Software Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities
At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools.

Golf fuses the team behind products and services like GolfNow, TeeOff and GolfPass, which better connects golfers and golf facilities around the world through innovative solutions like cloud-based golf course management and SmartPlay contactless technology and services that create optimum golfing experiences.

The Software Engineer is responsible for the design and creation of Test Automation frameworks and Automation scripts for various GolfNow applications and subsystems. In delivering the key responsibilities of the role the Software Quality Engineer will;
• Create and Automate tests using available and open-source tools and technologies.
• Create Automation and Code in standard Page Object Model.
• Understand and script using standard scripting languages like JavaScript and C#.
• Learn and employ automation tools like WebdriverIO, Mocha.
• Ability to work independently and lead automation projects and initiatives
• Help make strategic test automation design decisions.
• Perform software quality assurance, including black box testing, white box testing, user acceptance testing, and maintenance regression testing.
• Evaluate testing and inspection plans for projects of varying technology, complexity, and size.
• Develop and document test scripts, test cases, defect tracking and reports.
• Create and maintain manual and/or automated test scripts, test data, and other deliverables related to the software quality assurance (SQA) process.
• Review log files and other run-time documentation for defects and issues.
• Analyze the results of software tests and provide results for use in development code inspections and group reviews of project deliverables.
• Detect, document, and track system defects throughout the SQA process.
• Under direction of product management, participate in user acceptance testing
• Perform maintenance regression testing.
• Work with development teams to support and implement applications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
A Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or:
• 1+ year coding experience with standard programming languages such as JavaScript or
• 1+ year experience as a QA Engineer or related position in a collaborative, team-driven software engineering environment or
• 1+ year experience automating or extending a test frameworks at work or in education.
• Familiarity and/or programming experience with .NET and web-based technologies.
• Experience maintaining test environments, automated testing tools, and other resources in support of SQA process.
• Understanding of configuration issues related to software development; UNIX experience preferred.

Desired characteristics:
• Be curious about how things work and love breaking things.
• Be passionate about technology trends and all things related to testing.
• Be excited about automation and building tools to help do your job and help the rest of the team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver against set objectives and work under tight deadlines.

Qualifications/Requirements
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d81ov6-18-117-188-64-42 in your application.