Senior Engineer, Test and Automation (Remote, US)

Renew Home

2d•Remote

About The Position

Renew Home is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Test and Automation to join their team. This role will be key in establishing robust automation testing frameworks and a strong quality culture within the organization. The engineer will design and maintain pipelines, quality gates, and automated checks to enable frequent and confident releases across a large monorepo. Responsibilities include building and expanding automation frameworks that interact with smart home devices, defining testing standards, and fostering a quality-first culture.

Requirements

5+ years of experience testing web-based applications in a professional engineering environment.
Demonstrated hands-on ownership of CI/CD pipelines (designing, maintaining, improving). GitHub Actions strongly preferred.
Strong software engineering background with proficiency in Python and SQL.
Comfort reading and contributing to TypeScript/React codebases.
Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks across frontend, backend, and database layers.
Experience with web automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or BrowserStack.
Deep understanding of test pyramid strategy and its application in fast-moving release cycles.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and independent execution skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (coding agents, LLM-driven code review, AI-powered debugging).
Experience with Python, FastAPI, React, Remix, PostgreSQL, Nx, AWS (Lambda, S3, Aurora), GCP Pub/Sub, Prefect, dbt.
Familiarity with Nx's affected-graph model for efficient CI scoping in large monorepos.
Experience with Playwright's component and E2E testing in Remix or React applications.
Experience with pytest, pytest-asyncio, and database fixture patterns (using real DBs, not mocking).
Experience with mobile testing.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines, including designing quality gates, test stages, deployment checks, and failure alerting across GitHub Actions workflows.
Define and enforce pipeline standards for PR checks, merge gates, deploy gates, and test result surfacing.
Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks for integration and end-to-end testing of distributed systems (Python/FastAPI backends, React/Remix frontends, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP event-driven infrastructure).
Expand automated test coverage across the test pyramid, focusing on integration and E2E layers.
Partner with software engineers to instrument services with automated tests and integrate them into CI.
Analyze flaky tests, slow pipelines, and production incidents to drive continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain test plans, quality metrics, and documentation.
Advocate for automated testing and continuous quality improvement.
Participate in on-call rotations and ensure strong operational standards.