Avacend Inc · 13 hours ago
API Test Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expAvacend Inc is seeking an AI Software Development Engineer in Test to enhance their testing capabilities. The role involves implementing testing strategies, leveraging automation frameworks, and collaborating with teams to ensure quality in software development.
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Responsibilities
Help create a culture that motivates teams to ensure zero defects leak into production
Work across teams to understand enterprise quality requirements and ensure adoption of core processes and standards
Implement the shift-left test strategy for each line of business
Leverage open-source automation frameworks and tools across all levels of testing that integrate in the automated CI/CD pipeline
Participate in the Agile (Scrum) team process, perform required standard testing activities keeping the customer experience top of mind during the testing process
Work with internal teams to document test environment and test data management container strategies and provisioning for the different types of testing activities
Comprehend and decompose user stories/requirements to identify what tests need to be created and automated across all levels of testing
Qualification
Required
Deep understanding of APIs, modern technological approaches to testing
High degree of programming experience in Typescript or Python
High understanding of current AI/ML patterns and paradigms
Experience automating API tests and extensive knowledge of creating and leveraging mocks, stubs, and virtual services to fulfill test automation requirement
Proficiency writing code in Python
5+ years of experience in testing automation engineering with both functional & API based testing
Proficiency writing code in Python
Experience writing end to end test scripts utilizing multiple services and reporting results
Experience using SQL to join and query data across multiple tables and schemas
Experience with AWS services including S3, Lambda, Dynamo DB, Cloudwatch, etc
Experience with CI/CD supporting technologies GIT, GitLab, Docker
Experience with up-to-date AI paradigms
Large language models
Classification models
MCP
RAG
Dynamic prompting for LLMs
Automating tests for the full solution stack (unit, business logic, contract, usability, functional, performance)
Experience testing AI implementations and an understanding of the risks models pose to systems and the business at large
Extensive knowledge of White Box Testing practices
Software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build and release processes, continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts (CI & CD), and test suite development and maintenance
Working knowledge of commonly used ML/AI Python libraries/packages
Spacy, nltk, etc
Experience in troubleshooting issues and root cause analysis
Possesses a deep understanding of shift-left test practices and techniques along with the frameworks, and tools that support it
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Enthusiastic and energetic with an inherent curiosity to break code
Preferred
Preferred BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject
Major plus with direct experience in the following
Experience leaving feedback on Merge/Pull Requests to ensure teams follow best practices
Financial services technology / consumer banking testing experience
Experience with Genesys IVR and Salesforce is a plus
Company
Avacend Inc
Avacend’s core services offerings provide a unique combination of Telecommunications and Information Technology expertise that are leveraged to offer new award winning Converged Communications services.
51-200 employees
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