Senior Quality Engineer SDET at Hilton Global in Memphis, Tennessee

Job Description:

From smartphone capabilities like Digital Key to Hilton Connected Room that allow for integrated entertainment, temperature, and lighting controls, Hilton’s Global Technology team is responsible for creating the hospitality experience of the future – for our guests, owners, and Team Members. Through innovative technology development and deployment, this team ensures Hilton has the technology needed to support our continued global growth while remaining at the forefront of hospitality technology innovation.

What will I be doing?

As the Senior Associate Quality Engineer Software Development Engineer in Testing (SDET), you will be a pivotal member of an Agile team working closely with product owners, front end developers, backend developers, and functional QE team to drive a successful automated testing strategy. This role is responsible for delivering quality software via test automation. The Senior Associate Quality Engineer SDET works like a developer to automate different functionalities requiring testing in multiple environments that satisfy the end-user/customer requirements.

• Automate Salesforce (Highly customized Classic and Lightning Platforms) applications.


• Extensive code coverage through testing automation


• Build, deploy and manage the application individually


• Partner with the development, program management and design teams regarding technical implementation and user scenarios


• Collaborate with the development team to understand architecture and service layer requirements


• Develop system and system integration test automation architecture and strategy


• Work with Page object model automation framework, suggesting improvements as appropriate


• Create workflows for integrating different system automation scripts


• Write reusable functions, both application independent and application dependent


• Debug existing scripts and interpret log files for maintenance


• Create and execute SQL queries and validate databases using an automation tool


• Work closely with developers and testers as needed to create and maintain scripts, and log defects


• Quickly learn and understand API services and existing applications that are undergoing upgrades

What are we looking for?

We seek self-starters, who are passionate about hospitality and who love to have the opportunity to create branding improvements. We believe the success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

• Passion for brands, owners, and hotel leaders


• Experience working with theories, concepts, and tactics


• Partnering with cross-functional teams


• Experience with data analysis, interpretation, identifying insights, and developing recommendations.


• Experience with strategy development, building business cases, gaining internal/external consensus, driving implementation, backed by a track record of consistently achieving timelines and results.


• High quality and detail orientation backed by strong written, verbal, MS Office, and presentation skills.


• Leadership and influencing skills


• Strong communication skills

To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of professional experience


• Two (2) years of managerial experience


• Strong project management skills, highly organized and a consistent record on working with large, sophisticated projects with multiple partners and cross-functional teams.


• Can travel up to 20% (domestic and limited international)

It would be helpful in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:

• Bachelor’s degree or on the job equivalent experience


• Three (3) years of hospitality experience


• Three (3) years developing annual plans, corporate budgets, narratives, project planning, forecasts, and strategic roadmaps for large enterprises

What is it like working for Hilton?

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces.

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members, so they can Thrive, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton travel discount program. Hilton prioritizes understanding and integrating our Team Members’ unique perspectives and voices—along with those of our Guests, Owners, Suppliers, and Partners—to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment for all. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton! 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of his or her role, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.