Senior Software Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 11 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Position offers strong avenues for technical growth in a reputable company focused on security solutions.
- Involvement in developing security-focused software solutions
- Collaboration with diverse teams to ensure product quality
- Opportunity for continuous learning in a dynamic environment
Pros
- Contributes to high-quality software development and testing
- Opportunity to work cross-functionally to enhance software products
- Potential for strong growth in skillset and responsibilities
Cons
- Demanding workload might require strong time management skills
- A steep learning curve for less experienced developers
- The necessity for continued learning in a rapidly changing tech field
Who it's for
Senior Level • Onsite with possible hybrid flexibility
Good fit
- Experienced software engineers with test automation skills
- Developers passionate about quality assurance processes
- Individuals excited about contributing to security software
Not recommended for
- New graduates or entry-level candidates without relevant experience
- Individuals without background in automated testing
- Candidates seeking a fully remote working arrangement
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Who we are
We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.
Job summary
As a Senior Software Engineer at DigiCert, you will be a key contributor to our quality assurance team, ensuring the reliability, stability, and performance of our software products. You will play a crucial role in automating testing processes, improving test coverage, and maintaining high-quality software releases.
What you will do
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and architects to understand project requirements and technical specifications.
- Plan and implement various types of testing, including manual, regression, functional, data validation, system integration, load, and performance tests.
- Develop and maintain a test automation framework to reduce testing time through automation.
- Work closely with development teams to design testing strategies and integrate testing into the development process.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and debug product defects and provide timely solutions to customer issues.
- Promote quality and testing best practices among development teams, reviewing test plans for automation test coverage.
- Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve software development processes and tools.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and help drive technical innovation within the team.
What you will have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5 - 8 years of test automation experience, specifically in testing web applications (essential).
- Must have 3 years in Java and 2 years in Python (essential).
- Design , develop and maintain Python-based automation scripts for testing.
- Working experience in Performance/Load Testing using JMeter or K6 will be an added advantage.
- Advanced knowledge of Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright test automation frameworks (essential).
- Knowledge of both relational (MySQL or MariaDB) databases.
- Strong understanding of test design, planning, execution, defect reporting, and tracking.
- Experience in both automated and manual web applications and web service API testing.
- Proficiency in GitHub Actions and CI/CD Pipelines using Jenkins.
- Previous experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle OCI) is a plus.
- Knowledge of code coverage tools like JaCoCo, SonarQube.
- Proficiency in containerization with Docker and expertise in container orchestration utilizing Kubernetes and Helm.
- Experience with software development methodologies, such as Agile or Scrum.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze and address complex technical issues.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Nice to have
- Strong sense of ownership for the quality of solution delivery and execution.
- Experience in security testing.
- Actively participates in all phases of Agile Project including design, development, and testing.
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