Senior Software Engineer, Automation & Developer Tools

Job description

As a Software Engineer, Automation & Developer Tools at Everlaw, you will be a key architect of our quality culture, helping to shape automated testing at legal technology’s fastest-growing SaaS company. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving our CI/CD pipelines, facilitating advanced automation techniques, and serving as a technical mentor for our QA team. We are looking for a proactive engineer who is not just a practitioner of automation, but a visionary—someone always on the lookout for new approaches to ensure our platform remains robust as we pursue our mission to promote justice by illuminating truth. **In this Senior Software Engineer role, you will sit within our Engineering department, acting as a vital bridge between Development and QA. Other engineers become your "users"; building the tooling, templates, and documentation that allow teams to implement and improve automation seamlessly will have a multiplicative impact.** By participating in the Testing Guild and conducting thoughtful code reviews, you will ensure that our automation standards remain high and our release cycles stay efficient and reliable. **Skills you are expected to possess:** - Expertise in at least one major programming language: Java, Python, Javascript, C++ - Fluency with Data Structures and Algorithms - Experienced with usage of design patterns and coding best practices - Designed, built, maintained, tested, and launched cloud-based software - Led multi-developer efforts, including planning, technical breakdown, and coordination - Mentored other engineers and consulted on issues within areas of expertise ### Getting started - **We want you to feel like part of the team early on!** Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. \[And you’ll spend meaningful time getting to know your direct reports and discover what excites and challenges them.\] - **We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away!** We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1. ### In your role, you'll... - Refine and evolve testing infrastructure and tooling that enables engineers to ship high-quality features at scale - Design, implement, and maintain automated testing systems using tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI and Cypress. - Create internal tools that improve developer productivity and shorten iteration cycles - Partner closely with DevOps to optimize test execution and reliability within CI/CD pipelines - Drive best practices in testing, observability, and release confidence across the engineering org - Research and implement new automation approaches - including the use of AI - to stay ahead of industry trends and keep our testing infrastructure cutting-edge. - Collaborate with developers to interpret code coverage results and identify strategic areas for new test investment. - Mentor QA Engineers on all topics related to automation, helping them troubleshoot technical blockers and uplevel their scripting skills. ### About you - **You have a BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent coursework.** - **You have** at least 5 years of experience working deeply with **Cypress** for web application automation. - **You have** demonstrated expertise in using CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI or GitLab to create and manage workflows. - **You are** experienced in API testing and understand how to validate data across different layers of an application. - **You have** a mentorship mindset and enjoy helping others grow their technical capabilities with Cypress and other automation techniques. - **You are** a proactive problem-solver who can navigate Linux-based systems and troubleshoot complex automation hurdles. - **You are** authorized to work in the United States without restrictions. Please note that at this time, Everlaw is not sponsoring employment visas for this role. ### Benefits - The expected salary range for this role is between $173,000 and $251,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate’s experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future. - Equity program - 401(k) retirement plan with company matching - Health, dental, and vision insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses - Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave - Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays - Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness - Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues - Company-sponsored life and disability insurance ### Perks - Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt - Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays - Monthly home internet reimbursement - Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup - Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office - Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team - Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice - Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities - Ranked #9 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies - One of [Wealthfront’s 2021 Career Launching Companies](https://blog.wealthfront.com/career-launching-companies-list/#companies-list), and ranked #2 on the “[2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work](https://www.everlaw.com/blog/2022/05/05/2022-bay-area-best-places-to-work/)” list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal - One of [Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022]