Principle Software Engineer

Year    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Description


Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We\'re always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives.

When you\xe2\x80\x99re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages.

Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs.

If this sounds like you\xe2\x80\x94Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow\xe2\x80\x94join us!

What You Will Do in This Role

Develop Test Strategy, Design Test Plan and Test Cases effectively/independently.

Writes robust automated tests for high availability and highly scalable applications which will be used by both internal and external customers.

Design and Implement automated tests for functional, system and integration testing.

Find and help fix bugs and stability/scalability issues in a very time critical environment.

Monitor and Trouble shoot issues in non-prod & prod environments and contribute to resolve issues.

Work closely with Product Owners and Business stakeholders to continually refine software test requirements and provide feedback on user scenarios.

Work iteratively with Scrum team members to clarify functional requirements, determine testing and test automation requirements, and provide feedback on design solutions (functional and technical)

Ability to lead the testing effort for a component of the product. Assists in the creation of assignments. Trains and mentors team members in all the tasks and capabilities.

Ability to estimate their project work items and should track the accuracy of their estimates and learn to adjust based on their prior work/learning.

Contributes to Feature enhancements impact assessments on system level interactions, and existing automated test suites.

Contributes to improvements in unit testing coverage, design test framework, develop test suites, expand automated testing harness, and automate scenarios/cases.

Development responsibilities include doing code review / bug analysis, analyzing development, and testing impacts, writing test tools, and identifying automation opportunities.

Perform Test Execution and Report defects and participate actively in the defect resolution and retest process.

Evaluate and use appropriate open-source test framework, tools for improving productivity and product quality.

Setup and maintain continuous integration environment to ensure highest product quality.

Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

Demonstrate Sense of Ownership and deliver E2E of a module/Component.

What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Need to be Successful in this Role

Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in computer science or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant experience

Proficient in Java programming

Strong experience in automation testing tools preferably Selenium

Experience in testing using Business Driven Development (BDD) preferably Cucumber.

Solid experience in testing and automating SOAP & REST services using SOAP UI & Postman or relevant tools.

Experience with continuous integration tools like TeamCity, Maven, GitHub etc

Experience in SQL database preferably Oracle

Experience working in an agile development process.

Experience in one or more of the following: Perl, Python, Shell scripting is an added advantage.

Experience in performance testing will be an added advantage.

Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills.

Highly flexible and willing to work in challenging environment.

Self-motivation with the ability to influence and collaborate with teams and individuals.

Ability to adapt quickly to changes in business requirements and work in an agile environment.

Be a fast learner, explore emerging technologies and can quickly evaluate and adapt to new technologies.

A strong team player who values the importance of the success of their overall group

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. .

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws.

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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  • Job Id
    JD3210462
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
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  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Education
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  • Experience
    Year