Senior Quality Engineer

Summary

Join Ontra, a leading AI legal tech company, as a Quality Engineer and contribute to high-quality software delivery. You will develop and enhance software automation, perform exploratory testing, and act as a quality expert within the scrum team. Collaborate closely with infrastructure and development teams to ensure efficient CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include mentoring team members, participating in hiring, and contributing to a positive team environment. The role requires extensive experience in UI/API test automation, defect management, and various testing methodologies. This is a fully remote position within the U.S. with occasional travel for team offsites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field, or foreign equivalent
• 7 years of relevant quality engineering experience in Senior Automation Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Qualify, Senior Associate- project or relevant positions
• 7 years of UI and API Test Automation experience
• 7 years of experience in Test Cases Creation
• 7 years of experience in Defect Management
• 7 years of experience in tests troubleshooting and triaging
• 2 years of experience using JavaScript/TypeScript
• 2 years of experience using Cypress and/or Playwright
• 2 years of experience using CI CD Integration
• 2 years of experience using Mentoring QEs
• 2 years of experience with Non Functional Testing (Web A11y)
• 2 years of experience with Cross Functional Team skills, and
• 2 years of experience with Observability and Monitoring

Responsibilities

• With an automation first mindset, develop and enhance software automation (functional including regression, smoke/end to end testing, etc., non-functional including web accessibility, etc. as well as backend API testing) to enable high quality and rapid software delivery (20%)
• Perform exploratory and manual testing to supplement missing or difficult to automate test cases (20%)
• Act as an industry expert and speak the language of the customer, so they are always represented when features are being built (5%)
• Act as a multiplier of Quality by leading the scrum team in quality and testing methodologies, sharing their expertise and up-leveling their teammates, and injecting high quality standards throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (10%)
• Work closely with our Infrastructure Engineering team to ensure fast and stable CI/CD pipelines support theirs and other Ontra development team's delivery
• Be a reliable and consistent team player (5%)
• Work closely with their teammates to get the job done, and keep everyone in a tight feedback loop to prevent issues, bugs, and missed opportunities (20%)
• As an SME of quality engineering, provide opinions, help, and (in)formal mentoring (10%)
• Participate in hiring panels to enable Ontra to scale the Quality Engineering organization per the business needs (10%)

Benefits

• Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in SF, NYC, Santa Barbara, and London
• Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
• Paid flexible time off policy
• Paid parental leave and benefits
• Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
• Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program
• Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance