Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Software Quality Automation Engineer to join the Mist Engineering team. This role is ideal for engineers with strong software development and automation skills who are passionate about improving product quality through scalable test frameworks, intelligent automation, and rigorous validation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and tools using Python.
- Create scalable automation solutions for validating cloud, web UI, and REST API functionality.
- Develop test infrastructure to improve engineering productivity and product quality.
- Collaborate closely with software engineers to identify, reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve defects.
- Analyze system behavior, logs, and telemetry to diagnose complex issues.
- Build and maintain test environments, automation pipelines, and quality metrics.
- Participate in feature reviews and provide feedback on testability and automation strategy.
- Investigate customer-reported issues and reproduce problems in lab environments when required.
- Continuously improve automation coverage, testing efficiency, and release quality.
- Document automation solutions, test methodologies, and troubleshooting procedures.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizen.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 2+ years of software engineering, automation engineering, quality engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of Python programming with demonstrated experience developing software or automation solutions.
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
- Experience validating REST APIs and web applications.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working independently and driving technical solutions with minimal supervision.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Selenium, Playwright, pytest, or similar automation frameworks.
- Experience with cloud-native applications and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with Django, RESTful services, and modern web architectures.
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, switching).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates.
- Experience supporting enterprise SaaS products.
What We Can Offer You:
- Health & Wellbeing benefits
- Personal & Professional Development opportunities
- Unconditional Inclusion and flexible work arrangements