure.
What You’ll Do
We are looking for a full-stack Software Development Engineer in Test to be part of Human Risk Platform Team. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an automate-first mindset, ready to validate complex test environments with many touch points. A positive attitude and willingness to learn and share are essential. Your responsibilities will include:
Contributing to the planning, estimation, and refinement of stories, epics, and design changes as part of an Agile Scrum team
Building out test plans to cover new areas of functionality, ensuring all necessary testing is performed
Refining acceptance criteria into testable units and converting those into automated tests that execute efficiently and reliably
Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and ensuring successful automation as part of our standard build process
Occasional manual testing when automation is not an option
Reporting, reproducing, and helping development resolve defects – emphasis on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and prevention of similar issues in the future
Monitoring our results and driving continuous improvement through process changes
Mentoring and coaching junior engineers
Contributing to design/code reviews for product and test code
Advocating test automation and coaching the team on best practices
What You’ll Bring:
8+ years of experience as a SDET (or similar role) working across the full tech stack
Engineering / Computer science degree or equivalent experience
Extensive experience test planning and breaking down stories/requirements into testable units
Expertise in significant test automation work, validating both back-end and front-end interfaces in at least one object-oriented language, including:
Extensive experience automating business logic in the services layer (RESTful API, SDK, or CLI, as appropriate)
Proficiency in validating contract, functionality, correctness, and performance of REST API endpoints
Clear understanding of how to manage risk through negative testing, boundary/limits testing, load/soak testing, and other test aspects as appropriate, including system integration, performance/scale, security
Solid programming skills and experience automating in Java or similar
Experience in validation of UI-functionality and rendering, End-to-End testing, and UAT scenarios
Experience with Cypress or knowledge of Protractor/Selenium
Knowledge of Web Browsers, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, JSON, XML, integration with APIs, web servers
Great knowledge of testing design patterns - for example, the Page Object Model
Experience delivering testing in Agile projects with continuous testing model
2+ years of experience as a technical leader of test projects and test teams
Database familiarity (types, schemas, SQL queries, basic operations) and ability to incorporate database-side validation into automated tests
Experience with multithreading, concurrency, SaaS, and multi-tenant architectures
Proven ability to integrate with and automate using third party APIs (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc)
What We Bring
Mimecast offers formal and on the job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!
We believe in ‘growth that’s good, we have ‘a culture that cares’ and we are on a ‘mission that matters’.Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:
Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning
Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!
DEI Statement
Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.
We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.
We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, ****** orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.
Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – Human Risk Platform Team
Why Join Our Team?
Mimecast provides cyber security that helps thousands of organizations worldwide make email and messaging safer, restore trust, and bolster cyber resilience. We help organizations stand strong in the face of cyberattacks, human error, and technical failure.
What You’ll Do
We are looking for a full-stack Software Development Engineer in Test to be part of Human Risk Platform Team. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an automate-first mindset, ready to validate complex test environments with many touch points. A positive attitude and willingness to learn and share are essential. Your responsibilities will include:
Contributing to the planning, estimation, and refinement of stories, epics, and design changes as part of an Agile Scrum team
Building out test plans to cover new areas of functionality, ensuring all necessary testing is performed
Refining acceptance criteria into testable units and converting those into automated tests that execute efficiently and reliably
Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and ensuring successful automation as part of our standard build process
Occasional manual testing when automation is not an option
Reporting, reproducing, and helping development resolve defects – emphasis on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and prevention of similar issues in the future
Monitoring our results and driving continuous improvement through process changes
Mentoring and coaching junior engineers
Contributing to design/code reviews for product and test code
Advocating test automation and coaching the team on best practices
What You’ll Bring:
8+ years of experience as a SDET (or similar role) working across the full tech stack
Engineering / Computer science degree or equivalent experience
Extensive experience test planning and breaking down stories/requirements into testable units
Expertise in significant test automation work, validating both back-end and front-end interfaces in at least one object-oriented language, including:
Extensive experience automating business logic in the services layer (RESTful API, SDK, or CLI, as appropriate)
Proficiency in validating contract, functionality, correctness, and performance of REST API endpoints
Clear understanding of how to manage risk through negative testing, boundary/limits testing, load/soak testing, and other test aspects as appropriate, including system integration, performance/scale, security
Solid programming skills and experience automating in Java or similar
Experience in validation of UI-functionality and rendering, End-to-End testing, and UAT scenarios
Experience with Cypress or knowledge of Protractor/Selenium
Knowledge of Web Browsers, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, JSON, XML, integration with APIs, web servers
Great knowledge of testing design patterns - for example, the Page Object Model
Experience delivering testing in Agile projects with continuous testing model
2+ years of experience as a technical leader of test projects and test teams
Database familiarity (types, schemas, SQL queries, basic operations) and ability to incorporate database-side validation into automated tests
Experience with multithreading, concurrency, SaaS, and multi-tenant architectures
Proven ability to integrate with and automate using third party APIs (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc)
What We Bring
Mimecast offers formal and on the job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!
We believe in ‘growth that’s good, we have ‘a culture that cares’ and we are on a ‘mission that matters’.Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:
Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning
Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!
DEI Statement
Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.
We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.
We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, ****** orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.
Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Human Risk Platform Team position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in Bangalore offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.
