Principal Software Developer

Job summary

You will be responsible for functional and non-functional testing of cloud-native products while collaborating with development and product management teams. Additionally, you will drive test automation strategies and mentor team members within a scaled Agile environment.

Job details

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community. The Role AspenTech is looking for a talented and experienced Developer with Quality background to join our Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) organization. In this role, you will be responsible for functional and nonfunctional testing (Performance and Automation testing) of cloud-native products deployed in hyperscalers and on-prem nodes. You will gather functional requirements, information, and data to proactively drive best practices from a quality perspective into the product while collaborating with our front-end and backend software developers and Product Management. As part of the EOP team, you will be a member of an Agile development team responsible for the delivery of next-generation industrial software solutions. These solutions will provide a software-defined, data-centric, flexible platform which enables automation for AspenTech’s diverse customer base. This role’s contributions have highly visible impacts on the success and scalability of our software offerings to our customers. Our organization and product are positioned in the market to grow at a rapid pace over the next decade with varied opportunities for career growth. Your Impact Actively participate with team members as part of a scaled Agile organization. Take high level strategic requirements and work with a team to refine them into actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria. Deliver a high-quality product by creating manual and automated tests including test environments, installations, upgrades and configuration in accordance with technical specifications. Develop and perform Unit, Integration, End to End and Performance testing within an iterative agile environment. Drive and shape the test automation strategy across API, UI, system, and integration layers, balancing hands-on contribution with technical leadership. Act as a technical authority for automated testing, guiding design decisions, best practices, and test architecture across teams. Maintain and execute performance scalability and stress testing. Contribute to a culture of accountability and collaboration across a variety of support, development, security, and product teams. Continually demonstrate adherence to security best practices and compliance requirements. Demonstrate effective communication skills as a participant in a variety of Agile ceremonies. What You'll Need A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 8-12 years of experience in software development or in software testing. Language requirement: French: A1 (advanced). English level C1 (advanced), the position requires interactions with international clients Working experience with test automation, performance, databases, and test tools. Advanced knowledge of at least one modern operating system. You demonstrate strong proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages. Practical, working experience with some of the following: Automated testing frameworks: Playwright. Databases: MongoDB, Postgres, MSSQL. Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Python, Lua. JavaScript Frameworks: Angular, React. Continuous Integration: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions. Cloud: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform. Operating Systems: Windows, Linux. Observability and Monitoring: OpenTelemetry Identity and access management: OAuth 2.0, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Data platforms and integrations: Inmation, Aveva PI Connect, Microsoft Fabric Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, services, architecture, and container orchestration. Familiarity with concepts such as networks, databases, servers, communications, and information security. Experience with Agile development frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum. Strong personal project management skills; able to be self-directed and capable of working effectively in an environment with a high degree of change. Strong technical leadership skills with a willingness to coach and mentor team members. Strong object-oriented design and debugging skills. Willingness to contribute ideas and solutions while honoring and supporting the ideas of others. Passionate about finding creative solutions to problems, and pride in well-crafted code.

What you’ll do

You will be responsible for functional and non-functional testing of cloud-native products while collaborating with development and product management teams. Additionally, you will drive test automation strategies and mentor team members within a scaled Agile environment.

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and 8-12 years of experience in software development or testing. Proficiency in modern programming languages, cloud-native technologies, and test automation frameworks is required.

Benefits

• Career development programs
• Community service projects
• Social events

Listed skills

• Microsoft Azure · Preferred
• Kubernetes · Preferred
• Docker · Preferred
• Scrum · Preferred
• JavaScript · Preferred
• Agile · Preferred
• TypeScript · Preferred
• Java · Preferred
• C++ · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Software testing
• Test automation
• Performance testing
• Cloud-native technologies
• Java
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• C#
• Python
• Azure
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Agile
• Scrum
• API testing
• Technical leadership
• Project Management
• Microsoft SQL Servers
• Communication
• Agile Methodology
• Operations
• English Language
• Java (Programming Language)
• Self-Discipline
• Relationship Building
• French Language
• Scrum (Software Development)
• Accountability
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Python (Programming Language)
• Software Engineering
• Software Testing
• Test Automation
• Balancing (Ledger/Billing)
• Microsoft Azure
• Technical Leadership
• Observability
• Scalability
• Microsoft Fabric
• Computer Science
• Automation
• Effective Communication
• Operating Systems
• Docker (Software)
• Linux
• Programming Languages
• Debugging
• PostgreSQL
• JavaScript (Programming Language)
• React.js (Javascript Library)

Job areas

• Software
• Technology
• Engineering
• Principal Software Engineer
• Software Developer / Engineer
• Software Developers

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