Software Development Engineer in Test

About Delta Air LinesAbout the CompanyDelta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.In 2024, Delta was recognized by Fortune with a No. 11 placement on Fortune’s Top 50 Most Admired Companies list. The company’s strong management and commitment to providing elevated experiences and premium products also secured a No. 1 ranking out of the eight airlines on the list. Delta landed on TIME’s inaugural list of the “World’s Best Companies,” coming in at No. 12 – the only U.S. airline in the top 155. TIME’s award is based on three criteria: employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability.Delta’s people-first culture continues to be recognized, earning the airline a spot on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the fifth year. Delta is the only airline included on the 2024 list.Additionally, Delta earned a coveted spot, on Fast Company’s list of the Most Innovative Companies, climbing from its No. 8 spot in 2023 to No. 2 in the travel category. The airline was recognized for its Wi-Fi revolution that is working to ensure the future of travel is connected.About the Delta Technology Hub (DTH), BangaloreDelta has fast emerged as a customer-focused, innovation-led, technology-enabled business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives.Job DescriptionAbout Delta Tech Hub:Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good. Delta has fast emerged as a customer-oriented, innovation-led, technology-driven business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives. It will sustain our long-term aspirations of delivering niche, IP-intensive, high-value, and innovative solutions. It supports various teams and functions across Delta and is an integral part of our transformation agenda, working seamlessly with a global team to create memorable experiences for customers.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain software to test the product / application
• Define automation strategy, automation cases as well as Design tools for unit, functional, and performance testing in a programmatic manner.
• Participate in design and code inspections.
• Propose improvements to our existing processes and build automated tools, libraries and utilities in order to improve the teams speed, quality and efficiency.
• Own the design and implementation of tests that will help in end-to-end quality of major deliverables working closely with multiple engineers and teams to implement them
• Integration of both the tests and infrastructure automation into the CI/CD pipeline is also a key responsibility in this position.
• Add to agile development teams following 12 Factor application development principles.
• Collaborate effectively within team environment.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS):

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Systems or related technical field is required.
• 5 or more years of experience in Information Technology with expertise in test automation of applications from UI and API layer.
• Candidate should have experience writing, maintaining automated UI and APIs tests written in Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.js using various open-source testing libraries like Playwright Selenium, Cucumber, Cypress, REST Assured, etc.
• Above average experience with Node languages like JavaScript and TypeScript
• Experience with API and Microservices testing and automation
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with a testing framework like Cucumber
• Experience in Mockito or any relevant frameworks.
• Prior experience with one or more querying languages such SQL (preferred), Oracle, MySQL and / or No SQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB etc.)
• Experience deploying applications in AWS or OpenShift (Kubernetes)
• Experience in automating backend REST services including writing custom functions using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Karate, Jest / AVA for Node, etc.
• Hands on experience of building data-driven test automation frameworks from the ground up using modular frameworks and design patterns like Page Object Model (POM) etc.
• Experience working in distributed agile teams using agile frameworks such as SCRUM.
• Knowledge of continuous integration tools such AWS Code Pipelines, GitLab CI and Tekton
• Experience working with source code management tools such as GitLab and a strong ability to create test reports from automation test run using Cucumber report, Extent report, etc.
• Ability to connect with peers, business analysts, and domain experts and the ability to listen to customers and colleagues; convey ideas effectively; prepare written documentation
• Proactive in nature with a customer-centric focus
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS):

• Prior travel industry experience
• Understanding of Prompt Engineering or experience with AI tools like Amazon Q
• Infrastructure automation using Docker and tools like DevSpaces on RHELs and qTest
• Experience of working with various AWS cloud services such as EC2, s3 bucket, AWS code pipeline, CloudFormation, etc.
• Experience virtualizing services for test automation using tools such as Wire Mock, Mockito, Microcks and LocalStack.
• Experience with test management and agile management tools such as VersionOne, qTest etc.
• Experience of non-functional testing such as performance, load, stress, security, accessibility and usability testing.