Senior Software Test Engineer

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At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.  

At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Test Engineer, you'll use your technical, teamwork and team leading skills, knowledge of testing and test automation, DevSecOps tools and methods to help deploy and improve our solutions. You will align and integrate well with testers, developers, engineers, analysts, scrum masters, delivery managers and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review user stories and evaluate their acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with others to recognize the potential for any operational issues, assess risks, and help to resolve issues before the new software is complete.
• Cooperate with other teams to understand full end-to-end use-cases to meet cross-functional requirements.
• Define, inform, and educate the team on best practices for test-driven development, automated testing methodologies, development workflow improvements, continuous integration/deployment, and release management.
• Create test approaches, test plans, test scenarios, test cases and automated test scripts for new or changed software.
• Implement software tests, using either manual or automated approaches, as well as exploratory testing.
• Run diverse sets of tests on new or changed software products to ensure they satisfy all specifications and requirements and evaluate results.
• Write detailed, high quality defect reports for any issues encountered during testing activities.
• Provide feedback to team members and stakeholders regarding usability and functionality and provide understandable test reports.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or other relevant work experience.
• 10+ years of relevant professional hands-on experience in software testing on agile projects with a focus on test automation (preferably using tools such as Jira, qTest & Tosca).
• Experience with test planning and set-up of test strategies.
• Experience in testing web services.
• Solid experience with relational databases and/or NoSQL.
• Good experience with testing in the cloud.
• Excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills.
• Able to collaborate across multiple time zones.
• Interest in the newest testing and test automation trends and best practices.
• Very good in analyzing problems and developing solutions.
• Excellent in both oral and written communication in English.
• Team player with innovative thinking.

BENEFITS:

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.