Senior Qa Engineer Iii

Senior QA Engineer (III)

Yes Energy, LLC

Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Data and Analytics Solutions

The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry leading electric power trading analytics software provides real time visibility into the massive amount of data that is generated by the North American electrical grid every day. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real-time trading decisions, and mid to long-term investment decisions that keep utility prices low, support the energy transition, and the grid up and running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.

Be a part of our successful, growing business.

We are seeking to fill one full time Senior QA Engineer position immediately in our Chicago, IL office.

Impact Statement

In the QA group we accelerate product innovation by ensuring quality is built in from the beginning. We believe that the fastest feedback loops lead to the most fun for engineers, highest quality for customers, and best adaptability for the company. As a Senior QA Engineer you will lead and mentor our QA team, grow and evolve our automated test pipeline, and collaborate with our Product Engineering teams to foster a culture of continuous testing.

We are leaders in technology, data, and energy, building solutions and tools for handling the highly complex problems posed by the evolving power grid. – Your contribution will directly impact projects to integrate systems and serve energy data to customers. We are curious people who take pride in our work, value high-quality communication, and strive to continuously improve.

You would be a great fit if you…

• Are experienced at test automation with various tools and want to lead our ongoing journey towards continuous testing – We love our customers and we love to give them a high-quality user experience

• Have worked with data-rich applications and know how to test data across the stack – We believe in building quality in from the beginning, and for us it starts with the data

• Enjoy working with engineers and product managers across experience levels using leadership, mentorship, and followership skills – We have a culture of learning and constantly invest in each other’s growth

• Are a curious person who likes to learn new things and dive into challenging problems – We can get pretty nerdy about our industry, and it is constantly evolving!

• Are seeking a collaborative, cross-functional team with a devops mentality – We believe that comradery and collaboration make us better and faster

What you will do with us…

• Lead in the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, reliable test automation systems using the full stack.

• Write test automations using such tools as Jest, Enzyme, Cypress, JUnit, Cucumber, Postman, utPL/SQL, and more

• Coach, mentor, and guide peers, driving a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

• Provide architectural guidance and vision for our test automation suite, ensuring alignment with overall company strategy.

• Work closely with Development and Product team and others within the organization to promote software quality standards

• Design, track, and evolve QA metrics to support our process of continuous improvement

• Follow an iterative software development methodology and contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle and support

• Embrace Agile development methodologies and practices.

We do ask that you have…

• 7+ years of experience working in test automation, with demonstrated leadership abilities.

• 5+ years experience in UI Software Quality Assurance

• 3+ years experience in database testing

• Solid experience with front-end technologies like ReactJS, JavaScript, and HTML

• Proficiency in back-end languages, especially Java and Python

• Extensive experience testing REST APIs

• Familiarity with data integration and ETL tools

• Working knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)

• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills. Passion for sharing knowledge with the rest of your team, building shared tooling, and directly helping customers

• Ability to build out and manage a comprehensive testing suite for full-stack applications

You will stand out if you have…

• Proven expertise in leading large-scale projects and driving innovative solutions

• Experience with performance and/or security testing

• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL

• Proven work experience in software development

• Desire to learn the energy industry or experience in equities/commodities trading

Keywords

React, JavaScript, Cypress.io, Jest, Enzyme, Java, JUnit, Cucumber, Python, SQL, REST API, Postman, Single Page Applications, DevOps, CI/CD, DX, Agile, TDD / Test-Driven Development.

About Yes Energy

Overview

Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions. Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily. The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management, as well as in developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008 Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders and trade managers. Yes Energy has a team of just over 100 amazing professionals located in Boulder, CO (HQ), Boston, MA and Chicago, IL.

Culture

At Yes Energy we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen and learn, and develop our solutions in line with our customers’ needs. We think about customers as business partners and when we help them to be more successful … we are more successful too.

Around the office our culture is driven by some pretty fundamental values that we’re proud of:

• We love innovation and solving tough challenges;

• We are “high standards people” who combine passion and pride with hard work and rewards of all kinds-- in an ethic that is consistent across the company;

• We’re team-focused with a flat hierarchy-- we work in small teams on well-defined projects that directly impact the success of the business;

• We play to the strengths and experience of each person, while each of us also works along a continuum of roles adjacent to our focus area. This presents a challenge of maintaining a broad set of skills as well as an opportunity to learn and contribute in many ways;

• We are constantly growing. Professional development happens every day and every year.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer strongly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive and it includes medical insurance, 401K Plan with matching, flexible vacation and flexible work schedules. Investment in both formal and informal professional development is encouraged and funded by Yes Energy.

Base Compensation Range: $120,000 - $140, 000 depending on experience and location.