Senior Software Developer in Test

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

At Roche, we are working to make next-generation sequencing simple and accessible enough for routine use. By accelerating clinical research, streamlining workflows, and expanding assay menus, we are broadening access to genomic data and lowering barriers to adoption. From robust sample isolation and preparation tools to novel sequencing technology and advanced bioinformatics, we are developing differentiated, highly integrated end-to-end solutions for next-generation sequencing, resulting in a sample in, result out workflow.

Our Verification and Validation team, a part of Roche Sequencing Solutions, is responsible for ensuring a software product meets its specified requirements and performs as intended by rigorously testing and analyzing the software throughout its development lifecycle. 

As a Senior Software Developer in Test, you will be responsible for test design, development, automation, deployment, execution, and reporting. In this role, you will represent quality engineering and verification on behalf of your team in all events and activities.

The Opportunity:

Your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Confirm the correctness of requirements-driven tests, utilizing diverse testing approaches such as exploratory, white box, and black box testing.

• Execute tests across multiple testing levels, including end-to-end, system, integration, and unit testing.

• Perform various testing types, such as functional, performance, and scalability testing, to ensure robust product quality.

• Automate and execute front-end and back-end tests for instrument software and web applications.

• Develop and automate deployment and testing pipelines, supporting multiple project branches and stages.

• Track and report quality metrics, contributing to the maintenance and improvement of quality dashboards.

• Conduct root cause analyses of defects and newly discovered issues to continuously improve testing practices.

• Design and implement automation frameworks and validate toolchains to support testing processes.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards for all quality engineering deliverables.

• Collaborate closely with Test Architects, Test Leads, Verification & Validation Leads, as well as designers, architects, and developers.

Technologies

Java, Cucumber (Behavior-Driven Development), Gherkin, Playwright, Windows, Cypress/JDI/Selenium/WebDriver/TestNG, Typescript/Javascript, Angular, Docker, Jenkins, Groovy, Bash, Jira, Github, Confluence, Google Suite, macOS/Linux, MS SQL

Who you are:

• Required Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field with 5 years of experience

• Five years of experience in software product development

• Four years of experience in quality engineering or similar field

• Experience in automating front-end and back-end applications

• Experience in automation frameworks and corresponding languages

• Experience in development and deployment on Unix derivatives 

• Experience in Behavior-Driven Development and Gherkin specifications

• Experience in Agile methodologies including Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework

• Experience in regulated industries, specifically Medical Devices/Digital Health/Lifesciences

• Experience with databases including writing queries