Arkose Labs Hiring for Software Engineer, Test Job at Brisbane, Australia Full Time

We are looking for a Software Engineer to grow our System Test team here in Brisbane. This team is responsible for architecting, coding and maintaining test automation software and infrastructure across multiple services. In this role, you will define and execute test strategies for many services, partner with other engineering teams to enable service testability and provide clear recommendations based on well defined test goals.

What you’ll be doing

• Work on one of Brisbane’s highest-traffic SaaS services running at a global scale, serving ~500 million requests per day and increasing
• Work on building highly-available, zero downtime, distributed software systems to help combat fraud
• Be a part of creating, maintaining and improving existing and new code bases
• Respond to attacks and interruptions of service
• Using company communications and organisational systems
• Perform peer code reviews
• Write and maintain automated tests
• Involved in test planning meetings helping to provide high level test scenarios, test estimates
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Attending, contributing to, and sometimes leading regular status meetings

What we want from you

Need to have

• Right to work and live in Australia
• Experience in a commercial environment using modern programming languages – e.g. Node.js/JavaScript, Python, Golang
• Experience with cloud computing (e.g. AWS)
• Experience in test automation using multiple approaches (e.g. functional, integration, unit, e2e)
• Experience in web based application testing including cross-browser and mobile device compatibility
• Experience in performing smoke, sanity, exploratory and regression testing
• NoSQL/relational database experience
• Strong knowledge of designing and implementing mocking, stubbing and contract testing
• Good knowledge of linux-based operating systems
• Good knowledge of web/HTTP concepts and methodologies – DNS, TLS, browser caching, CDNs (e.g. Cloudflare/CloudFront)
• Experience with developing and/or creating test strategies
• Experience with agile development (Scrum/Kanban)

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed systems/computing (especially microservices)
• Knowledge + experience with modern JS frameworks/stacks – React, webpack, etc.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Docker/containers
• Experience with agile development (Scrum/Kanban)

Why Arkose Labs?

The unique opportunity to join an early stage, high growth startup with pioneering technology built by an ambitious team who are passionate about their product and love coming to work every day.

The chance to work with some of the biggest names in the market such as Microsoft, Paypal, EA, Github, Twitch, Roblox, Twilio and Minecraft.

You will be a part of a diverse and high performing environment that values and recognizes your contributions and unique perspectives and experience: we value what you bring to the culture.

We hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.

We value:

• People: first and foremost they are our most valuable resource. Our people are independent thinkers who make data driven decisions and take ownership and accountability in all the things they do.

• Team Work. We demonstrate respect, trust, integrity, and communicate openly with a positive can do attitude and constructively challenge one another

• Customer Focus. We empathise with our customers and obsess about solving their problems

• Execution with precision, professionalism and urgency

• Security. It’s the lens through which we implement our processes, procedures, and programs

We focus on professional growth and development and offer continuing education.

• Flexible hardware options (e.g. Mac, Linux)

• Drinks and team activities every Friday from 2pm

• Flexible working hours and working from home days

• Excellent work/life balance

• Modern office in the heart of Fortitude Valley

We are currently in a transition from a start-up to a scale-up business, are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

Company events both on and off-site as well as volunteering initiatives!

Arkose Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Arkose Labs will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.