Sr. QA Engineer - remote

Cie
Posted 4 years ago
Cie reimagines businesses creating innovation and growth opportunities for enterprises and emerging startups. We are invested all the way through. We are a team of builders, self-starters and passionate pioneers looking for the next difference maker to join our team. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in the architecture and programming of our interactive applications and backend systems that support our web and mobile projects. We’re looking for someone who is a creative problem solver, can think out-of-the-box and thrive in a fast-moving, startup environment. This is a hands-on role and will require significant research and technical architecture efforts.  If you are a self-motivated individual with an exceptional level of attention-to-detail…then APPLY HERE!What You Will Have Achieved in a Year:
  • DRIVE TECHNICAL DECISIONS - You will research, evaluate and determine the technical direction for teams and projects throughout the organization across a variety of industries. You will architect and build scalable applications that are used by individuals everywhere.
  • A STARTUP PRO - Our in-house startups will give you the opportunity to put your at-scale experience to use at the ground level when that extra acceleration is needed from the jump! 
  • TECH AGNOSTIC - Our development team is made up of world class engineers from backend(.NET Core), mobile(React Native, Unity, and Xamarin), and front-end(Vue, React, and Angular). By leveraging the latest development technologies, you will always be exposed to something new. 
What You’ll Do:
  • End-to-end ownership of application architecture for web, API and other technical projects
  • Review high-level product requirements for technical feasibility
  • Distill high-level product requirements into technical recommendations(stacks, infrastructure, services)
  • Assist in proposal construction through accurate time estimates &technical recommendations
  • Participate in performing technical due-diligence on existing/legacy code-bases during integration with partners and startups
  • Identify areas of code reusability across projects and across disciplines to develop, maintain and grow a repository of reusable source code in order to increase development velocity
  • Create, maintain and update processes to allow bootstrapping of new technical projects as quickly as possible
  • Assist in building out both the development architecture and underlying infrastructure for a multitude of web-based projects
  • Load and performance test applications and identify areas for optimization across the entire technology stack
  • Be a mentor to more junior developers working on your projects by setting development schedules, delegating tasks, and reviewing code
  • Develop and enforce development standards and best practices for the engineering teams
  • Collaborate with frontend, backend and mobile developers internally and client-side in regard to APIs and integrations with their underlying systems
  • Collaborate with the various department leads(frontend, backend, mobile, QA) on setting up and maintaining auxiliary platforms to assist with development and deployment(continuous integration, automated deploys, etc.)
  • Constantly research changes in the industry as they pertain to software best practices, new technologies and frameworks and everything in between
  • Participate and provide feedback in brainstorming sessions and scoping meetings
  • Work alongside various leads to provide guidance on immediate and long-term strategy towards application development
What You’ll Need to Succeed:  
  • experience developing applications on the .NET framework using C# and other server-side technologies
  • experience developing web applications using ASP.NET MVC and other web server based frameworks
  • experience with MS-SQL creating efficient and effective data models in high transaction environments and writing complex queries
  • experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript utilizing modern web frameworks(Vue.js is a plus!) and build processes
  • experience developing web services using WebAPI
  • experience modeling APIs using RAML or OpenAPI
  • experience with automated builds and deployments(TeamCity, Octopus Deploy or similar technologies)
  • experience utilizing PaaS and IaaS services on AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform
  • extensive experience with Git is required
  • extensive experience with unit and integration testing is required
  • extensive experience with load and performance testing is required
  • extensive experience with development across all application layers(data, business logic, user interface development)
  • comfortable working in an agile-based team environment with a start-up culture
  • proven communication skills and the ability to work with a variety of personality types
  • the drive and ability to learn new technologies and adapt to new projects
  • must be able to clearly communicate technical challenges to business units
  • excellent teamwork skills with an ability to get the work done with minimal supervision
Why Develop at Cie? 
  • Work from anywhere!  We have team members spanning across the U.S. from coast to coast. 
  • Grab all of the latest versions of Microsoft software and resources through your own MSDN Subscription.  
  • Stay on the cutting edge of technology with access to on-demand learning services such as PluralSight. 
  • Speed through development with a powerful MacBook Pro. 
What we offer:  At Cie, we’re looking for bright, independent, collaborative, self-motivated, and experienced people who have a passion for building disruptive companies. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity, and are commensurate with accomplishment. We offer a full suite of benefits.
  • Competitive salary: Based on experience and performance.
  • Ownership:  The right candidate will have the opportunity to work in an exciting start-up environment with accelerated vertical growth. You’ll work with a smart group of driven and talented project and account managers, designers, and developers who have had serial successes.
  • Health/Benefits: Full suite of benefits including Medical, Dental, Visual, Life, Paid Vacation and a 401k.
  • The Right Gear: All the bells and whistles you need to drive results.
  • The Right Culture: We are remote…for now! In your future be prepared for: frequent team events and friendly competition. Yeah, we love ping pong too. Tourney day is right around the corner…