Guild Education

Software Test Engineer

US
USD 105k - 127k
TypeScript DynamoDB JavaScript SQL Python GraphQL AWS Git API
Description

At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 28 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do.  Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
  • Nurture A Learner’s Mindset - using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
  • Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
  • Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
  • Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company

Guild is looking for a Software Test Engineer to drive quality, efficiency and confidence in our squads, while working to enable and accelerate the work of our growing engineering organization.

We build and validate our systems using tools such as TypeScript, Python, DynamoDB, GraphQL, and AWS. Experience with those is a huge plus alongside common test-building platforms such as Postman - familiarity with other languages and tools also works for us! We look for engineers that understand concepts and build with simplicity, reliability, and scalability in mind.

We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market driven, including a base salary range of $105,000-$127,500 as well as company stock options.

As a Software Test Engineer on our team, you will:

  • Bring a quality mindset to the collaborative definition and refinement of features
  • Collaborate with product owners and other engineers to design or improve features for testability
  • Design, build, and maintain effective test strategies based on business requirements
  • Perform validation of new features, manually if needed, and plan for how to automate
  • Automate tests to ensure consistency and reliability, and accelerate product delivery
  • Execute feature and regression test strategies and analyze and document results
  • Collaborate with your team on assessing feature and defect risks and priorities

We'd love to work with you if:

  • You’re an outcome-oriented individual who takes initiative and ownership
  • You strive to raise the bar on quality for our members, employers and academic partners
  • You champion automation to enable inventive and more efficient ways of doing things
  • You possess drive, positivity, curiosity, and a willingness to make mistakes and learn from them
  • You thrive and can deliver in a fast-paced, innovative and creative environment

General expectations and qualifications:

Required

  • Demonstrable experience creating automated tests with programming and/or scripting languages, preferably JavaScript/TypeScript or Python
  • Extensive experience developing test plans from user story requirements
  • Working knowledge of common programmatic automation frameworks and platforms such as Postman, BrowserStack, Cypress, or similar
  • Track record of documenting test plans and results. 
  • Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies, and being an integral member of a  development team
  • Experience using Github or other git-based version control systems

Preferred

  • At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role, combining development and automation tooling for software validation
  • Experience programmatically testing behaviors and contracts for AWS-deployed services and serverless functions
  • Knowledge of validating event-driven systems
  • Experience working in SQL and JSON to collect and orchestrate test data
  • CI experience to enable automated test execution with tools like Github Actions, Jenkins, TravisCI, or GitlabCI
  • Experience working with Event Driven Architecture
  • Experience working with Micro-frontend Architecture
  • Experience working with internal and external APIs
  • Experience with monitoring tools, such as Datadog, Splunk, Rollbar, etc

At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own

Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others. 

Guild Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:

  • Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
  • Access to a 401k to help save for the future
  • Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
  • 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
  • Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
  • Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
  • Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth

Guild requires COVID-19 vaccines for all employees and guests attending Guild events or entering Guild offices. As of February 1, 2022, we will be expanding our in-person vaccination requirement to include booster shots.  We will be using both Clear’s Digital Vaccine Card and state-sponsored vaccine passports to verify proof of vaccine. Accommodations or exceptions can be requested for medical or religious reasons. 

 

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