Senior Staff Engineer

Who we want:

Vocera now a part of Stryker is looking for a dedicated, hands-on Senior Staff Engineer in Test Automation to join our dynamic and growing organization. You will be responsible for the End-to-End (E2E) system testing and automation of our hybrid-cloud clinical communication and workflow software product releases. This position will be reporting to the Manager of R&D.

This role will involve:

• Following software engineering clean architecture practices and SAFe Scaled Agile processes.
• Collaborating with other development teams to ensure features and enablers are effective
• Planning, designing, developing, debugging, and executing effective E2E system tests within project timelines to ensure correct medical-care-team workflow outcomes while exposing product defects and deficiencies.
• Contributing to the processes that support BDD automation CI tests in all phases of the software lifecycle.
  
  

What you will do:

Technical Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of software components for automation testing in alignment with the defined requirements and architecture.
  
  

Business Responsibilities:

• Contribute to competitive and market strategy by demonstrating knowledge of the market, customer dynamics, and competitive offerings
  
  

General Responsibilities:

• Develop and utilize tools and tests to enhance the company's product development or performance.
• Contribute to complex product development testing through release and lead one technical area of expertise.
• Contribute to code reviews for systems applying design principles, coding standards, and best practices.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

Bachelor's degree in software engineering/ computer science or related discipline & 10+ years of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with Linux and Java environments, web, and mobile-based applications (RHEL, MSSQL, Selenium, Appium, iOS, Android, Java, Kotlin will be a plus)
  
  

Design, Development, and Testing Skills:

• Strong knowledge of BDD test automation frameworks and CI/CD, especially hybrid-cloud-based (Gherkin, AWS, and Azure a plus)
• Proficiency with OOP methodologies and clean architecture, as well as End-to-End system testing and automation (scalability, longevity, chaos engineering experience a plus)
• Ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts and technologies as well as excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and documentation skills.
  
  

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.