Senior Software Quality Engineer

Join Our Team as a Senior Software Quality Engineer

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 they are valued in the workplace. So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! 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.

Why Protolabs? We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It's our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.

Position Overview

Join our team as a Senior Software Quality Engineer! This is a hybrid role based at Headquarters in Maple Plain, MN. The Software Quality Engineer works closely with business analysts, developers, scrum masters, and software engineers on dedicated scrum teams. This position is responsible for ensuring the quality of our manufacturing and e-commerce software solutions. Software Quality Engineers design, develop, implement, and maintain automated and manual tests and create defects for discrepancies. The right candidate for this role is effective at validation of deliverables and providing guidance on risk reduction.

Responsibilities

• Execute on assigned tasks and contribute to software quality with support and guidance from senior resources
• Seek input from relevant stakeholders and consider customer experience when reviewing requirements
• Consistently deliver effective, clear, high-quality, manual and automated tests to provide coverage for new or existing solutions
• Create defects with clear steps to reproduce for all identified issues. Perform initial investigation using server logs, browser tools, and other resources available - include details upon submission
• Own and drive defects to resolution
• Participate in code reviews. Provide thoughtful and actionable feedback
• Respond to feedback with
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for high priority incidents and address issues with appropriate level of urgency
• Drive discussions with manager about career growth. Actively seek opportunities to grow professional skillset
• Model and promote Protolabs' defined quality best-practices and standards
• Perform additional tasks as assigned

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or related field, completion of a qualified bootcamp, or equivalent experience

Tooling and languages: .NET frameworks, C#, Azure DevOps, Git, SQL Server, test repositories, automation frameworks

Experience working with agile, SAFe, or scrum methodologies and processes

7+ years of experience in software testing or development with 5 of those years including writing and maintaining automated tests

Experience working with event-driven services and web service testing

Hands-on experience with the following activities:

• Software testing and defect identification
• Writing manual and automated tests
• Use of test and defect management systems
• Use of code version control systems
• Writing test code in object-oriented languages
• Writing SQL queries
• Use of integrated development environments
• Debugging and troubleshooting issues

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Understanding of software development and testing practices and methodologies. Includes understanding of when to use manual or automated testing

Capable of reading and navigating functions and classes/modules

Understanding of web services, service-oriented and microservice architectures, and event-driven systems

Strong sense of accountability. Take ownership of assigned work, seek clarification or guidance when needed, and deliver on time

Ability to prioritize tasks appropriately based on impact and delivery dates

Ability to learn from mistakes and seek to minimize risk of recurrence without dwelling on them

Encourage feedback from peers and managers. Act upon it accordingly by looking at both strengths and growth areas

Share ideas to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the team. Encourage others to do the same by fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation

Engage in valuable, open, exchanges of differing ideas through productive conflict

Ability to write and speak with honesty, brevity, and the intent of explaining things in a way the intended audience will understand

What's in it for You

We offer a competitive Total Rewards Program including:

• Salary, Bonus, Long Term Incentives
• Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
• Dental & Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Paid caregiver leave
• PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match & immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
• And More!

Protolabs offers a competitive total rewards package, and compensation mix vary based on position, such as base wage, as well as other earnings including incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary depending on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, job function, work experience, specialized skills, training, education, and certifications.

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer