Senior Software Engineer, Test

As a Software Engineer in Test at Everlaw, you will be a key architect of our quality culture, helping to shape automated testing at legal technology’s fastest-growing SaaS company. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving our CI/CD pipelines, facilitating advanced automation techniques, and serving as a technical mentor for our QA team. We are looking for a proactive engineer who is not just a practitioner of automation, but a visionary—someone always on the lookout for new approaches to ensure our platform remains robust as we pursue our mission to promote justice by illuminating truth.

In this Senior Software Engineer role, you will sit within our Engineering department, acting as a vital bridge between Development and QA. Other engineers become your "users"; building the tooling, templates, and documentation that allow teams to implement and improve automation seamlessly will have a multiplicative impact. By participating in the Testing Guild and conducting thoughtful code reviews, you will ensure that our automation standards remain high and our release cycles stay efficient and reliable.

Required Skills

• Expertise in at least one major programming language: Java, Python, Javascript, C++.
• Fluency with Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Experienced with usage of design patterns and coding best practices.
• We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. And you’ll spend meaningful time getting to know your direct reports and discover what excites and challenges them.
• We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or CircleCI to ensure seamless automated workflows.
• Facilitate and expand automation techniques , primarily utilizing Cypress to build robust, scalable test suites.
• Mentor QA Engineers on all topics related to automation, helping them troubleshoot technical blockers and uplevel their scripting skills.
• Conduct rigorous code reviews for automation specs, providing feedback that increases test reliability and execution speed.
• Drive improvements with API testing , integrating API-level checks into our automation harness to increase coverage.
• Research and implement new automation approaches , staying ahead of industry trends to keep our testing infrastructure cutting-edge.
• Collaborate with developers to interpret code coverage results and identify strategic areas for new test investment.

Qualifications

• You have a BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent coursework.
• You have at least 5 years of experience working deeply with Cypress for web application automation.
• You have proficiency in coding in a language such as C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Javascript, Go or Rust.
• You have demonstrated expertise in using CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI or GitLab to create and manage workflows.
• You are experienced in API testing and understand how to validate data across different layers of an application.
• You have a mentorship mindset and enjoy helping others grow their technical capabilities with Cypress and other automation techniques.
• You are a proactive problem‑solver who can navigate Linux‑based systems and troubleshoot complex automation hurdles.
• You are authorized to work in the United States without restrictions. Please note that at this time, Everlaw is not sponsoring employment visas for this role.

Benefits

• The expected salary range for this role is between $131,000 and $191,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate’s experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company‑sponsored life and disability insurance

Perks

• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work‑from‑home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company‑wide out‑of‑the‑box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company‑sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities
• Ranked #9 on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies
• One of Wealthfront’s 2021 Career Launching Companies, and ranked #2 on the “2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work” list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal
• One of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022 and proud contributor of free ediscovery resources to benefit the greater good through “Everlaw for Good”

Everlaw is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity and gender expression of our applicants and employees, and we honor requests for pronouns. It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, including the California Equal Pay Act. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.