Software Development Engineer in Test, API Testing

A bit about us

Our product started as a side project in 2021 and now has a few hundred paying customers, mostly in Texas. Ryecast is a 13-person software shop in San Antonio. The founders still answer support tickets. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

The position

Ryecast's operations team ships every two weeks. We need someone who can write automated tests and still find bugs by hand. Remote position. Most of the team is in San Antonio, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities

• Run exploratory testing on new features and document findings with clear repro steps
• Investigate and fix flaky tests rather than just retrying them
• Report on test coverage, escaped defects and release readiness
• Review user stories and acceptance criteria for gaps before sprint work begins
• Manage test data and environments with developers and DevOps

You'll need

• 3+ years of software QA experience, including test automation
• Working knowledge of CI pipelines and Git
• Experience with at least one UI automation framework
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile/Scrum
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON and tools like Postman

Pluses

• Mobile automation with Appium, XCUITest or Espresso

Pay and benefits

Compensation: $107,000 - $126,000/year

• Dental insurance
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing
• Home office stipend

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ryecast.