Software Engineer in Test II

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

SDET

• Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Full-time

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

Guardant Health is looking for an energetic and passionate Senior Software Quality Engineer to join its Software Engineering team. This team is responsible for delivering the product functionality needed to support the laboratory workflow for several of its market leading cancer diagnostic tests as well as integration with various oncology systems.

An Ideal candidate would have experience working in a regulated environment with thorough knowledge of Quality Engineering best practices and technical expertise to deliver software products meeting the business needs in an efficient and fast paced environment. This role requires someone who is adept at understanding system architecture, design, implementation to succinctly develop tailored test strategy and deliver quality software products meeting regulatory standards. The candidate should have the aptitude to work on parallel projects with overlapping schedules, quickly learn new technologies, demonstrate teamwork and technical leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply appropriate test methodologies including but not limited to writing test plans, test cases, and execution of test scripts within the sprint schedule.
• Create automated test cases and execute them to support scheduled releases.
• Troubleshoot issues identified during testing and report defects; able to distinguish between user error and application anomalies.
• Perform System Integration and performance testing prior to product releases.
• Provide clear and concise feedback on defects, usability, and other test findings/results.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes and methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and robust execution of testing as part of a regular release schedule.
• Provide coaching to other team members for designing test strategies and test cases.
• Execute complex testing scenarios, perform in-depth statistical analysis, and interpret results independently.
• Apply QE standards, best practices, and principles to develop quality plans that deliver optimal outcomes across multiple products.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of total QA experience with a strong focus on automation and functional testing.
• Proven hands-on experience in Selenium with Core Java (ability to write code and develop test scripts).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design principles.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Rest Assured.
• Proficient in SQL and database testing (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server).
• Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred (Nice to Have):

• Experience with BDD tools like Cucumber.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or GitHub Actions.
• Exposure to performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter).

**Mandatory Experience: The candidate should have a minimum of 3+ years of experience in automation testing using Selenium with Java, along with database (DB) testing and API testing experience.