Test Engineer

Retail Innovation Inc; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Retail Innovation Inc, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, is seeking a Test Engineer who owns problems end to end—from initial Allure Report prototypes to late-night pager calls. The role emphasizes ownership, adaptability, and the ability to operate effectively in a temporary schedule.

You will reproduce hard-to-crack bugs, ship fast, and scale data pipelines while driving testing, security, and observability best practices. A mentor and benefits package accompany the offer.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years steering technology projects end to end.
• Senior-level judgment about when to escalade and when to absorb.
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Reproduce the hardworking bug from the Fairbanks field report, then make it impossible again
• Ship Selenium experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Defend Retail Innovation Inc uptime through the 2 a.m. Fairbanks pages nobody volunteers for
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with API Testing
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Retail Innovation Inc products
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Build the TestComplete tooling that makes every other Fairbanks engineer faster
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Retail Innovation Inc

Job description

At Retail Innovation Inc, the Test Engineer owns the problem end to end, from the first Allure Report prototype to the 3 a.m. pager that never rings. Consider the trade: your 6 years of Adaptability for $125,000 - $170,000, a temporary schedule, and ownership most shops never offer.

Key Responsibilities

• Reproduce the hardworking bug from the Fairbanks field report, then make it impossible again
• Ship Selenium experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Defend Retail Innovation Inc uptime through the 2 a.m. Fairbanks pages nobody volunteers for
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with API Testing
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Retail Innovation Inc products
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Build the TestComplete tooling that makes every other Fairbanks engineer faster
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Retail Innovation Inc

What You'll Bring

• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• 5 or more years steering technology projects end to end
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to escalade and when to absorb
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to senior leadership
• Experience at the senior level inside a temporary role

Retail Innovation Inc is an underdog-spirited Fairbanks, AK company born from the belief that technology tools should respect the people using them. We'd rather coach a purpose-led learner than babysit a brilliant jerk, every single time.

Yours for the taking: $125,000 - $170,000, a mentor, a benefits plan, and the room to grow your Emotional Intelligence and Adaptability side by side.

This is an open, funded role that we intend to fill in the coming weeks.