Principal Quality Development Engineer

Overview

The InterSystems IRIS Data Platform is the foundation for industry-leading applications with demanding scalability, resilience, and high availability requirements. Quality Development helps deliver on that promise by subjecting the product to intense scrutiny and extreme workloads. The Systems group is looking for a self-motivated software engineer in test (SEIT) / software development engineer in test (SDET) to complement a talented and collaborative team with your experience, skills, and creativity. As a Principal Quality Development Engineer, you'll act as the product’s first customer in a customer-first company. You’ll provide early feedback on new features and advocate for the best user experience, from design through implementation to deployment.

You’ll acquire expertise on features and the code that implements them in close partnership with Development. You will craft functional, integration, and stress tests, automating them whenever possible. You will also assist Support in the reproduction and diagnosis of customer-reported problems.

Key features under test include journaling for crash resiliency, mirroring for shared-nothing high-availability clustering, and Enterprise Cache Protocol for distributed caching, as well as ObjectScript and embedded Python.

Responsibilities

Acquire expertise on features and the corresponding code in collaboration with Development.

Craft, execute, and automate functional, integration, and stress tests.

Automate tests whenever possible to improve coverage and efficiency.

Assist Support in reproducing and diagnosing customer-reported problems.

Advocate for the best user experience from design through deployment.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in QA or a related engineering field

Proficient with systems programming, especially C and C++

Able to read code critically, with an emphasis on bugs, security, and performance

Strong grasp of operating system concepts and TCP / IP networking

Experience using debuggers such as GDB, LLDB, and dbx

Comfortable with Windows, Mac, and Unix, especially AIX and Linux

Desirable

Source control using Perforce, Git, or similar

Unix system administration and shell scripting

Virtualization and containers

Compiler theory and bytecode interpreter concepts

Performance testing

Read at least one technical book a year

Education

BS / MS in Computer Science or equivalent.

About InterSystems

InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.

Additional job details

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Engineering and Information Technology

Industries : Software Development

Location : Cambridge, MA

Note : This posting reflects the role and responsibilities of the Principal Software Development Engineer in Test within the InterSystems quality organization.

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