QA Engineer
Are you a passionate QA professional seeking an impactful role in a cutting-edge environment? Join our team as a QA Engineer and play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of innovative microservices and backend systems. This opportunity offers a dynamic, hands-on experience in automating tests, validating releases, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver excellence across multiple environments—from development to production. Your expertise will contribute directly to the seamless delivery of scalable, high-performance APIs and services, making a real difference in a fast-paced, forward-thinking organization.
Required Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Python and Typescript for automation, API testing, and data validation
- Hands-on experience with REST API testing frameworks (pytest, requests, or similar) and schema/contract validation
- Expertise in performance and load testing tools such as K6, Locust, or equivalent
- Ability to script and query using SQL to support metrics and triage processes
- Familiarity with staged software delivery, environment promotion, and change management process
- Competence in debugging distributed services in containerized environments, including logs and health checks
- Experience working with Git, code review workflows, and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have Skills:
- Knowledge of geospatial, mapping, or routing platform testing
- Experience validating impact assessments or constraint management workflows in production systems
- Familiarity with observability stacks (metrics, tracing, log aggregation)
- Experience with cloud data stores (S3, Athena, or similar) and test/metrics analysis tools
- Exposure to workflow orchestration (Airflow or equivalent)
- Use of AI-assisted development tools to enhance testing productivity
- Background in QA, release management, or software quality metrics within high-availability SaaS environments
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Proven track record in QA automation, API testing, and performance testing
- Prior experience in roles supporting continuous integration and delivery pipelines
- At least 3+ years in a QA or testing-focused position within a software development environment
Other Requirements:
- This is an onsite role located in Foster City, CA, requiring 5 days per week presence
- Candidate must be authorized to work on a W2 basis; this role does not involve remote options or C2C arrangements
- Ability to support release validation, monitoring, and troubleshooting in a fast-paced operational setting
Bring your expertise to a company committed to innovation and quality, where your contributions will be essential to our success.
