Senior Software Engineer - Test

About Turvo

Turvo provides a collaborative Transportation Management System (TMS) application designed specifically for the supply chain. Turvo Collaboration Cloud connects freight brokers, 3PLs, shippers, and carriers to unite supply chain ecosystems, delivering outstanding customer experiences, real-time collaboration, and accelerated growth. The technology unifies internal and external systems, providing one end-to-end solution that streamlines operations, enhances analytics, and automates business processes while eliminating redundant manual tasks. Turvo’s customers include some of the world’s largest Fortune 500 logistics service providers and shippers as well as small to mid-sized freight brokers.

Turvo is based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Hyderabad, India. (www.turvo.com).

Responsibilities::
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks both from scratch and existing backend and frontend systems ensuring scalability and maintainability.

• Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts using open-source tools and maintain test suites to validate software functionality across various layers (UI, API, Database).

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans, test strategies, and test cases.

• Perform thorough regression testing, smoke testing, and sanity testing when bugs are resolved and for new releases to ensure build stability.

• Participate actively in code reviews and inspections to ensure the testability of code and adherence to coding standards.

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) to enable continuous testing and delivery of software updates.

• Contribute to test strategy, planning efforts, and overall quality assurance by ensuring comprehensive test coverage (functional, non-functional) and enforcing testing best practices.

• Understand product needs and user stories to advise on and design effective testing strategies, including risk-based testing.

• Document components, designs, automated test cases, test plans, and test results to support knowledge sharing and transparency.

• Engage in various types of testing including performance, load, stress, security, and usability testing to identify performance bottlenecks and vulnerabilities.

Qualifications::
• 5-8+ years of experience in automated testing, software development, or a dedicated Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role.

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (4 year program).

• Strong programming skills in one or more object-oriented languages - Java (Enterprise, with Spring & SpringBoot), Python (with frameworks like PyTest, Robot Framework), JavaScript (Node.js), Swift, and Kotlin.

• Hands-on experience in test automation, including building and maintaining automation frameworks for:

• Backend/API: RESTful and SOAP API automation with tools like RestAssured, Karate, Postman, SoapUI, Apache HTTPClient, or custom HTTP libraries.

• Frontend/UI: Web application automation with tools like Selenium WebDriver, Protractor, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO.

• Mobile: Appium, Espresso (Android), XCUITest (iOS), or other mobile automation frameworks.

• Experience using AI LLMs to build test frameworks, integrate and extend test coverage.

• In-depth knowledge of Quality Engineering methodologies, tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence), and processes throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC).

• Familiarity with database management systems (e.g., SQL, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch) and proficiency in writing SQL & JS queries for data verification and validation.

• Knowledge of mocking frameworks (e.g., Mockito, WireMock, PowerMock), and unit testing frameworks (e.g., TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, PyTest, Jest, Mocha).

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills to diagnose issues, perform root cause analysis, and propose effective solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams and articulate technical information clearly.

• Experience with build automation tools (Maven, Gradle, or npm), Performance and Load Testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or k6), and test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, or Quality Center/ALM).

Good to have::
• Experience developing applications or testing within the Supply Chain or Logistics domain.

• Knowledge of cutting-edge technologies such as Platform as a Service (PaaS), Serverless architectures, NoSQL databases, and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

• Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading small testing teams.

• Knowledge of design patterns for test automation (e.g., Page Object Model (POM), Singleton, Factory).

• Familiarity with log management and analysis tools (e.g., ELK Stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).