Senior Software Quality Engineer - Production Bioinformatics Pipelines

September 5

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Natera

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Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) • Single gene diseases • Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS)/Diagnosis (PGD) • Biopsy training • Multi-Disease Carrier Screening

1001 - 5000

Description

• Responsible for complete end-to-end verification of Natera software systems and services. • Perform software verification, define and execute test cases and scenarios required for software quality assurance and regulatory compliance. • Perform system analysis, assess risk, and develop strong test strategies by analyzing product design and technical specifications, and by collaborating with product managers and developers. • Participate in building and maintaining a data-driven test automation framework using automation tools and libraries. • Perform debugging and root cause analysis of product issues or defects. • Evangelize new testing methodologies, best practices and tools with goals to continuously improve test coverage. • Work closely with software engineers and bioinformatics scientists in all phases of SDLC to build quality into the development process. • Work with software engineers to design data-driven test scenarios and expected results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Bioinformatics or engineering related area. • Minimum of 5 years of experience developing test automation frameworks and harnesses using programming and scripting languages. • Basic knowledge of foundational bioinformatics algorithms such as Alignment, Demultiplexing and Variant Calling; experience working with FASTQ, BAM and VCF files. • Strong working knowledge of Java. • Recent hands-on experience developing test automation code using tools and libraries, such as TestNG, Junit, Hamcrest and others (Selenium is nice to have). • Recent hands-on experience of REST API testing and test automation. • Experience writing verification plans, test cases, defects reports, executing & managing test cases using test cases management system and writing verification reports. • Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, test planning, system dependencies, and product integration phases. • Experience building basic SQL queries (SELECT & JOIN) is nice to have.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits • Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. • Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. • Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. • Generous employee referral program!