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Keep reading to learn more about this opportunity to join the Cox family of businesses.

As a Software Test Engineer II, you will support an Agile team in analyzing, designing, building, and testing high-quality automated testing solutions that ensure our product meets customer expectations.  You will be working on our Automotive Marketing Platform (AMP) product that is changing the way dealers are marketing to customers through email, CRM tasks, text messaging, direct mail, and Facebook with more channels to come.  Our applications are written in .NetCore/C# and hosted in AWS.  We use New Relic, Splunk, and PagerDuty to monitor and alert on our platform.

 We own and are responsible for our applications from design, development, testing, deployment, and support.  Our infrastructure is a mix of on-prem and cloud deployments, and we manage it using Terraform.  We use CI/CD best practices to develop, test, and deploy our applications.  We use Microsoft tools, Resharper, and Specflow/Selenium for automated unit and integration tests plus K6 for automated load and performance tests.  In addition to working with product owners to prioritize and fix defects as necessary, we reserve one sprint a quarter to work on things that are bugging us.  This can include but is not limited to cleaning up noisy alerts, automating manual processes, and revisiting code if we think there’s a better way to do it using tools we have available or to look for new tools.  We have an annual Hackathon with winners going on to compete at a higher level within our parent company.  We have time reserved on the calendar annually to learn more about both internal and external products.  

 A professional demeanor, strong communication, and the ability to work effectively within a team environment are essential. This is a hands-on, technical position, so candidate must demonstrate a high level of technical aptitude and excellent problem-solving skills.  A deep understanding of automated testing concepts and professional experience creating automated test scripts is required.  This individual must be eager and capable of learning new skills and technology and be motivated to work in a fast-paced environment where wearing multiple hats is encouraged.  If you want to work on highly performant software running at scale in the cloud, with the ability to both learn new technologies and have an impact on our ability to succeed as a team, organization, and company, this job is for you!

 Technologies the team uses: 

.NetCore, C#, AWS (including but not limited to Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Container Service, Lambdas, SQS, Dynamo DB, Terraform, and RDS), NewRelic, Splunk, Nunit, SpecFlow, K6, GitHub, Octopus, Resharper

Your Role:

 Work closely with scrum team members to evangelize the value of producing a high-quality product throughout the entire SDLC

Identify gaps and weaknesses in user stories, technical requirements and acceptance criteria

Create test plans, test cases, and automation based on user stories and true business intent

Develop modular and robust automated test scripts and infrastructure to ensure maintainability, extensibility, and scalable

Conduct test case and test script reviews to ensure scenarios accurately capture functionality

Effectively communicate testing activities and findings in oral and written forms

Continuously make improvements to agile processes, testing practices and QA methods

Engage with your agile delivery team to build a culture of passion, trust, and creativity

Learn and leverage the automotive digital marketing domain to change the way the world buys, sells, and uses cars

Qualifications:

Where permitted by applicable law, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for this U.S. based job.  (Reasonable accommodations for medical and religious objections will be considered.)

 BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field or relevant experience.  Advanced technical degree and/or related training a plus

2+ years of testing experience in software development

C#, Nunit Microsoft.Testing, SpecFlow

An understanding of the different types of testing: functional, non-functional, security/penetration, load and performance, edge case, etc.

An understanding of "what to test" and what questions to ask to help the team meet the acceptance criteria of a user story

Experience with Continuous Integration and Build Systems such as Jenkins

Knowledge and experience in documenting test plans and test cases

Experience with source control systems such as Git

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

 What We Look For:

Experience implementing automated tests, observability, monitoring, and alerting

Experience configuring, running, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines for running automated tests

Experience with automated tests in cloud platforms is a plus

Experience with K6 is a plus

Ability to work independently, to design, develop, and deploy automated test solutions

Ability to collaborate with developers and with other software test engineers to build the best solution for the customer

Effective Communicator

Individual who thrives in a team environment and collaboration

Willingness to embrace and learn new technologies

High energy, confident, ambitious and self-motivated individual

Knowledge of agile development methodologies desired

Knowledge of digital marketing is a plus

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.  

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