Staff Software Developer in Test

The Position
Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 90 of the world's leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect-improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.
We are searching for a seasoned, disciplined SDET with strong test automation and traditional QA experience who is passionate about changing the way millions of people save energy. With your programming and analytical skills, you should be able to independently lead, direct and implement Quality Engineering processes and solutions according to the team's goals. You'll work within the Engineering Team and supporting multiple pods to test product features, APIs and UI functions and apply test automation and other technical skills to ensure defect-free delivery. You'll be a part of building a robust analytics platform that crunches massive amounts of data and leverages it to deliver a compelling user experience to users across several platforms.
What you get to do:
We are searching for a seasoned, disciplined SDET with strong test automation and traditional QA experience who is passionate about changing the way millions of people save energy. With your programming and analytical skills, you should be able to independently lead, direct and implement Quality Engineering processes and solutions according to the team's goals. You'll work within the Engineering Team and supporting multiple pods to test product features, APIs and UI functions and apply test automation and other technical skills to ensure defect-free delivery. You'll be a part of building a robust analytics platform that crunches massive amounts of data and leverages it to deliver a compelling user experience to users across several platforms.
Skills and experience are necessary, but we hire on value alignment first, so if you feel you would be a good fit with us, still consider applying.
What you will contribute:

• Be excited to work with talented, committed people in a fast-paced environment
• Be passionate about energy consumption and making a difference in the world
• Love testing great software -- some of your proudest moments involve GitHub
• Be capable of prioritizing your work across teams to adhere to a deliverable schedule and ensure successful delivery that exceeds expectations
• Be ready to jump in to support other SDETs and Developers building test code
• Be ready, able, and willing to jump onto a call with a partner or customer to help solve problems
• Have a strong eye for detail and quality of your code
• Not be afraid to dig into hard problems, and enjoy experimenting to come up with simple, elegant solutions
• Design and implementation of testing frameworks

What you bring to Uplight:

• A love of collaborative problem solving and a deep desire to be an excellent teammate
• Strong experience building automated test frameworks for large-scale distributed systems within Data-Intensive, Analytics/Business Intelligence-based products
• Experience working as a Technical Lead for multiple teams
• Strong foundation in Quality Assurance
• Strong experience in working on frameworks for cross-browser testing.
• Strong programming skills (Java / Python / JS / and more)
• A history of working with several testing frameworks (Keyword-driven, hybrid, data
• driven, etc.)
• High proficiency in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD).
• Knowledge of web application architecture & bug life cycles
• A track record of working with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Experience with Python and PyTest
• Proficiency in Database concepts, Strong knowledge of SQL, and experience with MySQL
• Excellent grasp of standard SDLC / Agile-Scrum development
• Well versed with Git and Github repositories
• Ability to deliver against several initiatives simultaneously
• BS in Computer Science / Engineering or demonstrable industry experience

Bonus points:

• Knowledge of performance testing tools like JMeter, Loadrunner and Locust
• Knowledge of BDD/Cucumber/Postman Enterprise
• Experience with RESTful API testing
• Experience with cloud infrastructure technologies (AWS, Google Cloud)

What makes working at Uplight amazing:
In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we are:

• Proud to be over 500+ purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more sustainable planet.
• Committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities.
• Focused on career growth by following defined career ladders.
• Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and....we love to laugh!

We also provide:

• 401k Match
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Peer to peer recognition program
• Management by objectives bonus plan
• Innovative flexible time off policy
• Exceptionally collaborative and cool office spaces

Salary Range: $130,000 to $150,000
In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.
Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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