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Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) 

Enterprise Technology 

Job Overview 

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from streaming, theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies, and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. 

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. The Enterprise Technology organization drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. 

Enterprise Technology & Data vision is to design, build, integrate, and deploy highly effective and stable core business systems and platforms for the Enterprise and Corporate Functions. We are responsible for advancing the Business and Enterprise Technology Strategy by creating shareholder value. We lead with a Business Architecture framework and own Core Finance function domain technology roadmap. 

Responsibilities 

As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test the position is responsible for having a strong focus leading a product from conception to delivery quickly and efficiently with a high level of quality and polish. There is a high expectation on designing and developing automated test solutions to verify and validate functionality, performance, stability, and usability of critical software systems. This includes software testing, scripting, writing and the execution of test plans and test cases. This also includes strong collaboration with teams to ensure that the automation approach and frameworks are optimized for the solution under development. 

Responsibilities of The Role:

• Help build/modify and maintain Test Automation Frameworks 
• Work with QA Analysts to identify and prioritize tests that are candidates for automation 
• Consume test design artifacts and construct functional test automation with the following characteristics: 
• Must be durable, able to execute consistently and not easily broken (not fragile) 
• Easily maintained by the original author or any other assigned resource 
• Well documented and easily executed by other resources, including developers 
• Produce usable and informative logging information to assist with triage 
• Provide consistent test data use and interface with test data management tools and processes, where applicable 
• Provide automation execution support, including triage, and repair/refactoring when needed 
• Provide insight into automation framework modifications 
• Define onboarding and approval requirements for tests 
• Review automated test code to assure adherence to standards and to advise on optimization 
• Research, identify, and implement new test automation technologies 
• Define, document, and conduct training on test automation practices, tools, and coding standards 

Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience building automation scripts that span across multiple applications 
• 3-5 years of experience programming in an object-oriented programming language such as Java 
• 3-5 years of experience working with UI or API test automation tools such as Selenium, Postman, Insomnia, or Junit 
• Comfort adapting to custom automation frameworks 
• Experience working in or a solid understanding of test-driven development 
• Experience working in a continuous integration environment  
• Solid Understanding of Agile development lifecycle and software testing practices 
• Excellent communication and documentation skills 
• Highly flexible to quickly changing business needs and adoption of new technologies. 
• Ability to communicate to both technical and business users and the ability to gracefully handle passionate conversations. 
• Ability to work independently and deliver on agreed upon timelines. 
• Strong time management skills with a history of meeting commitments.  
• Providing testing leadership, able to inspire and coach other technical members to perform at their highest potential. 

Technical Skills Required: 

• Working knowledge of the importance of automation and the correlation to successful testing. 
• Expert-level knowledge of building End-To-End system­wide test scenarios. 
• Progressively related experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components.  
• Strong knowledge of unit testing, behavioral testing, and continuous integration. 
• Working knowledge of qTest tool suite. 
• Working knowledge of “Shift-Left” mindset and ability to drive and thrive in this atmosphere. 
• Responsible for providing support, as needed, to studio testing teams. 

Soft Skills & Other Requirements 

• The position requires frequent communication with senior leaders, technical colleagues and partners across several different geographic locations and time zones. 
• Proven ability to work with all members of an extended and diverse project team. 
• Must be detail-oriented, self-organized, be committed to quality and be capable of tracking multiple issues simultaneously. 
• Candidate must have mentoring and guidance skills to provide oversight and direction to contractors and internal members of the software development team. 
• Ability to handle virtual teams and work with resources in multiple sites (onsite, offshore, near shore). 
• Excellent time management skills. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure or other cloud services providers in support of CI/CD solutions 
• Knowledge of test technology trends and Web frameworks/tools (Cucumber, NodeJS, cloud etc.) 
• Experience working with cloud services Selenium grids and cloud services device farms (Sauces Labs is preferred) 
• A passion for technology! 

Required Education 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL, USA is $133,900 to $217,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

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