Lead Automation Engineer

Reputation.com; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Development Engineer in Test, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of innovative software solutions. This position allows you to work within a self-organized agile team, contributing to the development of automated testing frameworks and enhancing automation coverage. With a commitment to excellence and a culture that values teamwork, you will be empowered to make a significant impact on the quality of products used by leading organizations. If you are passionate about quality assurance and eager to grow in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career growth with paid training tuition opportunities

Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Accident/Disability Insurance

Car Lease Program

Maternity & Paternity Leave

Employee Recharge days

Company observed holidays

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in automation and manual testing.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript for UI and API automation.
• Experience with testing frameworks like Selenium and WebDriverIO.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated tests to ensure software quality.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to identify quality issues.
• Provide training and guidance to junior testing team members.

Skills

Automation Testing

Manual Testing

JavaScript

TypeScript

UI Automation

API Automation

BDD

Java

Python

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

WebDriverIO

Protractor

Selenium

Docker

Postman

JIRA

Git

Job description

Why Work at Reputation?

• Reputation reached over $100m in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in 2022 and continues to grow worldwide.

• We've raised over $200 million in funding from A-list venture capital firms such as Bessemer Venture Partner and Kleiner Perkins, including $150 million in equity financing from Marlin Equity Partners in January 2022.

• Reputation is trusted by more than 250 partners, including Google, Facebook, Salesforce, J.D. Power, Amazon and Web.com.

• Our industry leading platform has been recognized by Forrester and Gartner as a vendor of choice in Voice of the Customer, Customer Feedback Management, and Social Suites research reports.

• The platform is used by 10+ major automotive OEMs and 16,000 auto dealerships, more than 250 healthcare systems, and over 100 leading property management firms.

• Our executive management team is committed to building a performance-based culture where excellence is rewarded and careers are developed.

• Who thrives at Reputation? Managers who embody a player-coach mentality. Employees who value teamwork and cross-functional collaboration. People who emphasize perseverance and hustle over quick wins and luck.

• Our Mission: We exist to forge relationships between companies and communities.

Job Summary :

A Software Development Engineer in Test position is a role model for excellence in quality assurance and quality control of software solutions. Is part of a self-organized agile team and interacts with team members on release deliverables. Is responsible for setting up Production & QA environments with minimal support. Is hands-on and capable of writing and maintaining the test automation scripts along with developing and maintaining the test automation frameworks. Participates in reviews of automated and manual tests and has the drive to enhance automation coverage thereby minimizing manual testing. Provides inputs in defect triage meetings and assists team members in troubleshooting the root cause of complex customer issues. Assists team members in supporting customer and implementation-related issues.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to System test methodologies, test plans and highly effective test automation by creating and executing automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios.

• Create and setup test scenarios and test data as needed.

• Write code to simulate tests and to build various testing tools, by working alongside other engineers and championing code quality principles; Deliverables will include code builds and documented test results.

• Participate in tool analysis, create proof of concept models, and make recommendations to support the tools selection process.

• Participate in reviews (walkthroughs) of technical specifications and program code with other members of the engineering team, communicating design, requirements, feature set, functionality and limitations of systems/applications to the team.

• Proactively involved with product managers right from inception through functional validation to launch, while always looking for potential quality issues/bugs and offering triaging and root cause analysis capabilities to the engineers.

• Provides cross-training and education to test personnel as required.

• Assists in the collection of test metrics, understands the trends, and suggests appropriate corrective actions.

• Identifies and reports software defects in an appropriate manner and follows the defined defect lifecycle.

• Follows standard development processes and procedures.

• Work with various teams to promote QA processes, practices and standardization.

• Provides training, guidance, and feedback to testing team members.

• Proactively notifies of impediments to commitments.

• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualification & Experience:

• 5-10 Years of experience as Automation Engineer dealing with Automation Testing, Manual Testing and performance optimization of enterprise grade applications

• Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, UI Automation and API Automation is must

• Experience with BDD (Behavior Driven Development)

• Proficient with one or more of the following languages: Java or Python

• Strong experience working with testing frameworks and tools like WebDriverIO, Protractor, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, etc..

• Hands-on experience in WebDriverIO, Protractor, Mocha, Chai, Jest, Puppeteer, or Cypress is preferred

• Hands-on working experience with Docker is a plus

• Working knowledge of Postman

• Hands-on experience with RestAsured or SuperTest

• Experience with Shell Scripting is preferred

• Experience in testing APIs, complex backend distributed/cloud enabled applications

• Experience with NoSQL DB, preferably MongoDB (or) SQL DB

• Hands-on experience in GCP/AWS/Azure technologies, preferably in GCP.

• Understanding on micro-services is preferred

• Integrate test automation with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines in collaboration with DevOps

• Knowledge on Message Brokers, preferably RabbitMQ and Google Pub/Sub

• Understanding of Testing Techniques (e.g. Performance, Unit, Integration, etc..), their strengths and weakness, and ability to use them to best effect

• Should have good troubleshooting and root cause analysis for issues

• Understanding and ability to Develop tests, Run tests, Find defects, and Log defects effectively

• Experience testing with containers, cloud, virtualization, and configuration management.

• Collaborate with other developers across multiple departments

• Utilize repositories and tracking systems such as Git, Confluence, and JIRA for documentation, test scripts, test results, configuration, and supporting data

• Willingness to own a Project/Module and drive the QA Efforts for it

• Proficient with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, QA methodologies, Defect Management System, and Documentation.

• Understanding of Functional Test methods/Test automation (SDET skills) and different phases of testing: System Integration, System Testing & User Acceptance Testing

When you join Reputation, you can expect:

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Career growth with paid training tuition opportunities.

• Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to engage with.

• An equitable work environment.

Our employees say it best:

According to Glassdoor, 94% of our employees approve of our CEO, Joe Burton .

Our employees highlight our:

• Ample Opportunities- “There are many opportunities to learn and grow. Many open roles are replaced with internal promotions.”

• Positive Culture- “Great opportunity and exceptional culture.” “You will never have a better culture anywhere else. Period.”

• Training and Tools- “All managers truly want you to succeed, and you are given great tools and training to be successful in your role.”

• Balance- “Great work life balance and awesome team environment!”

Diversity Programs & Initiatives:

Our Reputation Nation spans around the world. This global perspective allows us to intentionally unlock the magic that comes from diversity of experience to contribute to our success.

At Reputation, we believe in:

• Diversity: Embracing a culture that values uniqueness.

• Inclusion: Inviting diverse groups to take part in company life.

• Belonging: Helping each individual feel accepted for who they are.

"At Reputation, we see diversity and inclusion as the foundation for an equitable workplace. Our goal is to empower all of our employees, regardless of their background, to make an impact in their work each and every day." - Joe Burton, CEO, Reputation

Additionally, we offer a variety of benefits and perks, such as:

• Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits: Group Health Insurance: Medical Insurance with floater policy of up to 10,00,000 for employee + spouse + 2 dependent children + 2 parents / parent-in-laws

• Maternity Benefits: Medical insurance up to 75,000 INR, 26 weeks of leave for birth, adoption or surrogacy

• Life Insurance: Insurance at 3x annual cost to the company (Term Insurance, GPA)

• Accident/Disability Insurance: Insured at 3x base salary for permanent total disability, permanent partial disability and temporary total disability (GPA)

• OPD: of 7500 per annum per employee

Leaves

• 10 Company observed holidays a year (Refer to the Holiday Calendar for the Year)

• 12 Casual/Sick leaves (Pro-rata calculated)

• 02 Earned Leaves per Month (Pro-rata calculated)

• 04 Employee Recharge days (aka company holiday/office closed)

• Maternity & Paternity (6 months)

• Bereavement Leave (10 Days)

Car Lease:
Reputation offers Car Lease Program that allows employees to lease a car with no upfront cost or down payment. They benefit from a fixed monthly lease rental and 20-30% tax savings.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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