Software Engineer in Test, Platform Services - remote

ReCharge Payments
Posted 4 years ago
We Work Remotely

Overview

Our Platform Services team is looking for a Software Engineer in Test to work on improving test automation and coverage for our software as a service platform. In this role you'll be responsible for test automation and framework development for our Platform Services teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong automation testing background in addition to experience in feature development.

Our stack includes: Python, Flask, PyTest, ES6, Vue.js, Sass, Webpack, Redis, Docker, GCP, Cloud Functions, Terraform, Ansible, Nginx, Snowflake, Looker, Matillion

What You’ll Do

  • Live by and champion our values: #day-one, #ownership, #empathy, #humility.
  • Be part of a team working closely with other engineers and product managers in rolling out enhancements and new features across ReCharge.
  • Build out automation frameworks and observability features to help integrate automated tests seamlessly into current development processes.
  • Measure and enhance reliability, availability, and throughput of core platform services serving millions of customers.
  • Drive quality across the team by constantly building easy-to-use test frameworks and empowering developers to move towards test driven development (TDD).
  • Work with real world problems faced in scaling the business, suggest innovations, enhancements and work with the team in implementing and rolling them out.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams across the company to build new features or update existing ones at scale.
  • Champion good habits (development techniques, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and agile habits) within your team;improve testing standards, tooling, and processes.
  • Debug production and test environment issues across multiple levels of the stack.

What You’ll Bring

  • Typically, 4-6 years of relevant systems testing and feature development experience in fast paced environments
  • Knowledge of one or more languages like: Python, Ruby, Go, Nodejs
  • Ideally proficient with Python, Flask and collaborative tools like Git
  • Some experience with automation frameworks
  • Experience with build tools like: Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab
  • Experience with messaging systems like: RabbitMQ or Kafka
  • Self driven;a passion for taking ownership of your work and delivering outcomes
  • Ability to work remotely and desire to make an impact at a start-up
  • Excellent communication skills, a team player with a ‘winning as a team’ attitude
  • Strong computer science fundamentals - data structures and algorithms
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience desired