Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

About Arkestro
Arkestro's Predictive Procurement Platform applies AI, game theory, and behavioral science to enterprise negotiations. It moves teams away from reactive supplier bidding toward data-driven offers that reduce friction and help both buyers and suppliers reach better outcomes faster.
Arkestro helps procurement teams influence more enterprise spend and uncover savings that traditional sourcing approaches often leave behind by applying predictive intelligence to how sourcing events are designed and executed.
We’re a hyper-growth company looking for people who take ownership and are comfortable working through complexity. This is a tremendous opportunity if you want to do meaningful work and help shape how large enterprises run procurement… Arkestro is a place where you can have a big impact. See Arkestro in action at arkestro.com.
About The Role
We’re looking for an experienced SDET with a strong test background to continue to help us develop our QE processes and support the team building increased capabilities and enhancements to our Arkestro platform. We need someone who will be responsible for finding and reporting software defects and identifying discrepancies between specification and system behavior.
Responsibilities
Build regression automation scripts that support app functionality
Manually test software for validation and accuracy based on defined set of criteria
Execute smoke, regression, integration, performance and other testing types to ensure proper behavior of software
Record detailed documentation of feature behavior
Record pass/fails conditions of tests and correlates failures to bug identification
Identifies and escalates any risk to quality of the product or the process
Collaborates with the product team to ensure quality throughout the SDLC and product release cycles
Collaborates with customer-facing teams to incorporate user feedback in the testing strategy
Participate in refinement and estimations of effort to promote accurate planning
Utilize Github to maintain automation repositories, run custom scripts, and facilitate automated quality practices
Participate in On-Call rotation
Required Qualifications
At least 5 years experience in a software quality assurance role
At least 5 years experience in automated testing
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Possess a mindset focused on holistic quality
Experience with programming languages such as Javascript, Typescript, Gherkin, SQL, Ruby/Rails
Nice To Have Qualifications
Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest/Puppeteer, Playwright, Postman, Jmeter or any other object-oriented based automated testing framework
Experience with testing support functionalities such as Github Actions, Lambdatest, Sendgrid, Datadog, PagerDuty
Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes
Background in data-based testing and/or security-based testing
A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant experience
Pay Range
$135,000 - $165,000 USD
Benefits
Arkestro is committed to providing our employees with a benefits package designed to give you the flexibility you need to ensure a healthy life/work balance. Arkestro offers our employees great benefits and perks, including, but not limited to:
Competitive salary and startup equity
Medical, Dental, Vision insurance premiums covered up to 100% (employee only)
401K discretionary employer matching
Unlimited PTO
A remote-first team with regular opportunities to get together in person for team building, design sprints, and customer visits
Annual budget of $1,000 for learning and professional development
Diverse, inclusive, highly collaborative, and vibrant culture
Arkestro is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
Disclaimer
Please note this job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Arkestro reserves the right to change duties, responsibilities and activities at any time with or without notice.

Work arrangement
Yes