Company Overview

uShip is the world’s first and largest shipping marketplace. Consumers and businesses can compare and book bids from hundreds of thousands of customer-reviewed transportation service providers, ranging from independent owner-operators to the largest freight carriers and brokers. Customers save money and service providers use their empty cargo space – everyone wins! We’re an internet company focused on solving a real-world problem and having loads (pun intended) of fun along the way. Our service providers are even featured in A&E’s real life drama, ‘Shipping Wars.’

Since launching uShip in 2004, our mission has been to be the world’s leading online solution for shipping anything, anytime, anywhere. We are passionate about empowering buyers and providers of transportation services to efficiently conduct business on an unbiased, transparent and competitive platform. uShip is headquartered in Austin, TX .

Position Overview

uShip is seeking a talented individual to join our team as a full time Automation Engineer. This individual will be a part of the uShip Development team, which is charged with helping to build and grow the uShip site and marketplace for mobile and web. 

This position will work to produce reliable, fast, scalable and readable automated tests, to run in both our regression environments as well as our local developer sites. Additionally, you will be working with the deployment team to troubleshoot issues, resolve problems, and assist our functional teams in producing better test coverage for new projects. If you are a motivated, smart, and driven individual who wants to work in an energetic and entrepreneurial environment with outstanding career and growth opportunities, then this is the opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

• Document defects and bugs, and work with the team to resolve
• Modify databases in order to set up test scenarios
• Run, maintain and create automated tests for UI and API
• Work to improve our Selenium and RESTful API testing framework
• Document and share technical information and procedures
• Work with QA, Product, Dev, and Deployment teams to automate test cases and expand coverage

Requirements

• Experience in Agile environment and project management tools
• Strong test plan and test case creation skills
• Great communication skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of the SDLC, especially in the analysis of software design and code development and its application to testing
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a passion for testing
• Development experience in C#, Selenium Webdriver
• Experience in API testing
• 2 years minimum of experience with automated web testing
• Demonstrated knowledge of SQL concepts

Nice to Have

• BS in Computer Science/Engineering, Software Engineering, IS, or other related field and/or at least 5 years equivalent combination of experience and/or training as a software QA Engineer or Analyst
• Experienced in continuous integration & continuous deployment environments
• Demonstrated knowledge of native mobile app & API interaction
• Experience with load/stress testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.)

Why work at uShip?

• Competitive Salary
• 100% Paid health and dental insurance
• Pre-IPO Stock Options
• Annual uShip Free Shipping Allowance ($500)
• Free lunch, snacks, and drinks
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Casual dress code
• And so much more!

This position is located in Austin, TX. Please check out our culture page (http://about.uship.com/culture/) to learn more about the perks and benefits of working at uShip!