What will you do? 

As an Automation Engineer, you’ll be tasked with ensuring quality various tiers of architecture. From unit tests to end to end tests and beyond, you’ll be directly entrusted with the task of building tests around pieces of code being run on hundreds of millions of end-user devices at any given moment to code that ingests petabytes of analytics data each month that power our high fidelity session replays. It’s a great responsibility with the opportunity for a massive positive impact on our organization!

 

Who are you? 

You love writing code with the express goal of making things work better. You embrace the role of guardian over the products that you are entrusted with. We’re looking for software developers who have an innate sense of where a problem is likely to occur, and how they can go about verifying that it doesn’t. You enjoy brainstorming sessions with your peers and product owners to determine the best approaches forward. You see the importance of providing input and considering the points-of-view of those around you. Basically, you enjoy being a valued member of a healthy team.

 

What are your skills? 

In addition to your strong communication skills, you are proficient with JavaScript. You are also familiar with one or more test automation frameworks used for testing React to web applications. Selenium, Jest, Mocha, Cypress, NightmareJS, TestCafe; there are so many options. The most important thing is that you know one, and you know it well. Sure, there are other things you probably know, but these are the technical skills that will prove most valuable in this role. You’re curious, so you’re probably really familiar with a variety of different tech. This is a good thing because we understand the value of learning continuously and expanding out of your comfort zone.

 

What you’ll need to succeed?

We’re not shy about our rapid pace. We’ve experienced incredible victories because we come up with bold solutions and have them built before our competitors have poured their morning coffee. You understand that the common way to solve a problem is occasionally not the best way, and you want to innovate. You’ll need to be willing to learn quickly, fail fast, communicate often, pivot gracefully, grow from your mistakes and iterate.