Senior Member of Technical Staff

Job Description

ROLE DESCRIPTION

In End-User Computing at VMware we are in the business of helping customers bring Business Mobility to reality: transforming their mission critical applications, building and managing the next-generation desktop, and helping industries shift core business processes and operations to drive results only possible in today's mobile environment. With over 45,000 customers around the globe, our End-User Computing team is helping companies deliver work at the speed of life and our technologies are leading what's happening next for users across the enterprise.

You’ll be part of a bright engineering team that has an open communication, empowerment, innovation, teamwork and customer success culture. This is a rewarding position for people who love to solve problems, revel in figuring out complex problems, work with core infrastructure, and have a thirst for learning.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform both manual and automated tests on mobile and web-based applications
• Implement code to streamline automation and reduce cycle times
• Resolve customer escalations/technical issues through diligent research, reproduction, and troubleshooting
• Work directly with technical support staff, quality assurance, engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and administration to resolve problems
• Maintains and improves product quality by completing product audits; investigating customer complaints; collaborating with other members of management to develop new product and engineering designs and training methods
• Partner with engineering teams to stay informed of new technologies being introduced and to ensure that system components are designed for testability.
• Production, high tier and general troubleshooting support

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or equivalent work experience
• Solid track record of challenging projects, showing 8-11 years of experience testing enterprise software
• Good communication Skills – Spoken and Written Japanese & English
• Ability to effectively communicate with customers, managers and other country engineers on technical issues
• Basic knowledges in Relational Databases such as Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL, MySQL, etc.
• Experience in Web Application testing, iOS/Android Mobile Device testing
• Excellent client/server and application troubleshooting skills
• Experience building and executing automated scripts or experience with automation tools such as Appium, Selenium, Cucumber, Ruby etc
• Strong understanding of different software development lifecycles (Waterfall, Agile/SCRUM) along with the ability to effectively leverage change management software solutions
• Experience with BDD and/or TDD (Behavior/Test Driven Development) is a plus
• Experience in building applications using C, C++, Objective C, Java, Kotlin, Swift, C# is a plus
• Experience using Atlassian tools is a plus. (e.g. Stash, JIRA)
• Experience using CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins) is a plus.
• Desire to work in an exciting environment, working on interesting projects and delivering new technologies and products to the marketplace.
• Hard-working with a 'whatever it takes' attitude.

VMware Company Overview: VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com.
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