Senior Software Test Automation Engineer
145k - 160k USD
Remote
Full Time
#Technology
#Life Sciences
#Regulatory
#Test Automation
#JavaScript
#TypeScript
#Playwright
#Cloud Environment
#Agile
#Microservices
#Azure
#SQL
Background
Accumulus Synergy is a nonprofit trade association working on behalf of industry to address the global need for digital transformation. To help solve for this need, Accumulus is developing a transformative data exchange platform to enable enhanced collaboration and efficiency between life sciences organizations and National Regulatory Authorities worldwide. The Accumulus Platform aims to improve efficiencies in the regulatory process by leveraging advanced technology, including data science and AI, as well as tools for secure data exchange to improve patient safety, help reduce the cost of innovation, and ultimately bring patients safe and effective medicines faster. Accumulus is working with key stakeholders in the life sciences - regulatory ecosystem to build and sustain a platform that aims to meet regulatory, cybersecurity, and privacy requirements spanning clinical, safety, chemistry and manufacturing, and regulatory exchanges and submissions. Accumulus Synergy sponsors include Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and Takeda.
Job Description
Accumulus is seeking an experienced Senior Software Test Automation Engineer to help develop automation to test our front end, backend services and infrastructure. The Senior Software Test Automation Engineer will contribute to efforts to develop a highly automated test suite to ensure reliable and secure delivery of Accumulus’s collaboration and analytics platform. As a Senior Software Test Automation Engineer, you will create automation to perform tests for our software components, both as stand alone components and integrated systems. When necessary, for example when automation does not exist, you will provide manual tests using a highly structured and repeatable approach.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multiple teams to develop test automation for new features and verify functionality for existing features
- Develop and perform manual tests when automated tests are not available
- Develop guidelines and procedures for creating and running automated tests
- Demonstrate developed test automation to others
- Participate in acceptance testing of third-party products developed for Accumulus
- Stay current with modern test automation tools and best practices and help communicate/educate others on the latest advancements
- Ability to estimate the effort required to test various features and components
- Develop new ways to advance our test automation
Qualifications
- A passion for the Accumulus mission: bringing therapeutics to patients faster!
- Expertise developing test automation in a Cloud environment using scripting languages and purpose-built automation frameworks
- Experience with languages like JavaScript and Typescript
- Experience with automated testing frameworks like Playwright
- Minimum 5 years of experience developing automation for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products
- BS in CompSci or related technical degree
- Experience with Agile development processes, preferably using Atlassian tools
- Good knowledge of microservice architectures
- Knowledge of cloud architectures, especially on Azure, and Cloud-First development practices
- Excellent knowledge of database query languages like SQL
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- A plus: past experience in regulated environments: GxP Gamp 5, FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11, FedRAMP, ISO27001/27017/27018/27701 and/or SOC 2
Benefits
While we hope the Accumulus mission is what really attracts you, we also have a lot to offer. Organizations are built by great people, and to attract great people you need to offer a great employee experience. Accumulus can provide:
- Competitive compensation with bonus plan
- 401(k) program with 3% contribution by Accumulus and immediate vesting
- A full insurance benefits package that includes multiple health plans, vision, dental, life, and disability
- Parental leave program that includes up to 16 weeks of 100% paid leave
- Unlimited paid time off
- 100% remote work. Accumulus is a fully remote organization and we intend to remain so
- Experienced leadership to mentor you. We have drawn successful leaders from the biopharma industry with a deep understanding of regulatory affairs and combined them with similarly successful leaders in SaaS product development. Learning opportunities abound.
