Software Development Engineer in Test, Virtual Vehicle Hub

Who We Are

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others.  We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

About The Role

Virtual Vehicle is the heart of the connected experience for bringing data from many different sources, enriching it with the data necessary to interpret it, then making it available to everywhere fleets would like it processed. The hub team manages core entities such as accounts, users, roles and permissions, and trucks. We provide the core UI and the APIs that power both it and other services.

Our SDETs perform automated and manual testing to ensure quality and that our applications are ready for release. We use TestRail as our test management platform, define automated tests using Gherkin, and develop tests using JavaScript.

The applications we test are developed primarily in full stack TypeScript. Our backend is a collection of heavily horizontally scaling services built on Node/Express and hosted in AWS. Our frontend is Vue/Vuetify running headless and connecting to those backend APIs with the same types of access our customers enjoy when integrating with our APIs.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborate productively and take personal responsibility in technical planning and exploration for the testing of large projects
• Perform automated and manual testing on highly scalable API-based services built using Node/Express/TypeScript on the backend and Vue/Vuetify frontend, hosted in AWS, that are a pleasure for consumers to use
• Always be willing to take on learning new technologies and approaches to improve our testing strategy
• A team player who is excited to lift others on the team up
• Experience with one or more modern automated testing frameworks and experience with manual testing to ensure the quality of APIs and frontend applications hosted within a Cloud platform, preferably AWS
• Experience writing tests using JavaScript
• Experience Postman or a similar tool and familiar with HTTP methods and their purpose
• Ability to write basic SQL statements to query data in a relational database
• Comfortable with Agile/Scrum, two-week Sprints, and Jira
• Have an understanding of the fundamentals of testing, different types of testing, and why they matter
• Excited to contribute to a team on planning complex, large scale initiatives
• Seek to share your beliefs and have your understandings challenged, in order to learn
• Not afraid to ask for help and learn in order to deliver on promises
• Breadth and depth of experience with multiple testing frameworks
• Experience writing automated tests using Cypress and TypeScript
• Experience with load testing high-availability, high-transaction systems
• Database design and administration experience
• Experience mentoring fellow engineers

Platform Science Benefits Highlights

The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurances
• AD&D and life insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• Six weeks of paid parental leave

For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees.

In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits

This is an exempt role. Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $87,980 and $170,000. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.

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At this time we only consider candidates in these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. In the future we plan to add more states.