Lead Software Development Engineer in Test - Remote

Overview

Elite Technology is a leading, independent technology company that helps law firms drive profitability through improved operational effectiveness, increased efficiency, and greater visibility across their business. Our cutting-edge digital financial management and business operations solutions drive success for firms around the globe by improving finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing, payments, and financial reporting. By bringing together data, insights, and tools, we enable law firm leaders to make informed business decisions to build and manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently.

In Short

• Own automation frameworks employed by the various application development teams.
• Standardize the automated testing approach across teams.
• Drive quality standards, enforce best practices, and guide team members in test methodology.
• Anticipate technical issues and industry changes and ensure our approach aligns with best practices and acceptable efficiency levels.
• Drive automation updates following root-cause analysis on complex issues and provide actionable recommendations and implementations.
• Mentor and support junior team members, facilitating training and knowledge sharing.
• Participate in engineering team design discussions, advocating for testability.
• Track and respond to quality metrics such as test coverage, defect escape rates, and automation efficiency to continuously improve testing outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in quality/automation engineering.
• Demonstrated expertise with OOP, .NET technologies, including C#, ASP.NET, API development, and .NET Core is a strong plus.
• Extensive experience in constructing test automation for web applications (encompassing both UI and API functionality), console applications, Windows forms applications, and/or cloud infrastructure deployments (experience with containerization technologies a plus).
• Deep understanding and documented efficient use of widely used testing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or RestAssured.
• Proven experience working within Agile and Scrum software development methodologies.
• Experience with the Azure cloud platform and cloud-native design principles, particularly regarding platform services such as App Services, Functions and Monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights).
• Experience with relational database technologies, particularly Microsoft SQL Server.
• Proficiency in utilizing modern CI/CD technologies, like Azure DevOps & Azure DevOps Pipelines to streamline development and testing workflows.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey and share technical concepts with leadership at various levels of technical expertise.
• Foundational understanding of crafting clear, concise, and thorough test plans and test cases.
• Familiarity with ERP, financial or mission-critical SaaS applications is considered an asset.
• Prior experience with system load, scale testing, or performance testing automation are nice to have.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams and maintaining complex testing projects.
• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level or higher (CEFR), with the ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken formats.

Benefits

• PTO
• 2 Elite Mental Health Days per year
• Annual Incentive Plan
• 14 Paid Costa Rica Holidays
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Life Insurance