Senior Software Engineer In Test - Big Data

Definitive Healthcare is a global healthcare technology company that provides leading intelligence on the healthcare provider market.

We are on an incredibly exciting trajectory and have more than doubled in size in the past 2 years, with over 600 employees. We have been recently honored by multiple surveys as the Best Place to Work and one of the 10 fastest-growing private companies. Our motivated and high-energy workforce is collaborative, kind, and engaged, which has led to exceptional retention rates.

Monocl recently joined the Definitive Healthcare enterprise as well. It empowers life science professionals with the complete global expert solution designed to drive impactful outreach and strategic engagement

This is your chance to be a part of a journey where you can develop a product that will truly affect and transform the life science industry.

Your Challenge
Definitive Healthcare’s products are developed with a focus on uncompromising quality and attention to detail. We need your help to accomplish this through a variety of responsibilities. As a Senior Software Test Engineer – Big Data, you will support the ongoing development and maintenance of our data warehousing systems and data marts. Through your efforts, you’ll be making valuable contributions to the continuous transformation and improvement of our information systems. Collaborating with key stakeholders, you will understand business requirements and data mapping to develop effective test plans, test cases/technical scripts, conduct reviews and execute test cases. Through a combination of automated and manual testing you will be responsible for ensuring that all users of Definitive Healthcare’s products have a seamless, consistent, and predictable experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Be a system thinker; develop subject matter expertise and understand the ways users use our products
• Create and maintain test scripts, perform end to end testing and detailed data analysis on Data Lake/ Data Warehouse system
• Write advanced Spark SQL/ ANSI SQL queries for Data Lake/Warehousing testing and prepare test automation strategies and execute them
• Provide input and support big data testing initiatives
• Defect Management, including defect creation, test case/script updates, and interaction with data engineers for clarification and issue resolution
• Partner with the Product Owners (to provide feedback and suggestions for improvement of requirements), Developers (to ensure the delivery of a high-quality product), and DevOps (to incorporate test automation suites into our delivery pipeline)
• Conduct project post implementation reviews to identify lessons learned and actions for continuous improvement
• Escalate, in timely manner, any conflicts and issues and provide input for resolution
• Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of Data Lake/Warehouse testing experience with strong PL/SQL or Spark Scala skills
• Experience testing backend, focusing on complex SQL queries
• Experience testing various file formats like JSON, Parquet, etc.
• Experience with a scripting languages like Java, Python, etc. 
• Strong knowledge on Data Lake, Azure, ETL, Data Warehouse, Data Factory Tools
• 5+ years of experience in software testing practices and methodologies, inclusive of working knowledge of software test automation
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology (Agile/Scrum)
• Experience with Continuous Integration Test Management tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub, etc.
• Experience with Document Management tools like SharePoint
• Strong written and oral communication skills, along with the ability to interact professionally with a diverse range of technical and non-technical team members
• Fastidious attention to detail and a desire to deliver high quality products

Finishing touches (nice to have):

• Experience in Healthcare IT
• 3+ years of experience in developing service API test automation solutions or cross browser UI test automation tools or any other functional automation tools such as Selenium, QTP, accelQ, etc.
• Experience with test planning and test execution of web and non-web applications

Why we love Definitive, and why you will too!

• Industry leading products
• Work hard, and have fun doing it
• Incredibly fast growth means limitless opportunity
• Flexible and dynamic culture
• Work alongside some of the most talented and dedicated teammates
• Definitive Cares, our community service group, gives all of us a chance to give back
• Competitive benefits package including great healthcare benefits and a 401(k) match

What our Employees are saying about us on Glassdoor: 

 “Great Work atmosphere, great work life balance, excellent company to work for, amazing top notch product, incredible customer service, lots of tools to help you succeed.”

-Business Development Manager

“Great team. Amazing growth. Employees are treated very well.”

-Research Analyst

“I have waited 36 years to work at a dream job for a dream company and I am so happy to have finally got there.”

-Profile Analyst

If you don’t fit all of these qualifications, but believe you’re still a great fit, feel free to apply and tell us why in your cover letter.

Definitive Hiring Philosophy

Definitive Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status. If you’re interested in working in a fast growing, exciting working environment – we encourage you to apply!

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