Software Development Engineer in Test (Remote - Salt Lake City, UT or United States)
PDQ
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Posted on Thursday, April 6, 2023
PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates, a top-tier global PE fund. SimpleMDM and SmartDeploy are powered by PDQ.
PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates, a top-tier global PE fund. SimpleMDM and SmartDeploy are powered by PDQ.
As a Software Engineer in Test, you will work closely with an agile cross-functional delivery team to develop the next generation of PDQ’s SaaS products. To do that, you’ll need to be a generalist comfortable writing code, maintaining test infrastructure, triaging bugs, and documenting defects.
Currently, PDQ team members who are candidates for fully remote positions can live in any of the following US states: AR, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.
What you can expect to be working on:
- Greenfield projects! We’re building new stuff and you can too!
- Work on our new Connect product. (Cloud based deployments)
- Work with the fun stuff: We use Elixir, Rust, JS, PowerShell + TS.
- Collaborate on architecting our testing paradigm and processes.
- Mentorship by senior Software Engineers to grow your technical skills to help you achieve your career growth goals. (You can use this role to transition to the Software Engineer track)
- Mentor junior members of the Quality and Engineering departments.
- Open Code Policy: Feel like fixing that defect that’s been annoying you? Go ahead; we encourage everyone to contribute.
How you might spend your day:
- Design, develop and execute test automation (E2E, unit, integration, performance) and infrastructure. (test provider, CI integration, local development scripts)
- Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
- Test throughout the entire software development life cycle.
- Research, document, estimate, and report on identified bugs.
- Continually improve our quality culture and testing processes.
- Consult with our Software Engineers. Help our coders write better tests and more maintainable code.
- Collaborate with the Product teams to refine product feature requirements.
- Create and maintain testing documentation. (how-tos, build processes, and other related materials)
- Research and recommend tools and strategies to enhance testing.
- Assist with integrating testing into new and existing CI/CD pipelines, assist with building platform observability and defect discovery processes.
We're looking for people who have:
- 3+ years experience with relevant languages. (We’d prefer languages we use in our stack (Elixir, Javascript, C#, Ruby), but we’re open to other languages (like Python, Go, Java)
- 3+ years experience with web test automation frameworks: including E2E. (Cypress, WDIO, etc), Unit (jest, react testing library, etc)
- 1+ years experience with Scaling SaaS applications. Load and Performance testing will be a large part of this role.
- PLUS: Experience with greenfield projects, go-to-market, or SaaS platforms.
- PLUS: Experience with niche testing strategies: Load, Performance, Visual (AI), Security, Accessibility, Recovery (Chaos).
Who you are:
- Knowledge of modern web infrastructure, design patterns, and best practices
- Knowledge of the modern testing paradigm. Knows the types of automated tests, their strengths and weaknesses, and when to apply each of them during the SDLC
- Ability to help implement and tweak scale testing and related tooling
- Ability to perform risk analysis and execute decisions to optimize product quality and test coverage based on risk, marginal value, and resource commitment
- Eye for defects
- Passion for solving problems
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Troubleshooting software
- Ability to empathize with stakeholders (Product, Developers, Designers, and Users) when making decisions to optimize product quality
- Ability to work across roles in cross-functional teams
Do you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet all the requirements? Apply anyway - you could be exactly who we are looking for!
PDQ offers all of the great perks and benefits you'd expect from working at a very cool tech company, and even some you might not expect, including:
4-Day Work Week
Managers who champion professional development and are technically experienced (the best kind of experience)
100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents
100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
Company match of the first 6% of your team member deferrals
Flexible Paid Time Off Policy that treats you like the adult that you are
Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives
Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)
PDQ is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. If you would like to request reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact hr@pdq.com.
*Currently, PDQ team members who are candidates for fully remote positions can live in any of the following US states: AR, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.
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