Principal Software Quality Engineer

at  Proto Labs Inc

BE YOURSELF AT PROTOLABS

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels you are valued in the workplace. Do you not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! You can help make our company even better. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself. We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.

YOU WILL:

• Execute projects and initiatives, often involving multiple teams, autonomously. Includes independently reviewing amorphous problems to ensure testability, identify appropriate test scope and approach, and define and communicate risk mitigation opportunities.
• Review requirements with a focus on customer impact and business goals and seek clarification around any ambiguities. Leverage input from product stakeholders to determine if requirements and solution meet those needs.
• Define and deliver well-scoped test plans covering both functional and non-functional tests for solutions that cross multiple system boundaries. May include working in the role of a project quality lead across several teams to ensure all pieces of a combined, larger functionality meet requirements.
• Proactively identify new opportunities, advocate for advancements, and implement changes that positively impact efficiency and efficacy of testing, quality practices, and coding standards.
• Mentor less experienced team members through technical or process guidance. Champion and educate others on team goals and model superb quality practices and professional behavior.
• Provide insightful feedback on test designs during code and test reviews. Ask questions with the goal of identifying fallacies and affirming positive approaches.
• Deliver clear, flexible, reusable, and efficient automated tests to solve complex and diverse challenges in testing.
• Proactively identify, gain alignment, and implement improvements to current testing practices and tools.
• Create defects with clear and complete steps to reproduce. Perform the initial investigation using server logs, browser tools, and other resources available. Own and drive defects to resolution.
• Contribute to the sense of community and drive alignment within GTS by seeking opportunities to participate and contribute during meetings, training sessions, and group activities.
• Seek opportunities to continually grow professional skillset. Includes proactively seeking feedback from manager, team, and cross-functional stakeholders. Demonstrate self-awareness of strengths and take action around growth areas.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for high priority incidents and address issues with appropriate level of urgency.

THIS POSITION IS A REMOTE ROLE BASED OUT OF MN, NC, IL, NH, MA, OR TX.

The Principal Software Quality Engineer (SQE) is a leader within the Quality team driving cross-team or cross-discipline initiatives within the Global Technology Services (GTS) organization delivering manufacturing and ecommerce solutions. Principal SQEs play a key role in setting medium-to-long term strategy for business-impacting projects and are experts at identifying the right solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems that require tough prioritization. This person can autonomously deliver ongoing business impact in a variety of projects and initiatives across teams, product capabilities, and technical systems.