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Autify

Tokyo

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Web No-Code, TMX)

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
August 8, 2024

Global Market for QA

Markets are changing rapidly, and there is a demand for quick software releases. Agile development has become mainstream; on a global scale, 92% of developer teams adopt agile development, 71% of which aim to release at least once a week. With such a rapid cycle, manual verification is too time-consuming, and there is an urgent need for automation. Our services can solve these critical challenges and make our clients a competitive advantage in software development. QA’s global budget is said to reach over $1 trillion. We are rapidly expanding our service reach internationally to win this vast global market.

About Us

Autify, Inc. is a San Francisco-based startup that was founded by the first Japanese team to graduate from Alchemist Accelerator, one of the top accelerators in the US. With the mission to empower people’s creativity through technology, we have been offering an AI-powered automation platform aiming to eliminate the test phase.

Building on our no-code test automation tool Autify (now renamed Autify NoCode), which was officially released in 2019, we are adding Autify Genesis/Zenes, a test design & test case creation tool using generative AI, and Autify Pro Service, a quality assurance service provided by quality assurance and test automation professionals. We are evolving into a quality engineering platform that comprehensively supports the software development cycle.

About This Role

Job Purpose

Since its official release in October 2019, Autify has been implemented by numerous clients, and our client base is continuing to grow. While we provide all the essential functions required in a test automation platform, we continue to receive requests for new functions and improvements. Autify is working on growing the product further by adding new features. For this reason, we are expanding our backend engineer team to further develop and improve Autify’s highly reliable test execution mechanism. We are looking for a senior engineer to join our Test Execution team for Web

You will mainly be responsible for developing and improving the no code web application of our platform. You will also examine bug reports from customers, work on fixing them and also apply the findings when improving the core engine and architecture of the product. This job title encompasses backend/infrastructure work, front end work is also in the scope although the major work will be in the back end side.

Responsibilities

Work with other engineers, designers, and product leads to implement various features while considering performance, security, and reliability.
Investigate and solve issues that occur in specific browsers and applications
Web application development using Ruby on Rails and TypeScript.
Facilitate future development by continually improving the existing systems architecture, code quality, CI/CD pipeline, etc.
Work with other teams to improve our E2E test automation product built with Appium, Selenium, Webdriver, etc.
Participate in incident handling and on-call rotations
Proactively identify functions that can be improved, and suggest possible solutions in the technical aspects and product-related ideas.

Required Qualifications

Over 7 years of experience in web development specializing in backend and has some experience in frontend languages/frameworks.
Experience with refactoring and working with legacy core components of the code.
Experience in developing backend with Rails, Ruby, Node.js, or Go.
Modern development experience with Agile or Scrum.
Ability to communicate and work in English and have good communication skills to work smoothly within the team and communicate with cross-functional teams when needed.
Until a Visa can be issued, being able to work from your own country with some overlap with Japanese business hours.

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience in developing frontend with Typescript or Javascript
Experience with Selenium WebDriver or Playwright
Experience developing and working with Chrome extensions.
Proficient in the process of analyzing, hypothesizing and testing
Experience in infrastructure with Docker, AWS, GCP or Microsoft Azure.
Experience in E2E test automation with Selenium and Appium

Desired Personality Traits

A person with a product mindset who can identify and understand issues from the user's point of view and sympathizes with them.
Has a problem solving mindset.

Selection Process

1. Coding test (take-home)

2. Technical assignment (take-home)

3. Technical interview: 60min

4. Final interview: 90min

Note: We will ask you to provide references after the final interview.

About the Engineering Team

Our Team

Autify's engineering team is international, with more than half of the engineers being foreign nationals and all developers being English speakers. We have a good culture where members respect each other's backgrounds. Since we have two products, Autify for Web and Autify for Mobile, our development engineers are divided into two teams corresponding to each product. We have about 30 front-end, back-end, and technical support engineers who work closely with engineering managers, product managers, QA managers, designers, and machine learning engineers. The product manager is in charge of the general roadmap. The product manager develops a rough roadmap and works with the engineers and designers on the details of each feature and bug fixes before implementation. Depending on the size of the feature, we appoint a feature lead from among the engineers to be in charge of the project and give them the discretion to make technical decisions.

Our Development Process

We create a ticket about what kind of function we will develop. In some cases, the product owner creates it based on user feedback; in other cases, each team creates bugs and investigation requests directly.

The development cycle consists of one Sprint, which takes two weeks. Development tasks are assigned during the planning stage on the first day of the Sprint, and we hold a daily standup meeting to check the overall progress and any problems. (If there is a time difference, it is done at lunchtime).

We review code on GitHub. After the review, the merged branches are automatically deployed to the staging environment, and E2E tests are performed (which Autify does itself).

After testing on the integrated branch, it's deployed to the production environment. Deployment is done several times a week as needed. We also hold sprint ceremonies like Sprint planning, feature refinement and sprint retrospective sessions. The developer will demonstrate the developed function to all employees at the end of the Sprint in the Sprint Demo.

Tech Stack

Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Go
Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Styled Components
Machine learning: Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, GPT-4
Database: PostgreSQL, Redis
Test: Appium, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Puppeteer
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform, Packer, MacStadium, GoogleCloud
Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic, Sentry
CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions
Source code management: GitHub
Project management: Jira
Misc.: G Suite, Slack, Notion, Gather, Zoom, Miro, 1Password, Mixmax, Calendly, etc.

Employment Conditions

Employment Status

Regular employees
Probation period: 3 months after joining the company (conditions are the same as permanent employment)

Work Location

Tokyo office or Remote (Hybrid)

Work Hours

Full flextime system

Note: The determination of working hours (start and end times) must be made to the extent that one's own duties (including guidance and supervision of subordinates) are properly performed and that there are no obstacles to work in terms of coordination and communication with other employees.

Bonus

Twice a year

Holidays/PTO

Complete a five-day workweek system (National holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.)
Unlimited paid time off

Benefits

Equipped with various social insurance
Regular health checkups
Stock option
A laptop PC will be rented when joining the company
Remote work allowance
English learning support
Skill-up support
Visa sponsorship
Relocation bonus
Relocation housing support

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About Autify

Autify, Inc. is a start-up company founded in San Francisco by a team of engineers who were the first Japanese team to graduate from the top US accelerator Alchemist Accelerator. With the mission to increase creativity with the power of tech, we develop and provide Autify, an AI-based software test automation platform.

Over 300 companies have begun using their service since its official release in October 2019, and that number is continuing to grow.

QA’s global budget is said to reach over $1 trillion. We are rapidly expanding our service reach internationally to win this vast global market.

Japanese Language Policy
Autify doesn’t require Japanese skills for engineers. All oral and written communications (including slack and all documentation) is in English, so there’s no need for engineers to speak Japanese.
Visa Sponsorship
Autify’s flexible when it comes to helping you get a visa. They’re willing to hire people currently living overseas and sponsor your visa (as long as you fulfill the Japanese visa eligibility requirements). Autify also allows working from abroad while waiting for your visa to be approved.

They’re even open to having people continue to work remotely from outside of Japan longer-term as long as you can be available during normal business hours in the JST time zone.
Paid Leave
10 days of paid leave and 5 days of sick leave plus public holidays in Japan.
Benefits
💹 Employee stock option plan

💻 New tech gear (Laptop PC will be lent when joining the company)

👩‍🎓 Skill development support

🏠 Remote work allowance

💛 Support for attending conferences

🧡 Seminar participation support

📕 Book purchases

👶 Parental Leave

👩‍🏫 English learning/skill improvement program support

💜 Social security / insurance benefits included

🏥 Healthcare insurance

💚 Pension insurance
Remote Work
Autify is working 100% remotely currently, so they don’t require members to live in Tokyo, if you are able to relocate to Japan. They also have quarterly in-person meetings in Tokyo but it’s not mandatory to commute to Tokyo once every three months. You can also join remotely.

Note: We welcome remote work from other countries as long as you can work during the JST time zone. Those living outside of Japan will remotely join quarterly in-person meetings.
Work style
Work hours: Full flex time (No Core Time!)

Autify allows their members to choose their own hours as long as they average 8 hours a day each month. There may be times when you’re expected to join meetings and you may need to be online during the JST time zone, but otherwise work hours are flexible.