Senior Software Developer in Test, Caper

OVERVIEW

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be joining a dynamic team consisting of manual and automation test engineers working on cutting-edge technology. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining automation frameworks across all of our products. You will be Identifying a variety of automation tools and evaluating which brings the most value for our products not only from a software perspective but also from a hardware perspective. You will be a key player in laying down our foundational building blocks to increase our automation coverage and streamline our continuous integration process to achieve quicker release cycles. You will establish best practices and standards throughout our QA department. You will closely collaborate, actively participate, and have a voice on our team to ensure our products are delivered with the highest quality possible.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Caper is one of the critical pillars of Instacart’s new Connected Store technology. Caper offers smart shopping carts powered by deep learning and computer vision to enable a seamless grab-and-go retail experience.

ABOUT THE JOB

• Spearhead the development of automated functional integration tests and E2E tests across all our products utilizing open-source test frameworks.
• A Hands-on self-motivated engineer capable of working collaboratively in building a continuous integration environment. 
• Perform complex database queries and manipulations for test, staging, etc.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, E2E, load and performance testing.
• Assist with manual testing as needed.
• Develop trained data, test data, and model validations for machine learning tests.
• Will work closely with engineering, product management, cross-department partner teams within an Agile environment using JIRA as our backbone for collaboration.
• Be a strong voice of reason exercising clear judgment making data-informed decisions in order to improve and maintain the utmost quality within our products.
• Daily “bug hunting” – always on the lookout for defects, usability improvements, cosmetic “eye sores”, etc. and properly track them for resolution

ABOUT YOU

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of working as a SDET/SDE, with 3+ years in a leading role and/or independent contributor.
• Minimum 3-year experience with automation tools such as Appium, Expresso Selenium, Selendroid (or similar for Android app test automation).
• Minimum 3-year experience with IntelliJ, TestNG, and Jenkins.
• Must have built an automation framework from scratch.
• Experience programming with Java,  Python, shell and/or C++.
• Experience interacting with RESTful API and skilled in Rest Assured, Postman (or similar)
• Experience with System Design.
• Experience working with MongoDB and MySQL.
• Solid understanding of GIT.
• Strong analytical skills, self-motivation, attention to detail and leadership ability.
• Must be able to work within our NYC office in a hybrid environment..

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience automating tests for android applications, Web Applications & Services.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining full CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Gitlab.
• Knowledge of basic software engineering practices surrounding coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, and test.
• Experience with AI and ML test principles and strategies.
• Exposure to GCP and microservices.
• Familiar with JIRA and TestRail.
• Highly effective communication, both oral and written.

Join us and help Instacart grow!