White Box QA Engineer/ SDET

White-box QA Engineer / SDET
thePlatform, the industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions, is growing and hiring additional SDET / White-box QA Engineers.  This position affords the opportunity for career growth into other areas of the company over time.

The company's flagship product, thePlatform Media Publishing System (MPS), is the industry's most comprehensive solution for media, entertainment and enterprise customers. With MPS, customers can publish digital media anywhere - over any network, to any device. Seamless systems integration and custom applications are simple using our Web services-based SDK.

Everyone on our QA team writes test code in Java and C# to automate functional tests, measure performance, and load test MPS and its related services. We practice Agile development, plan rational schedules, and our developers and QA engineers have a strong, collaborative relationship as partners in the delivery of quality products.

This position offers a tremendous opportunity to learn a broad range of new coding skills, technology, and processes in a growing, profitable company with one of the healthiest development organizations you'll find anywhere.

Responsibilities: Work closely with the QA and development teams to write automated tests for MPS and related services. Partner with developers to create test plans from functional specifications. Design, implement, and run automated test code using our Java and .NET test harnesses. Perform load and stress testing. Contribute tools to the QA team's test suites and testing infrastructure. Represent QA in design, functional requirements, and code reviews. Take ownership for the quality of the product that is shipped.


Requirements: Background in testing or development of database-driven web applications or other enterprise software. Solid Java or C# experience (either one is ok) preferably in building JUnit or NUnit tests. Strong QA skills: planning, bug isolation, bug report writing, troubleshooting. Ability to automate complex test cases. Experience designing and running web stress and load tests. Strong communication skills. A keen analytical and structured approach to problem solving and testing. Experience with any of the following a plus: e-commerce applications; streaming media; SQL Server or Oracle; Web Services; J2EE/.NET. BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience. Recent Computer Science graduates encouraged to apply.

US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.  We are unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B candidates at this time. 

This position will be filled at thePlatform headquarters in Seattle, WA. thePlatform offers competitive compensation and benefits. To apply please go to the link below and search for “SDET thePlatform Seattleâ€�:  https://careers.teamcomcast.com/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_unreg_job_search?sap-client=500&rcfid=CMCST