Software Test Engineer - Automation Specialist

Singlewire Software, LLC; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Singlewire Software, LLC, based in Madison, Wisconsin, seeks a smart, creative software tester to help test new safety and notification features for InformaCast and related tooling.

You will write clean automated API and UI tests, maintain test suites, and collaborate across engineering, product, and operations to improve reliability as we scale our incident management platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline.
• 2+ years of software testing experience.
• 2+ years of test automation experience.
• Proficiency in a scripting language (Groovy or Python).
• Experience with UI automation: Playwright.
• Experience with test specification: Spock.
• Experience with delivery/deployment: GitLab CI, Jenkins.
• Experience testing distributed systems and API layers.

Responsibilities

• Find and document bugs in everything you look at, with or without automation.
• Write clean, reusable automated API and UI tests.
• Maintain existing test suites, investigate failures, and improve test reliability.
• Create and improve tooling to effectively test our system at scale.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to decide on features, design, tech, and architecture.
• Contribute to internal documentation about the product.

Skills

Bug finding & reporting

Test strategy development

Independent problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Groovy

Python

Playwright

Spock

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Who We Are

Singlewire Software, based in Madison, Wisconsin, is dedicated to shaping a future where every organization can protect its people with confidence. We deliver innovative solutions, including InformaCast critical communication and incident management software, the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, and Visitor Aware visitor and safety management software.

Our technology helps organizations instantly reach the right people, coordinate responses, and manage critical events to empower schools, healthcare systems, manufacturers, enterprises, and public organizations to create safer environments.

Just as important as what we build is how we work. We're a collaborative, supportive team that cares deeply about our mission, our customers, and each other.

The Opportunity

We're looking for smart, creative, and driven engineers to test new safety and notification features for InformaCast, to solve difficult test automation problems, and to improve the speed and reliability with which we release new features to our customers.

InformaCast covers a wide technical footprint: cloud and on-premises notification delivery, incident management for active emergencies, wearable panic button hardware (BLE/LoRaWAN), mobile/desktop applications, IP phone/speaker integrations, and enterprise-scale administrative tools.

What You Will Do

• Find and document bugs in everything you look at, with or without automation
• Write clean, reusable automated API and UI tests
• Maintain existing test suites, investigate failures, and improve test reliability
• Create and improve tooling to effectively test our system at scale
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to make decisions on features, design, technology, and architecture
• Contribute to internal documentation about the product

What We Are Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education/experience).
• Experience:
• 2+ years experience in software testing
  • Demonstrated prowess at bug finding and reporting
  • Proven ability to develop test strategies independently
• 2+ years experience in test automation
  • Proficiency in a scripting language like Groovy or Python
  • Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automated tests
• Demonstrated ability to solve technical problems independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with any of the following technologies:
  • UI automation: Playwright
  • Test specification: Spock
  • Delivery and deployment: GitLab CI, Jenkins
• Experience in functional non-UI test automation, e.g. at the API layer
• Experience in testing distributed systems at scale
• Experience in performance or scale testing of large systems

Our Culture

At Singlewire, we believe what we do truly matters. We're passionate about protecting people and helping organizations respond when it counts. We're a team of collaborators who support each other, work hard toward shared goals, and celebrate successes together.