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Visual Quality Software Engineer - London

microTECH Global Ltd
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1 year ago
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We are looking for a software engineer with python experience to work within test team on our Visual Quality test framework. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining new features and integrations into this mission critical test framework. Along with launching assessment campaigns for internal and external customers.

Working within an Agile team (scrum based), you will be able to contribute to the content of sprints and influence the development direction of development.

Responsibilities:
•Develop further an maintain the existing comprehensive in-house test framework for testing quality aspects of our codec related products
•Integrate new encoder or playback tools or applications into the Visual Quality test framework.
•Participate in selecting the most appropriate tools and infrastructure for Visual quality the test framework
•Review requirements, agree acceptance criteria and refer to project/system documentation to clarify and define the necessary tests
•should be able to troubleshoot, research the root cause, thoroughly resolve defects whilst maintain ongoing communication with stakeholders
•Scheduling and requesting use of test environments, appropriate test data to support Test Plans.
•Launch testing cycles of a variety content and use cases to test our codecs and their integrations into different video encode and playback scenarios
•Communicate to relevant stakeholders the latest status, issues and risks of test activities (escalating as appropriate)
•Comfortable engaging with development teams with issues found during VQ testing
•Actively participate in agile ceremonies providing input into planning and refinement meetings each sprint along with daily stand-up meetings

Qualifications:
Skills and Experiences:

•At least 2 years proven automated and manual software testing experience
•2 years’ experience developing software using Python and flask
•An interest in video codec technology and learning more about video analysis
•Experience developing basic SQL with experience working with modern databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, mongo DB
•Working experience using Linux as a development platform
•Hands-on experience with technologies such as REST, JSON and docker
•Ability to work in a team and listening to the opinions of others, able to reason through different approaches and influence others in a positive way.
•Comfortable working in a delivery-focused environment, taking ownership and responsibility for deadlines and striving to meet them
•Methodical and analytical approach to problem solving.
•Working in an Agile environment working on projects using Scrum or Kanban and tools such as Jira
•An understanding of the end-to-end software development life cycle
•Basic understanding of Continuous Integration environments covering: source code repositories; version control; build creation; unit, integration and system tests.

Desirable skills:
•Has exposure of commonly used test frameworks such as Pytest, Google Test Framework, of JUnit, JMeter
•Use of at least 1 BDD testing tool such as Spock or Cucumber (Cucumber preferred)
•Worked with AWS cloud solutions
•An understand system architecture and basic concepts of networking for networking traffic testing the debugging.
•Understanding of video and common compression features, particularly video or video quality metrics.
•Understanding of broadcast video techniques and technology – HD-SDI & 3G-SDI Over IP
•Data analytics or Data science experience
• Skilled with common front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, TypeScript, and Node is a bonus
•Previous experience working with Test Automation tools for Mobile devices – Android & iOS
•Any experience in UI testing using Cypress/JS/TS code for automation is a preferenc

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