Synopsys Hiring for Software Engineer, Sr II at Calgary, AB Full Time

CANADA – Alberta – Calgary, CANADA – Canada, Canada – Ottawa

Job Description and Requirements

Synopsys, Software Integrity Group, is named a leader for 2020 in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST), in recognition of our vision and ability to execute. Security and risk management leaders will need to meet tighter deadlines and test more-complex applications by integrating and automating AST in the software life cycle eliminating risk before it puts them at risk. Every business runs on software, and defects in software create risk. We’ve curated the most powerful products and services to create one comprehensive platform that enables our customers to detect and remediate defects across their entire SDLC. To find out more about Synopsys SIG, check out https://www.synopsys.com/software-integrity.html.

Software Engineer, Test Automation

Do you like finding bugs in other people’s software? Do you enjoy putting an application through its paces to ensure it can meet the expectations of customers? If so, then this job is for you.

We are looking for Software Engineers with experience developing tests and infrastructure for a SaaS application. This job entails going to the next level and developing our next generation tests and infrastructure to uncover and increase the functional, non-functional, performance and security aspects of our application. Using state of the art tools you’ll help develop End-to-End, infrastructure, chaos, scalability, Selenium, and other tests on a team testing our Polaris product. You will be responsible for finding user level defects in a microservices architecture application.

Responsibilities:
Develop automated tests that cover end-user use case scenarios for a SaaS application

Implement common SaaS testing strategies such as region, load, infrastructure, and chaos testing

Review feature specifications and translate to user-level testing requirements

Report defects to service development teams through detailed investigation and data collection

Create data sets and tools for generating large scale customer-like data sets for detailed environment testing

Implement detailed tests for infrastructure stability testing for a SaaS application

Requirements:
3+ years professional experience developing automated tests against a SaaS application

Strong Java, JavaScript and Shell scripting skills

Experience implementing chaos testing, SaaS infrastructure tests, region testing, scalability, load, stress and performance testing, Selenium tests

Experience testing SaaS applications in GCP, AWS or Azure

Familiarity with security testing principles including penetration testing

Implemented monitoring tools using of production-level monitoring systems such as DataDog

REST/SOAP testing, familiarity or expertise using tools like JMeter and SoapUI is a plus

Expert network, security, Linux system administration, and troubleshooting skills

Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes

Experience integrating software products from multiple vendors including open source

Understand REST API for data interchange

Experience developing contract tests and contract test frameworks

Experience implementing tools for monitoring service health, alerting, metrics

Solid knowledge of SQL databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar technologies

Familiar with SSO, OAUTH2, OpenID, or SAML and RBAC concepts

Understand user experience, usability, and ease of use

Understand backward compatibility

Experience with industry standard automation and development tools (JIRA, Jenkins, Git, Docker, etc.)

Expertise in identifying performance bottlenecks and troubleshooting performance issues in multi-layers web applications

Nice to have:
Ability to lead a small team

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

Desire to produce high quality software and provide best experience for customers

Ensures quality results are produced at a quick pace

Flexible to pivot quickly when needed

Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Mentor other engineers in best practices to improve their skills

Demonstrates good analysis and problem-solving skills

Strong English communicator (written and verbal)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field is preferred

Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.

Synopsys Canada ULC values the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to provide access & opportunity to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals throughout the recruitment and employment process. Should you require an accommodation, please contact [email protected].

Job Category

Engineering

Country

Canada

Job Subcategory

Software Engineering

Hire Type

Employee