Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

About the role 

We are looking for a passionate and motivated SDET to help us build our evolving, world-class log management system. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on, energetic self-starter with a passion for helping to create products that deliver an unmatched customer experience.  You will have a team-oriented attitude, a desire to see your team succeed and grow, and the ability to set up processes to execute quickly.  You will be results-driven, hold yourself and others to the highest standards and put our customers success first.

Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the product management, design, and internal teams to understand the needs of our customers and to ensure quality is a key consideration
• Help establish and evolve formal test processes, ensuring that we are using industry-accepted best practices.
• Work in all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Act as point of contact for testing aspects of releases, providing testing services and coordinating resources internally and externally.
• Serve as an advisor to other engineers when it comes to software quality.
• Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated with a strong emphasis on automation).
• Strong aptitude for deep technical and root cause testing and analysis

Qualifications:

• Relevant industry experience
• Strong knowledge of software test methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Solid scripting knowledge
• Solid understanding of testing as part of a CI/CD pipeline
• Obsession for product quality and customer success
• Keen attention to detail, without forgetting about the big picture
• Strong communication skills with the ability to contribute to technical discussions

Bonus Points 

• Experience with one or more areas in performance, security, functional, regression, and integration testing
• Experience with testing Groovy and/or Jenkins
• Experience with infrastructure/compliance related tooling (i.e.: InSpec, CINC Auditor, testinfra, serverspec, etc)
• Experience with Kubernetes 
• Experience with Node.js

  About Mezmo:

  Mezmo's Telemetry Pipeline makes it easier to understand data, optimize data to control costs, and respond quickly to make data-driven decisions. Applying data engineering principles, Mezmo helps organizations gain confidence in their telemetry data and extract business value from it. Organizations can centralize data from various sources via Mezmo’s open platform. Data profiling helps understand the data before it is optimized by applying out-of-the-box and custom processors to transform data and route it to the desired destinations for further analysis. With the Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline, enterprises can rapidly respond to any incident or data changes. This empowers teams to make faster decisions, all while controlling data costs.

  Customers love the Mezmo platform's speed, ease of use, and ability to scale. The platform gives customers flexibility, regardless of the other tools they use in their observability and security stacks.

  What it’s like to work at Mezmo

  At Mezmo, our culture is everything. We have an inclusive, collaborative, and fulfilling work environment so that our teammates can tackle some of technology’s biggest challenges. Join us if you:

  • Want to solve hard problems.
  • Want to enable Mezmo’s customers, partners, and community to be highly productive and successful.
  • Thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments. 
  • Enjoy jumping in where needed to help the whole company succeed. 
  • Take your role, but not yourself, seriously. At Mezmo, we know that pride, humility, and kindness are not mutually exclusive.

Benefits

• Receive competitive compensation.
• Receive competitive benefits, including:
• 100% healthcare coverage for you and your family.
• 100% dental coverage for you and your family.
• 100% vision coverage for you and your family.
• Flexible time off. Work-life balance is valued here and we encourage you to take the opportunity to recharge.
• One company-wide mental health day off per month in addition to all nationally recognized holidays.
• $600 annual remote work expense reimbursement in addition to hardware setup provided by the company.

This is a full-time remote opportunity. Mezmo is a remote-first company that was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and now has employees in 71 cities in North America and 8 countries worldwide. Learn more about our culture and how we stay connected on our website.