Senior Test Engineer
Company Description
We’ve all had a recruiting experience that stands out, either because it was magical or ‘oh so horrible.’
The technology that recruiting teams use to find, connect with, and advance talent often shapes a candidate’s experience. Yello’s software enables employers to recruit effectively and efficiently. If it excites you to be a part of a team that helps some of the world’s largest brands connect with their talent, then come grow your career with Yello.
Founded in 2008, Yello is a venture-backed talent acquisition software company that empowers Fortune 500 and fast-growing enterprise companies to find the best talent for their organizations. Our solutions helps recruiters love their work — and helps people early in their careers find their dream job.
~We believe in bringing our authentic selves to work
~We are hungry to learn and are forever curious
~We put our customers first
~We focus on execution and work as a team
~And last but not least, we strive to start with empathy in all of our interactions
About The Role
The Sr. Test Engineer will drive test automation for Yello’s web software to continuously improve quality. As a member of our enterprise development group, you will build out a set of modern test automation suites for Ruby and Java applications. You will architect and maintain modularized test plans, communicate with your team about bugs and issues and build test pipelines to ensure our applications continue to meet the highest quality standards.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Champion a culture of quality throughout your feature engineering team.
- Collaborate with your engineering team on issues that require advanced troubleshooting.
- Work closely with your product manager to develop acceptance criteria for feature stories.
- Design, develop, and execute highly effective automated test suites for all features delivered.
- Build and maintain a set of organized test plans with well-defined test cases.
- Utilize our CI tools to run high performance, automated tests, identify and describe bugs, performance issues and security risks in our applications using a variety of tools.
- Enforce and establish processes that minimize defects such as code reviews, appropriate testing levels, and an overall quality strategy.
- Collaborate with test engineers across the organization to further develop and maintain a comprehensive testing strategy.
- Help maintain a culture of learning by mentoring other test engineers throughout the organization.
What We're Looking For
- Knowledge of the agile software development processes
- 3+ years of experience working with test automation using open source tools
- Proficient in scripting (python or ruby-based tools such as Robot Framework, RSpec, Cucumber and Capybara)
- Strong understanding of current web testing methodologies and philosophies
- Ability to efficiently perform manual testing to address edge cases
- Understanding of Linux command line usage and script execution
- Familiarity with REST APIs and API testing approaches
- Familiarity MVC architecture
- Experience building continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Additional Information
- We are open to remote applicants for this position as long as you are based in one of the states we are set up to do business in: CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MI, NC, NH, NY, PA, VA, and WI.
- Yello is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Candidates local to Chicago are preferred.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be able to sit or stand for continuous periods of time.
- This role frequently communicates/interacts with individuals, must have strong written and oral communication skills