Senior Software Test Engineer

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Position Overview:
Senior Software Test Engineers work with dedicated product teams to ensure that our products deliver against our customers' unmet needs. They function as ambassadors of quality within the team and lead by example in instilling a testing mindset to improve overall quality and team velocity. ?They are responsible for ensuring our software functions the way it is intended by creating automated testing plans and strategy, creating/coaching software engineers/Associate Software Test Engineers/Software Test Engineers to create various forms of automated testing, execute tests and solve complex issues. They work side by side with software engineers to improve overall software quality and recommend opportunities for improvement.
Location: Remote (Must be based anywhere in the US)
Reports To: Engineering Manager
Responsibilities:
As a member of one of our product teams, this person will be responsible to understand business goals and customer needs and often act as test lead for features or epics. Create, execute, and supervise complex test plans for large-scale development projects. Analyze MINs and regression bugs to identify and implement preventative measures. Design cleanly coded, comprehensive test automation framework for their team or product area. Consider future testing needs when designing test automation. Work with developers to create test harnesses that will enable test automation for hard-to-test features. Understand and consider technical dependencies when creating test strategies. Provide feedback via decision-making frameworks for proposed changes from across the organization. Work within the scope of a team and participates in cross-team testing collaboration. Utilize, extend and create new automated testing frameworks. ?Identify opportunities for test architecture and implementation that can be reused by multiple teams. When needed, perform exploratory testing on the product to understand its testing challenges. Create and mentor/coach software engineers/ASTEs/STEs to create various forms of automated testing (of high complexity) and help team identify and use appropriate methods of testing. Understand how to use security testing tools to find gaps in security coverage. Monitor state of quality, raising awareness and resolution of gaps in quality. Drive the team and organization toward implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline, where needed. Identify and implement improvements for existing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines. Regularly contribute to and at times present at CoPs, and contribute to Paved Roads when appropriate.
Who you are:

• Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process
• Interested in staying current by applying new technologies
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology

How we work:

• Curiosity and candor; the quality of the idea wins the day
• Casual, focused, and agile environment operating under our shared principles
• Customers at the center of everything we do
• Small, mission-focused squads with an entrepreneurial spirit backed by enterprise investments
• Consistent routines across stakeholders to ensure complete transparency
• Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and customers

What we offer:

• A compelling mission to elevate payroll and human resources across the backroom and into the boardroom
• Focus on helping our customers automate manual processes, appeal to the modern workforce, and glean insights from analytics.
• Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our customers at the center of everything we do
• A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity
• Ample opportunity and encouragement to stay current with external training
• A phenomenal talent anywhere culture, where employees can work remotely anywhere in the US and/or work from one of three U.S. offices located in Illinois, Florida, and Idaho
  

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology-related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in testing software

• Demonstrated experience building automated testing frameworks from scratch
• Demonstrated experience working with an object oriented language (preferably C#)
• Demonstrated experience working with client-side web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)
• Preferable knowledge of Postman, Cypress, load testing frameworks, monitoring tools (Datadog, Kibana etc.).
• Demonstrated experience testing APIs and deep understanding of API best practices
• Preferred experience writing SQL queries including joins, MongoDB.
• Experience testing consumer facing web applications
• Deep knowledge of software testing best practices in an agile environment
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery integrations or tooling
• Must be adaptable to change and have a willingness to learn
• Must have a strong sense of curiosity
• Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks
• Must be able to work effectively in an agile and team environment
• Must be effective and creative in problem solving

EEO and accessibility Statement
Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.
Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]
This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position in Colorado is $76,038 - $164,135 /yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.
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