Software Development Engineer In Test (III)

About Subsplash

Based in Seattle, Subsplash is an exciting award-winning team of 100+ mission-driven people who are committed to our core values of humility, innovation, and excellence. Founded in 2005, we’ve remained family owned and operated while pioneering the market with the first ever church mobile app. Since then, we’ve been working together to build The Ultimate Engagement Platform™ for churches, Christian ministries, non-profits, and businesses around the world. We find excitement in serving our 9,000+ clients, creating impactful products, and delighting the 40 million real people who use our platform every day. Subsplash has won awards for best mobile experience, been voted top 100 Washington's Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal, created some of the most downloaded apps of all time, and built enterprise software for world-class brands like XBOX, Microsoft, Samsung, Expedia, and Cisco; yet, at the end of the day, we love making a lasting impact and a difference in our world.

Working at Subsplash is more than just a job; we are a team of people who are courageous, inventive, and passionate about doing meaningful work every day. Don’t take our word for it—head to Glassdoor and see for yourself!

About the Team

The Product Development Team is responsible for all the products that Subsplash offers. We are a super-star team of designers, developers, PM’s and QA professionals creating polished experiences for our clients and end-users. The Product Development Team is responsible for the entire user experience including: Mobile Apps (end-user facing), Subsplash Giving, the Subsplash Dashboard CMS (client-facing), Web App, TV App, backend data feeds, analytics, and more. We serve thousands of clients, millions of end-users, and billions of individual app impressions. And with unlimited smoothie supplies, we know how to craft a mean smoothie.

Role Summary

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (III), you will report directly to the Director of Engineering. The ideal candidate is a brilliant problem solver, a quick learner, an influencer, attentive to detail, and an excellent written communicator. He/she has a passion for discovery! An excellent SDET will exhaust all options and permutations that the platform is capable of, and push the software to its absolute limit.

In this role, you will be responsible for writing automated tests and building out test pipelines for the purpose of discovering defects (both functional and visual) and reporting on them in a written fashion. The surface area that you will cover will be extensive -- mobile apps (iOS, Android), backend web services, front-end javascript projects, legacy code bases and even PCI-compliant environments. You will contribute to the creative process by helping to identify problems quickly. You will work with other members of the team, in a highly collaborative environment, to arrive at meaningful and beautiful solutions. You’ll be working with us to drive design and development to completion, thus shipping beautiful and extensible software that delights real people. You will also help to establish testing and quality assurance best practices that allow for other to join in on the process.

Top 3 Key Outcomes in Year 1

• Become an expert on Subsplash products -- you should have a comprehensive knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of our products and understand how it all works behind the scenes
• Develop at least one major test pipeline for a major product release
• Work with the rest of the team to bring documentation up-to-date in all areas pertaining to testing

Your Priorities

• Assess the needs of projects that are currently in flight and propose the kinds of tests and testing pipelines that would be necessary to release with confidence
• Write tests for the software that is currently in development and file defects
• Develop a comprehensive testing strategy and pipeline with increasing amounts of automation
• Document processes and best practices for testing our software
• Communicate regularly with PMs, Devs, and Designers to ensure that we are releasing excellent quality work that meets our internal requirements
• Learn the innards of the Subsplash Platform
• Collaborate with the Product Team to implement features and improvements to the Subsplash platform

Qualifications

• 5+ years of testing experience in a group or team environment (mobile app or web)
• Deep experience with software testing frameworks like Selenium/Appium or similar tools
• Knowledge of continuous integration environments such as Jenkins / TravisCI / GitLab
• Fluent with git
• Deep knowledge of mobile app development environments: Xcode, adb/ant, Visual Studio, etc.
• Hands-on experience with one of the following scripting languages: Go, Elixir, bash, Python, etc.
• Experience with beta testing environments TestFlight, Crashlytics, etc...
• Ability to use Agile practices to work and think iteratively through the testing/QA dimensions of software products and ship goals
• Knowledge of both web and native mobile application systems and industry best practices
• Eligible to work in US
• Previous experience in developing iOS/AN native apps and/or web application is a plus

You are…

• Passionate: You have a desire to build apps and experiences that serve the church and make the gospel of Jesus Christ incredibly accessible.
• Intuitive: You possess a strong instinct about how software is supposed to work and where to track down defects.
• A learner: You are always striving to be dependable, flexible, humble, teachable, proactive, and smart.
• A communicator: You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Servant-hearted: Ability to help others get a lot of work done by being their eyes and ears, hands and feet.
• Organized: You are able to enjoy a rapidly changing environment requiring flexibility and self-discipline.
• Trustworthy: You understand the importance of with confidentiality with sensitive information.

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off, Medical Coverage, Dental Coverage, Vision Coverage, 401k (with employer match), Free Smoothies and Snacks, Optional Work-from-home Thursday’s, Public Transportation Subsidy.

This position is classified as Full-time/Exempt and therefore not eligible for overtime pay.

Note: Employment with Subsplash is contingent upon satisfactory proof of employee’s right to work in the U.S., as required by law and upon completion of a basic background check and;

Employment with Subsplash is considered “at will,” meaning that either the company or the employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time without cause or notice.