Principal Sdet

Company Description

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we're leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it's your game. So let's win together.

**Job Description**:
As a Principal SDET, you will take ownership for the complete testing lifecycle of highly complex projects or features, encompassing test design, automation development, and production monitoring (including crashes and any production-related issues) within their squad or multiple squads they are overseeing.

**Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will work within a cross functional agile team.**

Are you ready to be part of our journey to be crowned the undisputed champions of the sports betting, gaming, and interactive entertainment industry?

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Significantly enhances automation code structure and framework or design and implement from scratch, focusing on improving maintainability, execution speed, and coverage.
- Engages in writing, co-writing, and reviewing test design and plan documentation.
- Demonstrates a high level of proficiency in a specific technology area while maintaining a working understanding of how related systems interact with their technology stack.
- Takes the lead in conducting Proof of Concepts (POCs) for new languages or frameworks within their technical focus area.
- Leads the design and code review process for test automation, actively seeking and providing constructive criticism.
- Possesses a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Assumes accountability for ensuring that their squad or multiple squads they are overseeing maintains robust documentation and records detailing the evolution of test design, architecture, and product over time.
- Ensures predictability, quality, and efficiency in their squad's delivery or deliveries of multiple squads they are overseeing.
- Prioritizes and recognizes the importance of addressing maintenance and technical debt within the automation framework.Escalate challenges that fall outside their control but have an impact on the squad's delivery or deliveries of multiple squads they are overseeing.

**Qualifications**:

- Advance in Test Management, the process of managing the testing activities to ensure high quality and high-end testing of the software.
- Advance in Test Strategy, an outline that describes the testing approach of the software development cycle.
- Advance in Test designing, can analyze potential impact of feature across software, hardware
- Advance in the creation of Test Automation Frameworks, a set of components that facilitate executing tests and comprehensive reporting of test results.
- Advanced level of User Acceptance Testing, the last phase of the software testing process carried out by the user or client to determine whether it can be accepted or not.
- Advance in IT Risk Management, the policies, procedures, and technologies that a company uses to mitigate threats from malicious actors and reduce information technology vulnerabilities.
- Advance in Troubleshooting, systematic process of identifying, diagnosing, and resolving issues or problems that arise in various systems, devices, or processes.
- Expertise in Linux command and DB queries.
- Experience with cross browser testing and expertise in one of Cloud Device solutions like Browserstack and LambdaTest
- Advance Systems Testing, testing conducted on a complete integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements.
- Advance level in at least one of modern programming languages such as, C# and Python.Experienced in leading Testing of large project with multiple stakeholders and dependencies. Has experience in coordinating with tech and non tech teams to find ways to proceed testing.

Additional Information

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like
- Generous group bonus scheme
- Min salary of 54,000 EUR gross depending on experience.
- Group bonus scheme
- Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
- Food vouchers - €136 per month (full-time employee, after probation)
- Benefit is only applicable for Vienna.
- Life assurance - 2x Annual Salary
- Ability to buy holiday
- Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
- Additional “It's Your Game” day off to use at either Christmas or New Year
- Entain & Enhance days - 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
- Share save scheme
- Team Spirit - events (e.g. Action Day, Roo