Senior Software Quality Engineer - Lead

Do you enjoy breaking things?  Do you take pride in your ability to test software and work with others to continually improve products and services?  Are you inquisitive by nature, technically savvy, and can think like both an engineer and a product consumer? RemoteLock™ is looking for that impressive combination of SQE, analytical thinker and test-automation expert to help us define and grow an enterprise-class quality assurance process for our product line of wired and wifi-enabled door locks and related web & mobile software.

A Day in the Life

This is a role where you will get your hands dirty, initially learning about our RemoteLock™ door security products and management/reporting software. You will develop test plans, execute them, log results, create automated regression tests, and generally take ownership of our quality control process. You’ll work closely with the development and support teams, lead by example and eventually manage internal and external QA resources. Your charisma and testing savvy will build confidence both inside and outside the organization.

Here are some specifics on exactly what your days might look like:

• Own the quality assurance efforts for the software and management/reporting related to our suite of wired and wireless door locks
• Create and execute test plans to verify that our products and services work as intended
• Record and manage test results in our defect-tracking software
• Create and execute automated regression tests as appropriate
• Suggest and implement improvements to our overall testing process
• Help identify UI/UX issues to improve overall product and software quality & customer satisfaction
• Work with development, product management and customer support teams to research and reproduce issues and create test cases for same
• Manage production deployments

If you meet the following requirements, we definitely want to hear from you:

• 8+ years work experience in software quality assurance with an ability to demonstrate the following traits and characteristics:

  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail

  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

  • Proven experience in test plan design and execution, including ad-hoc, regression and automated testing to verify that products work as intended

  • Strong experience in testing highly-available web and mobile consumer interfaces

  • Strong source code management experience, especially with Git/GitHub

  • Past leadership/management experience of QA staff

  • Ability to deal with multiple projects/deadlines and manage shifting priorities

• Bonus points for experience with:

  • Amazon Web Services

  • Ruby/Rails/React

  • Sequel programming via command line or GUI access to SQL or MySQL databases

  • Testing of billing & reporting interfaces

  • HTTP API concepts & verification (JSON, OAuth, REST)

  • DevOps experience

  • TCP/IP wired and wireless networking concepts (Routing, DNS, SSH, general security knowledge)

  • OSX/Windows/Linux environments

• Maintain the test lab / test environment and verify adherence to standards

About RemoteLock™

RemoteLock™ is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and provides a cloud-enabled platform for smart locks allowing users to manage any type of internet-enabled lock from a single centralized dashboard.  RemoteLock™ develops commercial-grade WiFi and hardwired door locks and related software solving the problems for property managers and owners who need to control access for their guests, renters and service staff. Our solutions eliminate the issues of remotely managing property access: the expense and hassle of key exchanges, the disruption of early check-ins and overstays, and the security risks of unauthorized access. Our clients have remote control of their buildings, rooms, and rental properties, enabling them to securely manage and monitor all property access from their smartphone or internet browser.

RemoteLock™ attracts and retains only top-notch employees – we recruit for high talent, low egos.  We offer a competitive compensation package including salary, equity, bonus, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), PTO/Flextime, quarterly celebration events, stocked kitchen, dog friendly office, RTD EcoPass & remote work options.   We recently relocated to a trendy new office warehouse at the Evans Light Rail station in Denver and closed $5.8MM in a Series A funding round this past May.