Principal Quality Development Engineer

InterSystems•Boston, MA

21h

About The Position

As a Principal InterSystems IRIS® Data Platforms Quality Development Engineer, you will contribute to developing high quality, robust software by uncovering weaknesses and areas for improvement. If you are passionate about software, you will excel in this role by building tools and automation that verify new technologies and protocols as well as verifying that these new technologies do not adversely affect existing products. Your strong technical capabilities, curiosity to learn new things, creativity, and resourcefulness are an essential part of InterSystems’ innovation process. This role focuses on automating front-end UI/UX testing for IRIS Interoperability to ensure reliable, user‑friendly web applications. IRIS Interoperability is an integration engine that serves as a central hub to connect disparate data, processes, and applications. Our customers are Integration Engineers who interact with a series of Angular-based GUIs built on RESTful APIs. Current test automation is implemented through Selenium WebDriver and Jenkins. We are looking for a leader to evaluate and refine our automated UI testing strategy, driving improvements and standardization across Data Platforms Quality Development.

Requirements

Proficiency with front-end testing tools/frameworks like Selenium, WebdriverIO, Cucumber, Cypress, or Playwright.
Familiarity with Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and REST.
Demonstrated leadership in designing, implementing, and optimizing UI test automation strategies across teams or organizational units.
Ability to read code critically, finding bugs, weak spots, and performance bottlenecks.
Enthusiasm for debugging and learning new technical skills in a highly technical environment.
Effective communication and analytical skills.
BS/MS or higher in Computer Science, STEM, or Engineering.
Ten years professional experience in a software quality assurance role with an emphasis on front-end testing.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of web browser Developer Tools.
Familiarity with Bitbucket or other Git solutions.
Familiarity with Jenkins or other automation tools.

Responsibilities

Create, maintain, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and scripts for UI functionality.
Drive the UI testing and automation strategy for the Data Platforms Quality Development department.
Identify, document, track, and report bugs in Jira, working closely with developers for resolution.
Automate or perform manual regression testing to ensure new code changes do not break existing functionality.
Provide mentorship and coaching to other team members.