Software Engineer In Test (Remote From Anywhere from GMT-5 to GMT+3)
DataMilk, Turkey
Job Description
Who are we?
We are a venture-backed startup founded by ex-Googler data enthusiasts and built by talented people all over the world. Our mission is to fix the internet with effective user experiences that leverage AI.
We enable commerce websites to increase their effectiveness through AI driven user experiences. Every company should be able to provide Amazon, Netflix, and TikTok level effectiveness without a massive AI team. Our customers love us because we increase their revenue with little effort and they don’t pay unless we deliver results.
The company raised $5 million from big_bets, RTP Global, and Angel Invest, with participation from Matthew Freud and the founders of digital commerce platform VTEX.
Why Join Us?
We are just about to enter a growth phase in the business which means we’re aggressively increasing our headcounts primarily across engineering and AI departments. The team size is about 40 people. You’ll work in close conjunction with the founding leadership - CTO and CEO, VP infrastructure, data science, and machine learning leaders.
Remote all the way
Forget the commute, work from anywhere in the world with other amazing people, enjoy getting together in person in beautiful places like our last get-together in Rio De Janeiro.
Who are you?
You have leadership skills and like to understand and work closely with the business, are curious, skeptical, humble, and ambitious at the same time. You believe the ultimate way to prove a solution is with Data.
When interfacing with a business you summarize possible outcomes and options, their strengths and weaknesses. Nobody can predict the future. Seeing and articulating some of the possible paths is what you do well.
The Role
We have a very exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer in Test to take the Lead Role in our Automation Strategy and Implementation.
This is a pivotal role that genuinely offers an exciting opportunity to focus on taking the Test Automation Framework to the next level, make strategic decisions, think critically and most importantly get things done.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and maintain an Automation Test Strategy
- Design, plan, implement, and automate test plans along with the engineering team.
- Use and enhance the Testing Frameworks for both API and UI type tests, to write Automation Tests and integrate with existing CI/CD tools.
- Use standard best practices with an eye on extensibility, performance and organized amp; documented in a clear and understandable way for ease of maintenance.
- Collaborate closely with QA, Engineering, and Product Teams to understand the priority of Automation and Coverage required
- Work with the QA and Dev team to upskill people to write amp; maintain Automation Scripts
- Maintenance and Analysis of tests build a Test Results Dashboard for easy results evaluation
- Follow the shift left philosophy so that the majority of our testing effort is early and at the lower end of the Testing Pyramid (I.e. Dev/CI/CD)
- Configure and maintain test environments amp; test data
- Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
Requirements
- 5+ years experience with test plan/test case authoring, developing automated tests and creating defect tickets when issues are found.
- Proven experience in Setting up and writing UI/API tests
- Understand CI/CD Principles
- Understands web development principles and well versed in the request-response cycle.
- Experience testing web-based applications.
- Understands Unit, Integration and E2E testing principles.
- Experience in devising, managing and implementing effective testing strategies
- Strong experience with typical Automation Languages using TypeScript/JavaScript
- 4+ years experience with Selenium, Cypress, or equivalent
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies amp; tools
- Knowledge of distributed version control systems such as Git
Personal traits
- Self-motivated and can work autonomously
- Can think strategically and critically
- Plans and develops code independently with minimal guidance keeping all the relevant stakeholders informed about status and progress.
- Genuine interest in Quality Assurance and learning the Product under test
- Passionate and demonstrates ownership of deliverables for timely releases
- Ability to not just implement but also document, train and upskill others
- Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
- Interested in learning new tools amp; processes and rolling it out to others
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