Software Development Engineer in Test

Index Exchange•Toronto, ON

23h

About The Position

At Index Exchange, we’re reinventing how digital advertising works—at scale. We are a globally trusted independent supply-side platform, powering intelligent decisioning to maximize value for media owners and deliver stronger outcomes for buyers. We're a proud industry pioneer with over 20 years of experience accelerating the ad technology evolution. Our proprietary tech is trusted by some of the world’s largest brands and media owners and plays a crucial role in keeping the internet open, accessible, and largely free. We process more than 550 billion real-time auctions every day with ultra-low latency. Our platform is vertically integrated from servers to networks and runs on our own metal and cloud infrastructure. This end-to-end infrastructure is designed to provide both stability and agility, enabling us to adapt quickly as the market evolves. At the core of it all is our engineering-first culture. Our engineers tackle internet-scale problems across tight-knit, global teams. From moving petabytes of data and optimizing with AI to making real-time infrastructure decisions, Indexers have the agency and influence to shape the future of advertising. We move fast, build thoughtfully, and stay grounded in our core values. We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who can leverage their depth and breadth of experience to help us continue to grow our platform while maintaining high standards for efficiency, quality, performance, integrity, and technical excellence. Index’s exchange operates at a global scale, handling millions of transactions every second of every day. Achieving our mission means holding the highest bar for Quality (functional, performance, reliability, resiliency, efficiency, yield) at all times; every millisecond quite literally counts in our business.

Requirements

You are a talented, fast learner and embrace change
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
3+ years designing and implementing automated validation systems, test infrastructure, or developer tooling as production-quality software
Experience designing and building simulation software to validate functionality and performance of end-to-end software solutions
Experience validating high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems where correctness, resiliency, and performance characteristics matter at scale
A passion for designing, writing, and testing high-quality code. We use a lot of different languages and frameworks including JavaScript (Node, React), Golang, MySQL and more
Experience in performance test design, load modeling, profiling and identifying systemic bottlenecks in distributed systems.
Excellent problem-solving skills, the ability to think differently, and an understanding that compromise, negotiation and practicality are important qualities
A desire to work with and learn from the people around you – we greatly value people and interactions
We’re looking for the right combination of personality and ingenuity to push our product to the max, inspire those around you and have fun doing it.

Responsibilities

You’ll be working to test the control plane for cutting edge programmatic ad tech that touches millions of users every single day
Operate side-by-side with platform and feature engineers, developing comprehensive tests for each build as a core component of the quality strategy and SDLC. You will interpret functional requirements and designs to: plan, develop, execute and automate the full spectrum of validation, operating a crucial gateway on the critical path to production.
As a member of the development team, you will drive daily test result reviews, issue diagnosis, resolution and closure. Lead or assist in data analysis to determine data health and consistency, or root cause of issues.
Identify and address gaps in testing over time, proactively as well as through responding to release blockers and production incidents. Take long-term responsibility for an ever-improving test suite.
Be a key technical leader in driving the architecture evolution of our software/data test automation framework and related capabilities
Lead the definition, design, dev, docs, and maintenance of tools, test cases, and automation frameworks
Provide feedback and influence into the design process to help us build a testable platform, applications, and data models
Design and build quality, performance, and reliability in from day one, and inspire other team members to do the same

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents
Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules
Competitive retirement matching plans
Equity packages
Generous parental leave available to birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents
Annual well-being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities
Commuter benefits and discounts, where available
Employee assistance program
Mental health first aid program that provides an in-the-moment point of contact and reassurance
One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation-matching program
Bi-weekly town halls and regular community-led team events
Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning
A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment