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Autify

Tokyo

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Senior Desktop Application Engineer, Electron (Zenes)

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
September 5, 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 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-powered software testing automation platform.

In October 2019, we officially released Autify for Web, our test automation software that targets web applications. Also, in October 2021, Autify for Mobile for mobile app testing was officially launched, and we closed our $10M Series A. Although the product lineup is continuing to expand, and we have been able to provide all basic functions needed in a test automation platform, we continue to receive requests for new features and improvements.

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. Also, we are looking for opportunities beyond the existing Autify services.

To expand our product lineup, we are looking for a senior frontend engineer to join our team that works for new services. You will mainly be responsible for developing a desktop app using Electron and frontend technologies for a new product utilizing machine learning techniques and generative AI.

Responsibilities

Develop a multi-environment desktop app using Electron using frontend web technologies including TypeScript and React
Develop test execution workers using TypeScript and Playwright
Develop UI component base
Participate in on-call rotations for incident & alert handling

Required Qualifications

Over five years of development experience using frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Angular
Over two years of experience in developing desktop applications using Electron.
Over one year of experience in developing backend using frameworks using any language
Experience with modern development processes incorporating Agile and Scrum
Ability to communicate and work in English
Until a Visa can be issued, being able to work from your own country with some overlap with Japanese business hours.

Nice-to-Have

Experience in designing, managing and improving the release pipeline of desktop apps that are continuously updated
Experience in handling customer support communications and maintaining production desktop apps
Experience in E2E test automation with Selenium, Playwright, Appium, etc.
Experience with LLMs like OpenAI GPT-4 and Antholopic Claude, especially developing applications powered by those LLMs in addition to use for daily tasks

Selection Process

Submission of online coding test (take-home)
Submission of technical assignment (take-home)
Technical interview HR interview: 60 mins
Final interview (HR interview & manager's interview): 45 mins + 45 mins

Note:

We will request to provide references after the final interview.
The interview steps might change depending on the hiring status in our pipeline.
We can arrange casual interviews before the coding test upon the candidate's request. (Subject to availability of both parties)

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.