Why work with us:
Blinker is a Denver-based mobile app that puts people in control of car ownership. We started our company because we believe the used car market has a major consumer problem – each year, twenty eight million people in the US buy or sell a car at the dealership and lose thousands of dollars in every transaction. Blinker is the only company that allows anyone to sell a car with a lien, buy a car with financing or refinance a car, all on their own with their mobile device.
Our CEO, Rod Buscher, founded Blinker in 2013. Today, Blinker's leadership team carries 170 years of collective automotive and lending experience. Blinker has received over 100,000 downloads and originated millions of dollars in auto loans. We’ve also won a 2017 SXSW Interactive Innovation Award, Colorado Biz Top Company Award, Telly Award, as well as been named a “Gazelle” by the Denver Office of Economic Development and a Colorado Company to Watch.
We’re looking for talented people to help us scale our business and serve a nationwide audience from our headquarters in downtown Denver. We’re a passionate, smart, and driven group, working together to cause some major market disruption. You could be part of that. If you’re eager and ready to work alongside inspiring teammates and make a major, positive impact on our business each and every day, we want you to join us.
What is expected of you:
- At Blinker you are not just a manual tester. In addition to manual testing, you will help determine testing strategies, contribute to automation through writing test scripts, monitor product development for quality improvement opportunities, and more.
- Daily responsibilities will include UI testing(mobile and web), API testing using postman or other tools, test plan creation, defining acceptance criteria for tickets, writing and debugging issues found, attending and contributing to standups, elaborations, and other meetings.
- Learn the Blinker automation framework in order to leverage that knowledge by expanding our automated test suite, thus improving quality and efficiency.
- Use your knowledge of testing and testability to influence better software design, promote proper engineering practice, bug prevention strategies, testability, accessibility, privacy, and other advanced quality concepts across products.
Your skills and experience:
- 3+ years of experience as a QA, SDET, or automation engineer
- Ability to triage issues, react well to changes, work with teams and ability to multi-task on multiple products and projects
- Working knowledge of development lifecycle methodologies (i.e. waterfall, kanban, agile, iterative)
- Programming experience in, at least, one object oriented programming language C++, Java, Ruby, or Python
- Experience with automated testing frameworks
- Working experience of scripting, configuration tools, and knowledge of delivering products in an engineering, operations, or release role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
Technologies:
- Automation scripting languages such as Ruby or Python
- Testing frameworks: Appium, Selenium, XCTest, Espresso, Cucumber
- Android, iOS, REST API, GraphQL, Git
- Project management software (Jira, Trello, Target Process)
Additional Information:
- Blinker Inc. does not currently provide Visa sponsorship
What we offer to you:
- Competitive pay + equity
- Paid/flexible time off
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and parental leave benefits
- 401K Plan
- Paid covered parking in Tabor Center garage or RTD transportation
- Fully stocked kitchen with free snacks, beverages, & cold brew coffee on tap
- Regularly recurring, company-side social activities (e.g. BBQ lunches on patio and afternoon happy hours)
- Hackathons