Staff Software Engineer - Android Test Engineering

2 Hours ago • 8 Years + • $180,200 PA - $252,300 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Staff Software Engineer - Android Test Engineering role involves working in a collaborative environment to design and develop tools and test frameworks to ensure quality. The engineer will contribute to building an engineering culture that prioritizes quality, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and services, analyze production issues, improve automated testing, and maintain test infrastructure stability. The role requires participation in troubleshooting and influencing the engineering organization on various testing methods. The Quality Engineering org aims to enable quality in all engineering teams at Reddit by providing robust test tools and frameworks that help establish quality standards across the development pipelines.

Must have:

8+ years of SDET or Software Engineer experience for Android.
3+ years in Android development.
Experience in building automated test frameworks.
Experience in writing and executing automated test suites.
Strong understanding of CI/CD process.
Strong understanding of QA methodologies for mobile applications.

Good to have:

Experience in JetPack Compose.

Perks:

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k Match
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
Generous paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off

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Job Details

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The Test Engineering team within the Quality Engineering (QE) org is looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can work in a highly collaborative environment, design/develop tools, test frameworks, and define processes to help the teams to own and be accountable for quality. The mission of the Quality Engineering org is to enable quality in all engineering teams at Reddit by providing robust test tools and frameworks that help establish quality standards across the development pipelines.

Responsibilities:

Help in building an Engineering culture that enables quality in all software feature development teams across Reddit.
Develop and evolve test automation frameworks, tools, and services.
Analyze production issues, identify test gaps across the entire testing stack and make systemic improvements to automated testing
Maintain test infrastructure stability in non-production environments.
Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
Influence the entire engineering organization on unit/integration/end-to-end tests.

Required Qualifications:

8+ years of experience as an SDET, or as a Software Engineer for Android platform
3+ years in Android development
Experience in designing and building scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and services for testing mobile applications
Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of technologies such as Espresso and/or, UIAutomator using Kotlin.
Preferred experience in JetPack Compose.
Experience in unit, snapshot, and end-to-end testing of Android applications
Experience in building test frameworks and automated tests for native Mobile applications
Strong understanding of CI/CD process and quality checks in the workflow.
Strong understanding of QA methodologies for mobile applications releases.
Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.

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