Senior Software Engineer (Productivity)

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Collaborate with engineering leadership to develop and implement strategies for enhancing engineering productivity
• - Define and refine testing and release processes, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and Phaidra's goals
• - Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence within the engineering team
• - Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks, integrating tools like Cypress for reliable software validation
• - Develop tools and scripts to automate routine tasks, enabling the engineering team to focus on high-value activities
• - Streamline release processes to enhance deployment efficiency and software quality
• - Work closely with development and infra teams to improve continuous integration and delivery pipelines
• - Utilize monitoring tools like Grafana for real-time insights into system performance, leveraging data to drive improvements
• - Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve engineering productivity and software quality
• - Mentor and guide engineers on best practices in testing, automation, and productivity enhancement
• - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align productivity initiatives with broader organizational objectives

Required Skills

• - Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• - 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on test automation and engineering productivity
• - Proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as Python, Bash, or similar
• - Experience with monitoring and real-time data analytics tools like Grafana
• - Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing inefficiencies
• - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote and distributed team environment
• - Passion for developing productivity tooling to simplify the development and testing of multi-service applications

Benefits

• - Fast-paced and team-oriented environment where you will be instrumental in the direction of the company
• - Competitive compensation & equity
• - Outsized responsibilities & professional development
• - Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
• - Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
• - Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
• - Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
• - Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook