Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Arkestro

About Arkestro

Arkestro's Predictive Procurement Platform applies AI, game theory, and behavioral science to enterprise negotiations. It moves teams away from reactive supplier bidding toward data-driven offers that reduce friction and help both buyers and suppliers reach better outcomes faster.

Arkestro helps procurement teams influence more enterprise spend and uncover savings that traditional sourcing approaches often leave behind by applying predictive intelligence to how sourcing events are designed and executed.

We’re a hyper-growth company looking for people who take ownership and are comfortable working through complexity. This is a tremendous opportunity if you want to do meaningful work and help shape how large enterprises run procurement.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced SDET with a strong test background to continue to help us develop our QE processes and support the team building increased capabilities and enhancements to our Arkestro platform. You will be responsible for finding and reporting software defects and identifying discrepancies between specification and system behavior.

Responsibilities

• Build regression automation scripts that support app functionality
• Manually test software for validation and accuracy based on a defined set of criteria
• Execute smoke, regression, integration, performance, and other testing types to ensure proper behavior of software
• Record detailed documentation of feature behavior
• Record pass/fail conditions of tests and correlate failures to bug identification
• Identify and escalate any risk to quality of the product or the process
• Collaborate with the product team to ensure quality throughout the SDLC and product release cycles
• Collaborate with customer-facing teams to incorporate user feedback in the testing strategy
• Participate in refinement and estimations of effort to promote accurate planning
• Utilize GitHub to maintain automation repositories, run custom scripts, and facilitate automated quality practices
• Participate in On-Call rotation

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a software quality assurance role
• At least 5 years of experience in automated testing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Possess a mindset focused on holistic quality
• Experience with programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Gherkin, SQL, Ruby/Rails

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest/Puppeteer, Playwright, Postman, JMeter, or any other object-oriented based automated testing framework
• Experience with testing support functionalities such as GitHub Actions, LambdaTest, SendGrid, Datadog, PagerDuty
• Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes
• Background in data-based testing and/or security-based testing
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant experience

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary and startup equity
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance premiums covered up to 100% (employee only)
• 401(k) discretionary employer matching
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote-first team with regular opportunities to gather in person for team building, design sprints, and customer visits
• Annual budget of $1,000 for learning and professional development
• Diverse, inclusive, highly collaborative, and vibrant culture