Senior QA Automation Engineer

$135,000 - $170,000/Yr

Kandji - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Francisco, CA

About the position

Kandji is seeking a Sr. System Administrator or Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer to join their team. This role involves working closely with development teams to ensure the quality of software products through comprehensive testing strategies and practices. The position emphasizes ownership, technical aptitude, and effective communication to uphold quality standards and deliver high-quality features for customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage, drive, and own the entire functional testing process for your scrum team
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, swarm test sessions, and test procedures
• Perform functional, integration, regression, exploratory, and end-to-end testing
• Reproduce, diagnose, and document software defects with clarity and precision
• Engage in early product development discussions to ideate, review, and catch potential issues before code is written
• Attend and contribute to daily scrum ceremonies
• Work closely with developers to identify and iterate on all code moving through the system
• Contribute to growing our automation test coverage and maintenance of tests
• Maintain high levels of communication with all team members, stakeholders, and the QA team
• Be the champion for our users by upholding quality standards and best practices

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in a device management or software testing role
• Excellent time management, organization, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented, methodical, and out-of-the-box thinking
• Required to work on-site 5x a week in our San Francisco office.

Nice-to-haves

• Exceptional knowledge of QA fundamentals and best practices: test strategies, test planning, test execution, defect management, reporting, etc.
• 5+ years in a device management or software testing role
• Experience with issue-tracking systems, such as Jira, Rally, Trello, etc.
• Exposure to Agile development environments and associated scrum activities, such as planning, grooming, retrospective, etc.
• Experience with test case management systems, such as TestRail, qTest, Zephyr, etc.
• Extensive hands-on experience testing or managing the deployment of Apple hardware, software, and services
• Significant knowledge in the areas of Apple hardware and software integration within an enterprise setting, including printers, WiFi, directory services, Kerberos, SSO, etc.
• Fluency with shell scripting, Python, and/or the macOS command line
• Comfortable using terminal to execute commands, run scripts, etc.
• Knowledge of the MDM space
• Ability to test API requests via Postman or other similar tools
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, AWS CodePipeline
• Experience working with IDE's and Git
• Experience with Playwright automation

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage
• 401(k) with a 4% company match
• 20 days PTO
• 14 paid holidays per year
• 10 health and wellness days per year
• Kandji Wellness Week Off July 1 - July 5, 2024
• Equity for full-time employees
• 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
• Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Modern Health - Mental Health Benefits - Individual and Dependents
• Monthly Utilities stipend
• Gym Membership
• Lunch 5 Days/Week
• Exciting opportunities for career growth
• An outstanding, inclusive culture