Remote job: SDET / Automation QA :: Remote

About the position Make your mark at Comcast, a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. You'll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option. As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) on the Player Platform QA team, you will take part equally in software development and testing processes, focusing on the testability, robustness, and performance of the IP video playback experience. The Player Platform is an SDK written in various programming languages like Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, and BrightScript, which powers the IP video playback experience on X1 platform set-top boxes and Xfinity Stream applications on Android, iOS, web browsers, and Roku platforms. The Player platform provides a video player that integrates with our video streaming, content protection (DRM), advertisement, emergency alerts, and real-time analytics services. As an SDET, you will be building automation testing tools and frameworks to assist the manual testing process. Player platform SDETs collaborate with software engineers, software architects, and other video streaming technologists. Daily, you will be working on a small scrum team that consists of product owners, software engineers, SDETs, and quality assurance engineers. The primary focus of the player platform team is to build flexible and reliable APIs that provide the best user experience for our customers and generate multi-billion-dollar revenue for our advertising business. You will be required to get acquainted with multiple platforms where Xfinity Stream applications are supported and become a subject matter expert for triaging issues reported by customers, working with engineering teams to get potential fixes and certifying them for deployment. You will also need to build automation scripts that perform regression testing on player releases and quickly release changes to our customers. Responsibilities • Collaborate closely with development team and automation testers to ensure deliverables meet quality. , • Work with development teams to plan, implement, and track component testing activities. , • Conduct effective failure analysis and consistent testing status reporting to the team and leadership. , • Function as a member of our agile team and help drive consistent testing practices. , • Ensure engineering team delivers a quality product that meets the defined acceptance criteria. , • Support test planning, manual and automated test cases/scripts, and test execution. Requirements • 3 years of experience in testing enterprise mobile applications. , • Experience in manual testing and test automation on Android/iOS devices. , • Experience with Smoke, Functional, Regression, Integration, and Component testing techniques. , • Ability to recognize risks and errors in the application. , • Working experience and understanding of Agile software development. , • Experience with Jira/Jenkins/Git integration, Concourse, Jenkins, Bamboo or other continuous integration tools. , • Able to independently execute automation. , • Experience in writing automation code in at least one programming language. , • Experience with network traffic capture tools such as Charles, Postman, and Wireshark. , • A passion for testing, development, and design. Nice-to-haves • Prior experience testing on Roku platform. Benefits • Health insurance coverage , • Dental insurance coverage , • 401k benefit for retirement savings plan , • Paid holidays , • Flexible scheduling options , • Professional development opportunities , • Tuition reimbursement , • Employee discount programs , • Mental health days , • Life insurance coverage , • Paid volunteer time Apply Job!