Staff Software Engineer in Test, Teachable

• 5+ years of combined experience in Software Development and Quality Engineering
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in object-oriented design and development with exposure to working with databases Experienced in writing code in an object-oriented programming language
• The ability to create/enhance testing frameworks (keyword-driven/data-driven/BDD/hybrid) and can articulate their pros and cons in a particular context
• The adeptness to navigate a distributed system (microservices) and applying testing at the appropriate levels associated with it
• Competence in leveraging OpenAPI tooling to navigate documentation, and building tests in Postman, or similar
• Experience analyzing test automation failures and applying smart failure analysis techniques for resolution
• Advocate for Continuous Testing, and leverage our CI/CD tooling to further a DevOps culture at Teachable
• Ability to work independently as well as function as an integral part of a team, take initiative, and contribute in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of agile processes and the impact of self-organizing teams
• Know the difference between SAST and DAST and when to apply the techniques

Desirable

• Improve the quality processes at Teachable by identifying gaps and inefficiencies in workflows and governing improvements to our existing test infrastructure
• Design, implement, maintain, and apply test infrastructure, test tools, and test automation frameworks to ensure product quality
• Own our CI/CD pipeline and implement high-quality release engineering practices to facilitate rapid development, safe changes, and engineer productivity
• Advocate for solid testing and quality practices throughout the product development lifecycle
• Lead and collaborate with other functional teams to create solutions for productivity and quality initiatives
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to bring new testing tools into our team and surface pain points that our engineers are experiencing
• Mentor and grow engineers, review merge requests, and be a sounding board for technical ideas and design
• Act on own initiative and awareness of market conditions and technical innovations to provide solutions to problems before they occur
• Define standards around non-functional aspects of applications like scalability and performance and help development teams achieve it