Arena Careers

This position in the Data & Analytics Department is responsible for both software development and testing tasks with a focus on the testability, quality, robustness, reliability, and performance of production-ready software. The Full Stack Developer II, Tester, will be part of the architecture design, software development, and testing of the solutions built in-house or develop in partnership with third-party vendors. Under the general direction of the Assistant Director, Development and Operations provide a high degree of customer service, information privacy and availability, data safety, and recoverability for the AFSCME user community.

Duties:

• Identify, design, and implement technical solutions increasing test effectiveness and coverage, while reducing the cost of test execution.
• Assist in the design and development of efficient, reusable and intuitive Web applications, microservices and database changes to meet user needs.
• Analyze and understand design and source code to establish test hooks and API testing.
• Design and implement industry-standard testing and continuous deployment frameworks that facilitate both reusability and scalability for mobile and web applications built in-house or developed in partnership with third-party vendors.
• Analyze test data and results to identify patterns and influence software quality and reliability.
• Set up, maintain, and perform build, deploy, and test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as mobile and web, and build test scenarios and acceptance tests.
• Research test tools, methodologies, and trends to create and/or upgrade existing practices and processes.
• Ensure software stability via regression and unit testing so production operations run successfully.
• Lead the implementation approach for automation testing and code quality screening tools and frameworks.
• Keep current on emerging technologies via professional organizations, technical or functional reference manuals and periodicals, and other external sources, and transitioning knowledge to IS management/staff.
• Document work performed following department standards and reports on the progress and status of assigned projects to managers.
• Provide support to users by conducting in-depth analysis and resolving user problems with custom-developed or packaged applications.
• Must be able to independently design, code, and test major features, as well as lead/work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent with a minimum of five (5) years of related work experience or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Skills Requirements:

• Strong programming experience, including client- and server- side Javascript/Typescript development.
• Strong experience developing both unit and integration tests for RESTful APIs and AWS lambda microservices using test automation frameworks such as JEST.
• Strong experience developing web app UI tests, including the use of browser automation frameworks like Webdriver.IO.
• Strong experience with automated mobile app integration testing, particularly device-based testing with Flutter.
• Strong experience automating running of tests and deployment procedures using CI/CD tools such as CircleCI and Github Actions.
• Experience with the use of IaC frameworks, like Serverless and Pulumi.
• Strong experience building event-sourced microservices, with a good understanding of message-based architectures, and all related protocols and technologies (HTTP, JSON, OAuth, message buses like SNS and SQS).
• Strong experience building web services, like REST/OAuth/JSON, and a good understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational database development, database queries, stored procedures, and data modeling (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL).
• Familiarity with "NoSQL" database systems, including key-value stores and document indexes (DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis/Valkey, ScyllaDB).
• Strong experience in developing in and deploying to a Cloud environment (such as Amazon Web Services) and DevOps.
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes or similar tools.
• Strong experience with source code/configuration management tools (GitHub), branching/merging, build, and deploy technique
• Experience with collaboration tools (e.g., Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Travel & Work hours

• Extended work hours, travel, and a valid driver’s license are required.

**A Skills Assessment may be required of all candidates. **