Software Development Engineer in Test
Employment Hero, Thailand
Job Description
Employment Hero is an Australian tech unicorn - valued at over $1 billion. Our world-class software is the easiest way for small to medium-sized businesses to manage HR, payroll, employee engagement, and benefits. We've grown 100% year on year since inception, and expanded globally in late 2020. We now service over 80,000 businesses and we will continue to grow rapidly in 2022 and beyond.
We believe in distributed employment and take a ‘Remote First' approach with our team. We can hire across the globe, assuming that candidates have eligible working rights and are in a suitable timezone. If you've got the skills for the role and the passion for our mission then we want to hear from you!
This role can be performed anywhere within Australia or New Zealand, or across South East Asia so long as you're within 3 hours of +10 GMT timezone - we’re fully flexible and fully remote.
About the Software Development Engineer in Test job:
We're currently growing our development teams rapidly, and have a shift left mindset when it comes to quality coding and testing. We're looking for a skilled and collaborative Software Engineer to help our teams create Automation testing frameworks across our web applications, mobile applications, API's and more, where they will be enabled to own the quality of their code, with your help.
This role is unique, as you'll use your development abilities and experience in quality coding to identify test automation technologies that are fit for purpose, and then work with our squads to implement them.
Initially, you'll help our developers test and automate their code, creating automated test scripts to reflect user interactions, and incorporating CI/CD and system uptime reporting. Over time you will aim to move to a quality coaching role, where you'll share your passion for quality coding practices, mentoring engineers in best practice testing principles; and maintenance of their testing frameworks.
To be a success in this role you'll need:
- 5+ years of programming experience with proficiency in at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C/C++/C#
- Deep experience in developing test strategies and test automation, particularly with a Front-end framework (preferably React) with an automation tooling, e.g. playwright, cypress, selenium, or similar.
- Experience working with low-level messaging, queues, and data streaming
- Testing experience with REST-based design and Microservices
- Advocate for Software Testing best practices within a CI/CD environment
- Experience building performance metrics and performance test processes
- Be a critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including with English language skills)
Nice to have:
- Degree qualified, Bachelors or Masters or higher qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
Some of our Benefits:
- We are remote-first, where you can work from the comfort of your home, and enjoy flexible working time
- Work your local hours! 40 hour work week, Monday to Friday
- 15 days vacation leave
- Top private healthcare package (for you and 1 of your dependants!)
- An annual allowance for books/ tech conferences/courses
- Paid Parental Leave subject to eligibility
- A generous budget to spend on setting up your home office
- We set you up for success with the latest and greatest hardware, tools and tech
- Access to the Employee Benefits Program and Hero Rewards Shop (of course!)
- Self, health, wealth and happiness programs, including weekly virtual Yoga classes
- Opportunities to go overseas for offsite/meetings/conferences
- Very attractive Referral Bonus program
- Opportunities to be promoted and grow with our fast-scaling business
- Employee Share Option Program (ESOP): be an owner of Employment Hero!
Why join Employment Hero?
* Raised $181M achieving unicorn status in February 2022
* LinkedIn Top 25 Startups 2021, ranked #2 in Australia
* The Australian Top 100 Innovators List 2021
* Raised $140M Series E round led by Insight Partners July 2021
* Raised $45M Series D round led by Seek 2021
* Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2020, ranked #42 in Australia
* LinkedIn Top 10 Startups 2020
* Raised $22M Series C Round led by Seek July 2019
* Raised $8 mill series B round led by Seek and OneVentures
* Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2019, ranked #20 in Australia
* GetApp Category Leader Q1 2019
* Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2018, ranked #12 in Australia