Apprentice Software Engineer in Test at Octanner in Salt Lake City, UT

Apprentice Software Engineer in Test Location: USA - Utah-Salt Lake City-Headquarters O.C. Tanner is the global leader in software and services that improve workplace culture through meaningful employee experiences. Our Culture Cloud is a suite of apps designed to enhance the employee experience with strategic recognition, service awards, wellbeing, leadership, and events that help people thrive at work. Our Culture by Design approach provides expert services to organizations looking to create great workplaces. Our global team of 1,500 people hail from 58 countries and speak 62 languages. As programmers, researchers, designers, client professionals and craftspeople we create the tech, tools and awards that connect employees to purpose at thousands of companies. Join us as we help people all over the world thrive at work. In this apprentice role, you'll help maintain testing coverage and quality for our Core Financial team -- building and executing tests, diagnosing failures, and contributing to automation under the guidance of senior engineers. Responsibilities Build and maintain tests for financial applications Test new software functionality and create test plans Diagnose root causes of software failures Write and regularly execute automated tests Execute manual test cases Maintain test cases within a test case management system Take on varied testing tasks as needed Desired Skills / Experience Proficiency in at least one programming language (Ruby and/or Python preferred) Knowledge of object-oriented programming techniques Knowledge of test engineering methodologies Experience in front end testing, API testing, and database validation Understanding of agile/lean methodologies An understanding of data-intensive applications that deal with financials Great oral and written communication skills Advanced problem-solving abilities Constructive, detail-oriented, and collaborative approach