Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! First American's Direct division provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for real estate purchases, refinances and equity loans. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

The Software Development Engineer in Test works with product analysts, and software engineers to understand features and technical implementations. Has knowledge of software engineering practices including continuous integration, configuration management, build optimization, build automation, and deployment. The candidate drives software architecture to be focused on test automation and is familiar with multiple test automation frameworks.

Essential Functions

• Provides feedback on the schedule, quality, and stability of any/all releases
• Develops, reviews, and executes test plans
• Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents apps/tools/test automation/load testing framework used to run and analyze tests (Using C, C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, and Python)
• Review application code to determine best testing approach
• Makes and implements recommendations for performance improvement on both the application side, and the test automation/framework side
• Review code created by other team members
• Performs mid-scale load tests and analyzing results
• Oversees test plan execution of junior team members
• Estimation of level of effort for project tasks
• Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.

Knowledge and Skills/Technology Used

• Expert knowledge of QA process: different levels, types and methods of testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance, functional, regression and performance, black, grey and white box
• Pluses:
• Strong knowledge of APM (Application Performance Management) tools & SDLC integration
• DB administration knowledge
• Knowledge of multiple load test tools and frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Practical application and/or IT Infrastructure Architecture knowledge including, but not limited to: servers, networking, storage (clustering, load balancing, switches, routers, firewalls, SAN, NAS, DAS)
• Expert knowledge of the (SDLC) Software Development Lifecycle
• Practical knowlege of ITIL and/or CMMi/TMMi
• Actively designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents apps/tools/test automation, knowledge of 2+ programming languages to an intermediate/expert level. (C, C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, Python)
• Experience working with commercial software applications, or mid-to-large scale websites (1-5k+ users)

Typical Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Typical Range of Experience

• 5-7 years Software/Test Engineering experience

License or Certification

• ISTQB or other industry certification or equivalent work experience

Pay Range: $ 79,950 - $166,000 Annually

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

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What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.