Remote Software Engineer in Test (SDET) - Python - Banking

Who We Are

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. In our first decade, Kraken has risen to become one of the largest, most successful and respected crypto exchanges on the planet. 

We are changing the way the world thinks about finance and our range of successful products are playing a critical role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets. We continue to trail-blaze into new territory with the introduction of Kraken Bank, providing a more seamless integration between crypto and the traditional financial system. This makes us the first crypto company (ever) to be awarded a U.S. state banking charter. 

About this Role

We are looking for a highly experienced developer that will help us deliver a quality banking platform and experience to our clients. This will involve testing APIs, services, and databases deployed to Kubernetes on local and remote clusters.

• As a Banking SDET you will be writing behavioural integration tests to ensure features meet acceptance criteria, but you’ll also be responsible for breaking things.
• At Kraken we have a strong focus on security and failing safely and you will be critical to helping us ensure the safety and security of our clients funds.
• Your critical thinking and engagement will help us shape the future of our bank!
• Develop CI/CD principles (strive for efficiency by utilizing processes defined by stakeholders)

Responsibilities

• Deliver automated test cases in our Python Cucumber framework from feature stories and bug reports
• Create highly reusable test steps that can be easily used by others to write test cases
• Test failure scenarios, simulating databases, caches, or other services going down and ensure we fail safely and securely 
• Advocate for quality in all aspects of our product
• Write tickets and reports bugs, then work directly with the engineering team to get them prioritised and fixed
• Some limited manual testing to better understand new features and user journeys end-to-end
• Review MRs, provide feedback, and engage in architectural discussions with your peers
• Collaborate with other automation engineers across the Kraken family of products to cross-train and create a uniform look and feel to our testing infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Passionate about the Kraken mission of accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
• Experienced in Python or Rust
• Experience in C++ or Go is a plus
• Experienced in API testing
• Experienced in BDD approach (Behave)
• Experienced with the Atlassian family of products (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience using Git
• Direct QA Experience in either equities, banking or cryptocurrency exchanges is a big plus
• Experienced in Docker / K8s tools is a plus
• 5 years QA automation experience or equivalent industry experience

Crypto is a rapidly evolving industry and we’re just getting started. We’re growing fast and you're invited to join the revolution!