About the Position

SALT is looking for a Lead QA Engineer to manage our growing 2 person test team with a focus on moving towards automation. We are rapidly expanding our engineering organization and this is a great opportunity to join an early stage company and build out processes and best practices for the future.

 What you’ll be doing:

• Lead testing and integration across Salt’s technologies and platform;
• Review and develop automated test code to assure adherence to standards and to advise on optimization;
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving & root-cause analysis skills;
• Facilitate and drive the QA process for engineering while remaining flexible to individual team needs;
• Good collaboration, negotiation & conflict resolution skills;
• Interact with engineering teams to help implement optimized and re-usable functional test automation;
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of process effectiveness and efficiency;
• Lead and Manage a team of QA Engineers;
• Leads, acknowledges, develops, communicates & implements a strategy to ensure compliance;
• Provide leadership, technical expertise, and career development for individual QA contributors;
• Experience performing internal audits and participating in external audits;
• Constantly seek opportunities to improve our quality and testing approach.

 What we are looking for:

•  Ability to work both individually and collaboratively as part of a team;
• You have a BS in Computer Science or another technical major with a minimum of 5 years of software QA experience;
• Accountability to accomplish Sprint goals and objectives;
• Understand business/finance needs, and have the ability to apply business value to test efforts;
• Provide regular updates on sprint-based test plans and automation test runs;
• Knowledge and experience with QA tools and networking tools;
• Experience translating business and functional requirements to create appropriate test documentation (i.e. scripts, user stories, test plans, etc.);
• Demonstrable ability to promote best practices in quality areas, including testability and instrumentation;
• 3+ years of experience writing or executing automated test cases;
• Experience in designing and building automation frameworks and/or tools 
• Experience testing REST based API’s in microservices based software
• Experience in UI automation and API automation
• Deep understanding of quality assurance techniques, frameworks and methodologies;
• Passion for software quality and for advancing testing as an engineering discipline.

What’s in it for you:

• Work Remotely: no commute/traffic, enjoy more flexibility and improved work/life balance, live where you want anywhere within the U.S. and work where you want - comfort of your home, favorite coffee shop, the beautiful outdoors - you pick!
• Health Insurance & Benefits: medical, dental and vision health insurance with options for the company to pay 100% of the monthly premiums for employees and all their eligible dependents, health care and dependent care flexible spending account options, virtual health options, robust 24/7 employee assistance program, and company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid Time Off: 12 company paid holidays and unlimited paid time off - work hard / play hard!
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with company match
• Company Equity: receive grant of company stock options - build and share in our success!
• Perks & Recognition Program: monthly allowance to spend on gift cards, Visa/Mastercard prepaid cards, donation to charities, use to recognize / gift to others, and more!
• Remote Work Benefits: monthly stipend to use towards home internet, cell phone, and work supplies expenses. A generous payment to use towards your home office set up, in addition to a company-provided tech package - laptop, mouse, keyboard.
• Matching Gifts Program: company match of your charitable contributions - we support the causes important to you.
• Great Culture: partner with an engaged, collaborative team and enjoy our informal culture and fun virtual events.