Senior Test Automation Engineer

About Keyfactor

Our mission is to build a connected society, rooted in trust, with identity-first security for every machine and human. Keyfactor helps organizations move fast to establish digital trust at scale — and then maintain it. With decades of cybersecurity experience, Keyfactor is trusted by more than 1,500 companies across the globe. We are proud to continually earn recognition as a Best Place to Work, and we achieve that through our amazing people who cultivate our culture as we grow. We hope you will trust your future with Keyfactor!

Title: Senior Test Automation Engineer

Location: United States; Remote

Experience: Associate-Mid Level

Job Function: Marketplace Engineering

Employment Type: Full-time

Industry: Computer and Network Security

About the position

We are looking for a dynamic Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our fully remote team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a professional software testing role including a strong focus on test automation responsibilities. They will have a keen ability to collaborate with other members of the team, primarily developers. You will play a crucial role in our team creating, maintaining, and debugging tests.

This position is based in the United States. Applicants must hold US citizenship or US permanent resident status.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other developers and engineers in a fully remote environment.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the test automation framework.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for front-end and back-end applications, focusing on continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Execute manual test cases for scenarios where automation is not feasible, documenting bugs and tracking issues through resolution.
• Manage test data, and environment setup, and ensure comprehensive test coverage for new features and regression testing.
• Debug/troubleshoot test failures including identifying the cause of test failures in production code.
• Participate in code reviews to evaluate testability and improve test coverage by mentoring the development team in best practices for testing and quality assurance.
• Contribute to the design of new features and functionalities.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Fluency in English with solid oral and written communication skills.
• A degree, personal project, or work experience demonstrating skills.
• Experience with testing a modern JavaScript framework such as React, Angular, or Vue using modern testing frameworks like Jest, Cypress/Playwright, or similar tools.
• Experience with testing REST/JSON based HTTP APIs, including tools such as Postman.
• Experience leading the implementation of automated testing in an existing project.
• Experience with different types of automated software testing, including unit and integration tests.
• Experience with Continuous Integration processes including pipelines, such as GitHub Actions
• Experience with version control (Git), work/defect tracking (JIRA), and test management tools.
• Experience with container technology (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Experience with relational databases/SQL for data retrieval and updates.
• Experience with Cloud Infrastructure providers such as Azure or AWS
• Bonus: Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi, etc.
• Bonus: Experience testing Infrastructure as Code projects
• Bonus: Public Key Infrastructure knowledge/experience
• Bonus: Security testing practices and tools

Compensation

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Culture, Career Opportunities and Benefits

We build teams that continually strive to get better than the day before. You will be challenged daily and given opportunities to grow personally and professionally. We balance autonomy and structure to create an entrepreneurial environment to spur creativity and new ideas.

Here are just some of the initiatives that make our culture special:

• Second Fridays (a company-wide day off on the second Friday of every month).
• Comprehensive benefit coverage, paid for by the company for you and your dependents (US).
• Generous paid parental leave (US).
• Dedicated employee-focused ambassadors via Key Contributors & Culture Committees.
• DIVERSE Commitment, a call to action for a more inclusive and diverse future in business, society, and technology.
• The Keyfactor Alliance Program to support DEIB efforts.
• Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app free membership, Wellness Wednesdays.
• Global Volunteer Day, company non-profit matching, and 3 volunteer days off.
• Unlimited time off (US) and competitive time off globally.
• Monthly Talent development and Cross Functional meetings to support professional development.
• Regular All Hands meetings – followed by group gatherings.

Our Core Values

Our core values are extremely important to how we run our business and what we look for in every team member:

Trust is paramount.

We deliver security software and solutions where trust and openness are of the highest importance for our customers. We are honest and a trusted partner in every aspect of business.

Customers are core.

We strategize, operate, and execute through a customer-centric view. We prioritize the security interests of our customers, and we act as if their data were our own.

Innovation never stops, it only accelerates.

The speed of change is accelerating. We are committed, through investment and focus, to stay ahead of the innovation curve.

We deliver with agility .

We thrive in high-paced and continually changing environments. We navigate through newly added variables, adjust accordingly, while driving towards our strategic goals.

United by respect .

Respect for all is what unites us. We promote diversity, inclusivity, equity, and acting with empathy and openness, both in our business and in our communities.

Teams make “it” happen.

Vision and goals are not individually achievable – they require teamwork. We pride ourselves in operating as a cohesive team, creating promoters and partners, and winning as one.

Keyfactor is a proud equal opportunity employer.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Applicants with disabilities may contact a member of Keyfactor’s People team via people@keyfactor.com and/or telephone at 1.216.785.2990 to request and arrange for accommodations at any time.

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