Lead Test Automation Engineer

Why we need you:

On behalf of PokerStars, SD Solutions is looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer. At PokerStars, there are several interconnected high-throughput systems. The challenge of maintaining the fleet up and running includes befriending:

• C++ and Java.
• Windows and Linux.
• XML/JSON and [proprietary] binary protocols.
• Real-time data streaming, with broadcast capabilities.
• [Mostly single-threaded] event-based state machines.
• Effectively, a custom-built hybrid cloud, with physical machines, VMs, and [some] Kubernetes.

The company has a large QA team, but over the years its main job has shifted towards ensuring the user-facing features are functional. When it comes to infrastructure, historically, testing was done by the engineering team that architects, develops and rolls out the changes.

With the team growing, we are looking for a dedicated Software Engineer to establish, prototype, and then oversee the efforts to ensure the ongoing quality of our protocols and data pipelines.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyze the existing designs and understand their implementations.
• Establish and implement testing procedures for existing and new data-heavy features.
• Build and maintain the tools that perform functional, integration, load, and stress tests.

Skills and Capabilities:

• Interest and experience with system programming: networking, storage, thread models.
• Deep understanding of either Windows or Linux internals, and the desire to dive into the other one.
• Extensive experience with both C++ and Java when it comes to reading code, and with either C++ or Java when it comes to writing code.
• Patience and diligence: debugging, and even reasoning about a non-trivial high-load distributed state machine is not for everyone.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, UDP and HTTP protocols is a big advantage
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable multitasking
• * B.Sc. or higher in Math, CS, or EE