Ontra is a remote-first company, with access to coworking spaces and offices in a few key cities for employees who may prefer in-person working options. We value connection, investing in opportunities for in-person and virtual gatherings with your Ontra colleagues.

We currently are able to hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.

United States

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington

APAC

Hong Kong, Singapore

EMEA

United Kingdom

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For this job we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States.

About the opportunity

Ontra is seeking a Test Automation Engineer that will be reporting to our Test Automation Manager on our R&D team.

This role is a great opportunity for those who are excited about the possibility of building and automating our current QA processes as well as our automated functional/non-functional tests, in partnership with our cross-functional teams (Product, DevOps & SWEs). The Test Automation Engineer will also have the opportunity to create manual test plans.

If you are eager to work in a high growth environment where you will have the opportunity to build processes from scratch, we’d love to get to know you!

What you’ll do

• Results-oriented: Work closely with our DevOps team to incorporate the automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to ensure bug free releases to Production
• Proactive: Identify areas of improvement as well as additional key workflows for automation and start adding them to appropriate test suites
• Self-starter: Building out automated functional test suites (Regression and E2E tests for Web platforms and backend API) and non-functional test suites (Web A11y). Aid in manual testing to ensure the features are working as defined in the acceptance criteria.
• Forward-thinking: Learn new technologies and advocate for high quality software development
• Detail-oriented: Help creating best practices around test frameworks, documenting processes and documenting results for the broader team

What you’ll bring

• Experience level: 5+ years of experience working in a high growth product environment building test automation suites and manual testing experience
• Technical knowledge: Experienced with programming languages, including Ruby (nice to have) and Javascript/TypeScript (preferred) or any other object oriented programming language
• Automated Testing: proficiency with automated testing tools like Playwright (preferred) and/or Cypress is a must. Experience with DevOps practices related to building CI CD pipelines
• Best practices: Knowledge of manual QA testing practices
• Problem solving: Excellent Troubleshooting and triage skills

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Our benefits

• Opportunity to participate in Ontra’s unit-based compensation program
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance base plans at no additional cost
• Employer-sponsored retirement plans
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement (equivalent of $100 USD)
• Annual professional development reimbursement (equivalent of $2K USD)
• 4 months (16 weeks) of parental leave
• Unlimited paid time off
• Twice-weekly lunch perk

Inclusivity

Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact talent@ontra.ai.

Pay transparency

Ontra publishes salary ranges on our salary board here: https://bit.ly/3UjAOE3, which currently includes estimated annual cash salary ranges for candidates based in Colorado and New York City, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Ontra leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.

Ontra factors in your location when benchmarking compensation for most roles. If you are not located in Colorado or New York City and have been selected to participate in our interview process, we encourage you to speak with your recruiter about compensation for the role during an initial conversation.

In addition to cash salary, the total compensation package Ontra offers includes unit-based compensation (if applicable). Certain roles in our sales and account management departments may also be eligible to receive variable compensation or commission.

Note on Employment Verification: All employees hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in their particular location.
Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.

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