Posted over 4 years ago
DESCRIPTION
TaxJar is the leading technology solution for busy eCommerce sellers to manage sales tax and is trusted by more than 20,000 businesses.
Our core values
We do the right thing for our customers.
We're a team, built on trust.
We're proud to be remote.
We're in control of our own destiny.
TaxJar’s remote-only team of 100+ people is growing quickly. We have an immediate opening for a QA Automation Engineer who wants to help us make ecommerce easier for everyone.
We want you to join one of our product engineering teams and help us build a product our customers love. The product engineering team at TaxJar is solving complex problems on a daily basis, supporting our growing customer base and creating new solutions in a complex domain. We deal with large datasets, complex frequently-changing sales tax rules, and automating complex processes for thousands of business customers.
*This is a full-time remote position, available to folks located in the US.
As a QA Automation Engineer at TaxJar you will:
Work with the Engineering team in developing a QA testing strategy for projects
Determining the appropriate balance of manual and automated tests, as well as the types of tests (UI, API, functional/performance/load, and so on)
Build end-to-end smoke tests
Create processes to validate data quality
Improve and build upon our test suite, test guidelines, and testing culture
Execute and report on the full test suite of our applications
Review and test your teammates pull requests
REQUIREMENTS
3+ years of Software Testing & Engineer experience
Advanced problem-solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills
Proven and demonstrable skill building end-to-end smoke tests
Experience working both Ruby and JavaScript test frameworks
A strong understanding of Ruby on Rails and RSpec
Ability to manage tasks from assignment through to production
Agile, humble, trustworthy, and a team player
Rapid learner who thrives in a fast-paced and demanding environment
Excel at communicating with the team remotely (chat, video, email, etc)
You’ll be a great fit on our team if you:
Have experience improving test suite performance
Can perform load testing for services at scale
Can document your morning routine using UML
Only want to work remotely
Are accountable for the code you deliver to production
Are a PRO at communicating and collaboration
Highly value working with people you like and respect
Are accountable
Are confident in your skills and a solid team player (We’re peers here, no egos please) but also comfortable working asynchronously
Hungry to play an impactful role and not afraid to fail
We’re a happy team and we all really love what we do. We've created a space where high-achievers can succeed, but are also safe to fail. We're profitable and focused on growing TaxJar sustainably. We're always learning how to make TaxJar the best place to work for all of us, and not just another tech startup. We’re always looking for amazing new teammates to come share in the excitement of solving real-world problems with technology.
BENEFITS
Excellent health, vision and dental benefits
Flexible vacation policy
401k Plan
$1,000 in professional development credit
Home office stipend
Equity in a profitable company
2x year all-company in-person retreats (fully paid for by us of course)
Mandatory Birthday holiday!
12 week paid maternity/ 6 week paid paternity leave
Monthly perks reimbursement for things like Netflix, Amazon Prime, your gym membership, home internet and more.
We offer all of our employees amazing benefits. Visit www.TaxJar.com/jobs for a full list of our benefits and to learn more about how we work and what we stand for.
If you're not the perfect fit for this position, but you know someone who is, we'll pay you $1,000 if you refer us to the person we hire.