Automation Engineer

Our mission is to become the global standard for addressing. Street addresses weren't designed for 2021. They aren't accurate enough to specify building entrances, and they don't exist for parks, rural areas and many parts of the world. This makes it hard to find places and causes problems and inefficiencies on a global scale.

That's why we created what3words. We divided the world into 3m squares and gave each square a unique combination of three words. It's the easiest way to find and share precise locations.

Over the last year, what3words has been used in 193 countries, and our monthly active users continue to grow at an impressive pace. Our tech is used by emergency services, delivery companies, eCommerce businesses, ride-hailing apps and NGOs, and is integrated into the navigation systems of millions of cars around the world.

The role:

You'll be joining our fast-growing tech team, working on our global backend services and APIs to assess software quality through manual and automated testing. You will be responsible for building robust test suites and pipelines for our core platform, as well as finding and reporting bugs and glitches, and ensuring customers and partners have a stable and consistent experience across our services.

In this role, you should have a keen eye for detail and excellent communication skills. If you are competent in automating test cases for backend systems and are passionate about quality, we'd like to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Build high-performing and scalable test solutions (manual and automated) for backend services.

• Review and analyse system specifications, with a focus on API contracts and service integrations.

• Collaborate with Software Engineers and Product Managers to develop effective strategies and test plans for backend systems, and work on AC/UAT.

• Evaluate product code according to specifications, particularly for service logic and data integrity.

• Create logs to document testing phases and defects.

• Find and isolate bugs in backend services and determine their impact on the product or release.

• Help troubleshoot issues in production and staging environments.

• Conduct post-release/post-implementation testing including regression, performance, and integration testing for backend systems.

Essential Skills:

• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

• 2+ years proven experience with integration of automated tests into a build pipeline.

• Strong automation testing experience with the ability to create test automation frameworks using open-source technologies, especially for API and backend testing.

• Experience in Javascript programming. Our test suite uses Axios, Chai and mocha

• API Testing: excellent knowledge of API design, testing methodologies, and automation for RESTful and other API types.

• Understanding of build and configuration tools such as Github Actions and CircleCI.

• Excellent communication skills in both spoken and written English.

• A focus on high-quality work and attention to detail.

• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude.

• Strong organizational skills.

Extra credit if you:

• Have working knowledge of docker/kubernetes.

• Experience working with performance/load testing tools for backend services.

• Are able to understand the business context of what you're doing – understand the value your work creates.

• Enjoy learning new skills in scripting languages and how to use those to showcase our products.

The role is based in our Ho Chi Minh office. While you can work from the office five days a week if preferred, our Engineering team can choose to work up to two days a week from home. We also offer a six-week remote-work allowance; for up to six weeks a year, you can work from anywhere in the world (as long as you've got great WiFi and are happy to work on the HQ timezone).

Diversity & Inclusion

Our mission is to help everyone talk about everywhere, and we believe diverse perspectives make for a better company and better products too. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are committed to equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes and company culture.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits to all permanent employees of what3words:

Competitive salary

- Flexible working

- 6 week remote working (work from anywhere) policy

- 25 days holiday: plus the option to buy more

- Share options

- Private health insurance

- Wellbeing Days

- Generous parental leave policies

- Family friendly policies

- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

- Lunch & learn sessions

- Team social budget