[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer, Test @Ledgebrook

Role Description

We are seeking a meticulous Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic team and take ownership of ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products. As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing and executing test strategies, executing test plans, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to keep and improve the automation coverage and identify and address eventual defects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of groundbreaking insurance solutions in a fast-paced startup environment.

What you’ll do

• Architect Automation Frameworks: Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Implement Design Patterns: Apply industry-standard test design patterns (e.g., Page Object Model, Screenplay Pattern, App Actions, or Singleton) to ensure a maintainable and robust codebase.
• Optimize CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines to provide rapid feedback loops for the engineering team.
• Technical Collaboration: Partner with Software Engineers during the design phase to advocate for "testability" and influence the development of features from the ground up.
• Advanced Locator Strategy: Develop and enforce sophisticated locator strategies to ensure test stability and reduce flakiness across dynamic web applications.
• Quality Analytics: Analyze test execution data to identify quality bottlenecks in any of the application areas and provide actionable insights to the team.
• Version Control Mastery: Manage test code through Git, participating in code reviews to ensure the quality of the automation suite itself.
• Continuous Quality Improvement: Continuously identify opportunities to enhance testing processes and improve efficiency.
• Documentation: Document test procedures, test results, and defects in a clear and concise manner.
• Living Documentation & BDD: Advocate for and implement Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin syntax to create "living documentation." Transform requirements into executable specifications that clearly communicate test procedures, results, and defects to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Strategic Manual Testing: Conduct targeted manual or exploratory testing when necessary, primarily for new feature discovery or complex edge cases that aren't yet ready for automation.
• Be a Team Player: Be always proactive, participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• Mentor Developers: Partner with software engineers to provide training and guidance on writing effective unit, integration, and smoke tests, elevating overall code quality and reducing downstream automation needs.
• Product Roadmap Alignment: Collaborate closely with Product Managers to review upcoming features and roadmaps, proactively designing test strategies that anticipate new functionality and ensure seamless quality coverage from the outset.

Qualifications

• Innovative: You aren't satisfied with the status quo and constantly seek to optimize test execution time and reliability.
• Growth-Oriented: You have a hunger for mentorship and staying current with the evolving JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem.
• Agile & Urgent: You balance the "keener sense of urgency" with the architectural discipline to "do it right" the first time.
• Principled: You hold yourself and your code to high standards, maintaining a "do the right thing" mentality in a high-performing, non-toxic environment.
• Proactive: A strong drive and desire to win together as a high-performing team.

Requirements

• Must haves:
• Automation Expertise: Proven experience as an SDET or Automation Engineer with a special focus on Playwright and/or Serenity-JS.
• QA Expertise: Proven experience in software quality assurance, with a strong understanding of QA methodologies, types of testing and best practices.
• Code Foundation: Strong foundations in TypeScript and JavaScript, with the ability to write modular, reusable, and maintainable code for end-to-end, integration, and unit testing layers.
• Strategic Test Design: Deep understanding of test design patterns and how to structure a test suite for long-term maintenance.
• Locator Strategies: Expert-level knowledge of CSS selectors, XPath, and different locators strategies to handle complex DOM structures.
• Version Control: Advanced knowledge of Git (branching, merging, pull requests).
• SDLC/Agile: A solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and how automation fits into a fast-paced Sprint cycle.
• Analytical Mindset: The ability to debug complex failures and differentiate between environment issues, script flakiness, and genuine application bugs.
• Restful APIs: Strong knowledge in testing APIs.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Nice to haves:
• Python Skills: Experience with Python for scripting.
• Other Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Serenity-BDD, Cypress.
• Full-Stack Testing: Experience testing mobile, mobile-responsive web applications and APIs (RESTful/GraphQL).
• DevOps Exposure: Experience configuring GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Performance Testing: Familiarity with load testing tools (e.g., k6 or Artillery).
• Industry Experience: Prior experience in the Insurtech or Fintech sectors.
• Education: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Virtualization: Experience with Docker, docker-compose and/or any other virtualization tool.

Benefits

• Generous equity packages.
• Fully remote work environment.
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic team in a fast-paced startup.