Senior Software Quality Engineer
Maple PlainHybridFull-time
AI Summary
Design and maintain automated test strategies and CI/CD pipelines for the Pricing domain, covering API, integration, performance, and ML quality gating, while mentoring QA engineers and driving quality standards across the engineering organization.
About this role
Be yourself at Protolabs
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace. So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! You can help make our company even better. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself. We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.
Why Protolabs?
We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.
Join our team as a Senior Software Quality Engineer!
This is a fixed hybrid role on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at HQ in Maple Plain, MN.
What you’ll do
What you’ll bring
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or SDET roles in a SaaS or production environment
Experience owning test automation and CI integration for backend or platform teams
Proven track record of leading test strategy or automation initiatives across cross functional products
Strong programming skills for test automation, especially in Python, with C# as a plus, and comfortable working directly in engineering codebases including reviews, fixes, shared libraries, and build pipelines
Solid experience with API and UI testing, along with component integration and service level integration testing
Hands on experience designing and maintaining GitHub Actions or similar CI pipelines, including parallel jobs, artefacts, secrets management, branch protections, and failure triage
Good understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing data setup and assertions, understanding migration impacts, ensuring test isolation, and writing complex SQL queries
Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and familiarity with containerised workloads including
Docker and basic Kubernetes concepts for test environments
ISTQB certification at foundation or advanced level, or equivalent formal QA training, with practical application of structured test design techniques such as equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, risk based testing, traceability, and quality modelling
Strong analytical skills when working in ambiguous domains, with the ability to translate finance, sales, and business rules into clear test cases and automation
A strong quality mindset with attention to detail, especially around pricing rules and regression in revenue impacting flows
Nice to have
What's in it for you?
Skills
API TestingAWSAzureAzure DevOpsC#CI/CD PipelinesContract TestingDbtDockerGCPGitHub ActionsISTQBKubernetesLocustMySQLNewmanPlaywrightPostgreSQLPostmanPytestPythonUI Testing
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