Software Engineer in Test

Who we are:

• We're an education technology company with a mission to elevate student success, amplify the power of teaching, and inspire everyone to learn together.
• Our world-class engineering team is tackling education's hardest problems at cloud-scale. Guided by our core values — openness, relationships, equality, ownership, and simplicity — and using a modern stack that includes Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React, Go, and Docker, we are transforming the way teachers teach and students learn.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement automated testing strategies across multiple projects, ensuring comprehensive and scalable test coverage.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts in a variety of test frameworks and languages.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on testing best practices, mentoring other engineers and influencing the adoption of quality-driven development processes within the organization.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define testing requirements, acceptance criteria, and ensure that features are adequately tested before release.
• Take ownership of CI/CD pipelines related to test automation, ensuring they run efficiently and effectively, and that any issues are promptly identified and addressed.
• Act as a gatekeeper for quality, participating in code reviews, and providing critical feedback to ensure adherence to testing standards and best practices.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and innovations, bringing new tools, techniques, and ideas into the organization to continually improve our testing capabilities.
• Drive company-wide initiatives aimed at improving the quality and reliability of our products, working on large-scale projects that impact multiple teams.

What we look for:

• Engineers with a passion for delivering high-quality inclusive experiences on behalf of our customers, teachers, and learners around the world.
• Team members who exemplify "being on point" by demonstrating focus, preparedness, and high performance in their work, as well as in their interactions with others.
• Roughly 4+ years of experience in software development or test automation with expertise in writing automated tests.
• Experience with a variety of test automation frameworks and automation best practices; for example, POM
• Ability to lead test strategy for large-scale projects, lean in to mentoring others and drive quality initiatives across teams.
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes and the ability to manage and optimize testing pipelines
• Ability to solve complex testing problems creatively and effectively with a focus on automation at scale.
• Communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence decision-making and build consensus across the organization

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure:

• A fun, friendly, and helpful company culture.
• Competitive compensation.
• Private Medicover healthcare + cafeteria plan/SZEP card.
• Wellness motivation through PandaFit.
• An extra week off for the whole company every year.
• Employee recognition program through Motivosity.
• Goal-setting, proactive reviews, and internal training.
• Employee assistance program.