Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Remote OK - Worldwide
Full-time
March 17, 2023

Why we are hiring

Since its official release in October 2019, Autify has been implemented by over 300 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.

Responsibilities

Work with other engineers, designers, and product leads to implement various features while considering performance, security, and reliability.
Proactively identify functions that can be improved.
Facilitate future development by improving the system on the existing server and infrastructure, code quality, CI/CD pipeline, etc.
Web application development using Ruby on Rails
Build an E2E test automation backend using Selenium, Webdriver, etc.
Infrastructure development using AWS, containers, Terraform, etc.
Participate in incident handling and be in on-call rotations

Requirements

Being able to work in Japan standard time (Working partially in JST can be discussed)
Over 3 years of experience in web development including backend and infrastructure.
Over 1 year of experience in developing backends with Rails or Ruby.
Over 1 year of experience in building infrastructure using container management services such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Modern development experience with Agile or Scrum.
English skills (Business level or better)

Preferred

Experience developing frontend applications using JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Angular
Experience in technology selection such as AWS component selection, and system architecture design
Experience in E2E test automation with Selenium and Appium
ISTQB/JSTQB certification

Desired personality traits

A person who can face issues from the user's point of view and sympathizes
A person who has a high awareness of security, reliability, and performance

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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.

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.