Software Development Test Engineer (onsite), Palo Alto, CA

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Posted: May  2, 2012

Job title: Software Development Test Engineer

Company name: A9.com

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
If you have a passion for quality, you're fluent in C++ and/or Python and
you'd like to work with a top notch team creating a search engine you are
in the right place. We are looking for smart motivated engineers to test
the search engine used by Amazon.com. You'll be working with the search
team, participating in designing reviews and getting exposure to A9.com's
search technology. It is a fast paced environment, you won't get bored!

As a Software Development Test Engineer (SDET) you will work as part of the
development team to ensure that A9's software meets or exceeds quality,
performance, and reliability standards. You will build software that, in
turn, works to break the production code for the purpose of improving
quality. The team's vision is to drive the quality upstream and test to
ensure high quality code in the final product at launch. You must meet the
same technical bar as SDEs with less emphasis on design and more emphasis
on testing aptitude and expertise, and a passion for quality. You will be
in charge of building test plans, use cases, and testing product in
general.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Participate in product requirement and design reviews
Contribute to the improvement of our test infrastructure
Develop and implement test plans
Develop and implement automated tests for functionality, load and
performance testing

Required skills:
Skills & Experience:

Experience in a software development environment
Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle
Strong diagnostic, analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving skills
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience programming in Perl, Python and/or C++
Basic familiarity with SQL is also required.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required; a
graduate degree in Computer Science or a related field is strongly
preferred

Website for more information: http://a9.com

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/15548#contact

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