QA Consultant

Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
October 4, 2023

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for proposing solutions to clients’ quality issues and providing services using Autify. Specifically, your primary responsibilities will include helping customers get started with test automation, advising not only on automation but also on general quality issues, and providing hands-on support to help customers automate testing with Autify. This position will allow you to leverage your experience in quality assurance while also taking on the challenge of planning and executing new quality improvement solutions with the team using Autify.

Formulate solutions for clients’ quality issues, focusing on automation technology.
Offer advice on developing QA strategies and reviewing QA processes.
Assist in resolving QA issues for new and existing clients.
Provide hands-on support for test automation projects.
Create documentation and video content to promote the use of Autify.

Requirements

Experience in test planning, execution, and improvement.
QA experience in agile development.
Experience in managing QA projects in your own company or a third-party testing company.
Ability to communicate in business-level Japanese.
Ability to communicate in basic English.

Preferred

Experience in end-to-end test automation using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, and Autify.
Management/lead experience of an internal QA team.
Experience in working with clients at a third-party testing company.
Sales and support experience in products for engineers.
Experience in implementing code-based testing, including unit testing and integration testing.
JSTQB certified.
Holds certifications such as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, etc.
Ability to communicate in business-level English.

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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.

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.

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.

Autify’s policies during COVID-19 are as follows:

They’ve adopted a policy of working fully remotely (previously they allowed one day a week of remote work)
They no longer have a physical Japan office (previously they had one in Tokyo)

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.