Senior Software Developer in Test SDET Front End

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About Us

Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm.

Learn more about us and our work at quanata.com   Our Team   Quanata, LLC is an insurance technology innovation company that engineers advanced risk prediction and prevention solutions, develops risk-focused acquisition capabilities, and builds/supports a full-stack, flexible, digital & increasingly AI-native insurance platform. This helps our primary clients, State Farm and HiRoad Assurance Company, adapt to evolving market needs. Quanata, LLC is wholly owned and funded by State Farm.

As a company that prioritizes an inclusive and positive culture, we believe the core of our success is in hiring talented people — across disciplines — who want to help us make a quantifiable impact.

The Role

Quanata (San Francisco, CA) seeks a Senior Software Developer in Test SDET Front End to design, lead, and optimize scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and scripts for web front-end products across multiple product streams, driving integration, regression, and performance testing, embedding automation within CI/CD pipelines, collaborating cross-functionally to refine requirements and test strategies, and advancing best practices through continuous tooling innovation and process improvement. Specific duties include: develop and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and scripts for web front-end products across multiple product streams (15%); design and execute integration, regression and performance tests using industry-standard tools and build and enhance scalable, reusable test automation solutions and integrate testing artifacts with CI/CD pipelines (35%); collaborate with product managers, engineers, and QA teams to plan and test new features, clarifying requirements to create targeted test scenarios (25%); research and implement new automated testing tools and techniques, following industry best practices, and proactively removing obstacles to ensure smooth test execution and delivery (25%). Must take and pass a series of pre-hire technical assessments including a Coding Exercise in a Python Language, Framework Design Challenge, Bug-Finding/Exploratory Test Case Review, and CI/CD Integration Scenario. Option to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. Required travel for team meetings or company gatherings about 2 times a year.

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field of study, plus 8 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Software Developer in Test SDET Front End, Senior Software Developer in Test, Technology Analyst, or similar software testing position. Must have 7 years of experience with each of the following: testing automation framework design & implementation; conducting UI/Web UI test automation using Selenium WebDriver or equivalent; conducting framework/tool research and experimentation; identifying Bottleneck; programming/scripting using Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or other similar languages. Must have 5 years of experience working with integration and regression testing. Must also have 4 years of experience working with each of the following: BDD/POM or similar test structure patterns; and CI/CD pipeline integration of test artifacts. Additionally, must have 2 years of experience working with SQL and databases. Specific experience must also include: working in Agile environments and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams; and providing technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring team members, and facilitating knowledge sharing. Must take and pass a series of pre-hire technical assessments including Coding Exercise in a Python Language, Framework Design Challenge, Bug Finding/Exploratory Test Case Review, and CI/CD Integration Scenario. Option to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. Required travel for team meetings or company gatherings about 2 times a year. Salary: $236,936/yr.

Full time position. Apply by submitting your resumes to submitresume@quanata.com, reference Job ID: SDET, Front End in the subject line.

Additional Details: 

• Benefits: We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits.These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents, a Headspace app subscription, monthly wellness allowance and a 401(k) Plan with a company match.
• Work from Home Equipment: Given our virtual environment— in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion. Also, our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day.
• Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment.  New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child. The twelve weeks is applicable to both birthing and non-birthing parent.
• Personal and Professional Development: We’re committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally.  All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development.  All team members also receive Udemy subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
• Location: We are a remote-first company for most positions so you may work from anywhere you like in the U.S, excluding U.S. territories. Occasional travel may be required for team meetings or company gatherings. Employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Providence, Rhode Island may commute to one of our local offices as desired.  
• Hours: We maintain core meeting hours from 9AM - 3PM Pacific time for collaborating with team members across all time zones. 

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Quanata, LLC is an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

If you are a San Francisco resident, please read the City and County of San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance notice. https://www.sf.gov/sites/https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/FCO%20poster2020_0.pdf   This role is employed by Quanata, LLC which is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies.   If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.