Software Test Engineer

The Opportunity:

As a Software Test Engineer, you will be responsible for driving software quality by building critical test automation infrastructure to ensure the proper functioning of our payments platform. This position requires strong overall knowledge of both development and operation processes and testing principles with a particular strength in working with scalable highly available payments processing systems.

You will work alongside a team of the brightest and most remarkable individuals in the industry and you will have an immediate impact on our aspirations for global domination and disruption of the payments space.

What Excites You: 

• You are obsessed with building tools that ensure the software we build is high quality, defect free, and secure.
• You are passionate about  working with a team of product owners, designers, and engineers to ensure the software meets requirements and is delivered to customers free of bugs.
• You have strong opinions about software testing best practices and are unwilling to compromise on quality.
• You have a passion for continual learning and team communication, as well as listening to the customer to create a great experience.
• You’re transparent and believe that open communication is critical for team success.
• You want to work with a collaborative team that supports each other and helps each other grow. 

What Excites Us:

• You're a curious, scrappy, highly motivated innovator who is excited about diving into a high-growth startup and taking ownership of important customer-facing features.
• You're a solid test engineer who obsesses over  well-tested code that delights our users.
• You have strong opinions about testing and accept nothing less than 80% coverage.
• You aren't intimidated by relational databases and know how to write SQL queries (or find the answer if you need to)
• You value autonomy and are excited about joining a team that values personal growth, professional development, and career progression
• Your peers see you as an avid team player who lives by the philosophy that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
• Experience supporting Elixir applications is a plus.
• Experience working with B2B software products. 
• Freight and Fintech experience is a plus. 

Benefits and Perks:

• Fully remote work by design
• Quarterly in-person retreats
• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision
• Mental and physical wellness stipend
• Generous option (equity) grant
• Professional development reimbursements

We see Axle as a constant work in progress, and the same is true of our people: for all of us, we believe the best is yet to come. We want to work in the company of warm, inclusive people who treat their colleagues exceptionally well. The kind of people who are committed to going out of their way to help others in the short-term and to push them to grow over the long-term.

At Axle, we don’t just accept our differences. We celebrate them. Axle is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an equal opportunity employer.