Senior Software Development Engineer in Test New

Arkestro, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401K matching

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

Arkestro, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to advance our QE processes and support expanding capabilities of the Arkestro platform. You will identify defects, report discrepancies, and help ensure software quality across the SDLC.

You will build regression automation, perform multiple testing types, and collaborate with product and customer teams to improve testing strategies and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software QA experience.
• 5+ years of automated testing experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build regression automation scripts to support app functionality.
• Manual testing to validate accuracy against criteria.
• Execute smoke, regression, integration, and performance testing.

Skills

QA experience

Automated testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jest/Puppeteer/Playwright

Postman

JMeter

GitHub Actions

Datadog

PagerDuty

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

United States

About Arkestro

Arkestro's Predictive Procurement Platform applies AI, game theory, and behavioral science to enterprise negotiations. It moves teams away from reactive supplier bidding toward data-driven offers that reduce friction and help both buyers and suppliers reach better outcomes faster.

Arkestro helps procurement teams influence more enterprise spend and uncover savings that traditional sourcing approaches often leave behind by applying predictive intelligence to how sourcing events are designed and executed.

We’re a hyper-growth company looking for people who take ownership and are comfortable working through complexity. This is a tremendous opportunity if you want to do meaningful work and help shape how large enterprises run procurement… Arkestro is a place where you can have a big impact. See Arkestro in action at arkestro.com .

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced SDET with a strong test background to continue to help us develop our QE processes and support the team building increased capabilities and enhancements to our Arkestro platform. We need someone who will be responsible for finding and reporting software defects and identifying discrepancies between specification and system behavior.

Responsibilities

• Build regression automation scripts that support app functionality
• Manually test software for validation and accuracy based on defined set of criteria
• Execute smoke, regression, integration, performance and other testing types to ensure proper behavior of software
• Record detailed documentation of feature behavior
• Record pass/fails conditions of tests and correlates failures to bug identification
• Identifies and escalates any risk to quality of the product or the process
• Collaborates with the product team to ensure quality throughout the SDLC and product release cycles
• Collaborates with customer-facing teams to incorporate user feedback in the testing strategy
• Participate in refinement and estimations of effort to promote accurate planning
• Utilize Github to maintain automation repositories, run custom scripts, and facilitate automated quality practices
• Participate in On-Call rotation

Required Qualifications:

• At least 5 years experience in a software quality assurance role
• At least 5 years experience in automated testingStrong written and verbal communication skills
• Possess a mindset focused on holistic quality

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest/Puppeteer, Playwright, Postman, Jmeter or any other object-oriented based automated testing framework
• Experience with testing support functionalities such as Github Actions, Lambdatest, Sendgrid, Datadog, PagerDuty
• Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes
• Background in data-based testing and/or security-based testing
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant experience

Pay Range

$135,000 - $165,000 USD

Arkestro offers our employees great benefits and perks, including, but not limited to:

• Competitive salary and startup equity
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance premiums covered up to 100% (employee only)
• 401K discretionary employer matching
• Unlimited PTO
• A remote-first team with regular opportunities to get together in person for team building, design sprints, and customer visits
• Annual budget of $1,000 for learning and professional development
• Diverse, inclusive, highly collaborative, and vibrant culture

Arkestro is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Disclaimer

Please note this job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Arkestro reserves the right to change duties, responsibilities and activities at any time with or without notice.

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As set forth in Arkestro's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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