Senior quality control engineer job description

Are you ready to join our mission to improve the health of people and the planet? Do you have a passion for science and the transformational role that enzymes are playing? Come be part of our team at Codexis, Inc. We are a leading enzyme engineering company leveraging our proprietary CodeEvolver technology platform to discover and develop novel, high performance enzymes and novel biotherapeutics.
We are looking to hire a Senior Software QC/QA Engineer to join our Computational Biology team.

If any of the below describes you, we would love to meet you!

+ Do you enjoy problem solving and take initiative seeking ways to optimize existing processes?

+ Are you passionate about engineering proteins to change the world and improve the quality of life?

+ Are you able to think creatively to develop out of the box solutions to reach your goals?

+ Do you thrive in a diverse and collaborative team environment?

In this role you will be responsible to:

+ Build, maintain, and run a continuous integration server, including writing test plans and Java unit, integration, functional, and coverage tests for both the server side and the client

+ Work closely with a small group of developers, being responsible for running our scientific software to identify bugs, write scripts to validate our software, and compile/deploy our software

+ Work internally and with our partners to help prepare, install, and validate our software in their environmen t

+ Produce software runtime and installation documentation

+ Identify bugs in desktop and server environments

+ Write test cases for evaluating software products

+ Build and validate software from a source code control system (subversion and git

+ Build and maintain a continuous integration and deployment server

+ Create and maintain Docker container configuration, build, and run file

+ Expertise with managing versions using version control software (subversion and git)

+ Capable of communicating with software developers to resolve issues in a timely fashion

+ Work with partners for the installation of software at a customer site, and provide periodic help desk support to those partner s

+ Identify risks to test planning and escalate risks to project manager

+ Inclination to analyze and debug test failures involving integration with third-party applications and frameworks

To be successful in this role, your background and experience should include:

+ Requires an Associates or BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related scientific or technical discipline

+ At least 4 years of on-the-job QA/QC experience

+ Knowledge of 3-tier architectures a plus, including one or more of the following architectures and/or languages: SQL, NoSQL, Python, R, REST, Docker, Java, J2EE, desktop application user interface toolkits (Swing, JavaFX)

+ Expertise with Jenkins or other Java build and integration environments

+ Expertise with Subversion and git

+ Experience with bug tracking

+ Experience working in Linux and Windows environments

+ Experience with test methodologies including writing functional unit, integration, system and regression test cases for server and browser-based, Java Swing, Java FX clients, and REST APIs.

+ Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium or Squish and building and maintaining data-driven test automation tools and frameworks

+ Experience with ISO compliance a plus

+ Developed practices identifying and clearly documenting defect and requirement discrepancies using bug tracking tools

+ Knowledge of Java, Python, SQL, bash, and Javascript. Knowledge of R optional but a plus.

+ Exposure to Bioinformatics, Biology, Structural Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or similar field

+ Excellent written and oral communication skills

+ A team player that is comfortable collaborating with software developers and scientists

+ Strong organizational skills

+ Detail oriented and meticulous note taker

+ Patient, with the ability to work through customer errors

What can Codexis offer you? (besides an amazing and collaborative culture?)

+ Full benefits on your first day

+ 100% match on 401k (up to 4%)

+ Generous flex time off

+ Fitness reimbursement

+ Free fitness classes

+ Back up child/dependent care

+ Commuter vouchers

+ Student loan assistance

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Codexis is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status.

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