Senior QA Automation Engineer
Canopy, South Jordan, UT
About Us
Canopy is a fast-growing SaaS company in South Jordan, Utah building simple, powerful software for Ethan Hogge firms. We're on a mission to help accountants build an autonomous firm — giving them back the time and tools they need to focus on what matters most: their clients.
We believe the accounting industry deserves world-class software, and we're building exactly that. Our Practice Management Suite is purpose-built for firms that want to work smarter, grow faster, and deliver more value to the people they serve. We place a strong emphasis on delighting our customers, spotting and solving problems, and being good people along the way.
This position is remote eligible for candidates who currently reside in Utah.
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The Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer with a strong engineering background to join our team. In this role, you will build and maintain our Python and Pytest framework while proactively leveraging agentic AI to optimize testing workflows and ensure the highest code quality. Beyond just maintaining tests, you will be deeply embedded in our development process, engineering robust solutions that bridge the gap between feature creation and automated validation
What You'll Do
- API Test & Framework Engineering: Actively participate in the development lifecycle by proactively digging into codebases and functionality. You will build out robust testing frameworks and share technical skills that enhance the entire team's ability to validate changes and implement automated tests for new features from the ground up.
- Current API tests maintenance: Update and fix existing api tests to follow all the backend changes for features. Updating and maintaining Postman api requests.
- Test Automation Framework Development: Build, enhance, and maintain our test automation framework to ensure comprehensive and efficient testing coverage.
- Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in QA, QA Auto and Agile planning meetings to identify optimal test coverage, implement technical solutions, and prioritize improvements for automation and testing processes.
- Tool Utilization and Integration: Leverage tools and technologies like Python, Pytest, PyCharm, Postman, Datadog, Mailosaur, GitHub, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines to maintain, develop, and enhance test automation projects and documentation.
- Data & AI Driven Testing: Engineer complex SQL scripts to meet project requirements while leveraging AI to build and optimize automation tests that align with the team's evolving needs.
- Hybrid Quality Engineering: Balance the ability to engineer sophisticated QAA solutions with a willingness to step in for manual QA. You will manually vet features to identify high-impact automation opportunities while ensuring the team maintains total quality coverage across the board.
What We're Looking For
- Experience: 4-5 years QA testing with at least 3+ years in API Test Automation Engineering with hands-on experience in creating and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
- Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python (3-5+ years) or another object-oriented programming language, with the ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Experience in writing SQL queries and working with relational databases.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Exceptional debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical abilities to identify and resolve complex technical issues.
- Collaboration Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and contribute to a collaborative engineering environment.
Bonus Points
- Experience working in an Agile development environment or familiarity with data warehousing or data pipelines
- Knowledge of additional testing frameworks or tools.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like, GitHub Actions, or similar.
- Basic knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS
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Why You Want to Work Here
Flexible Paid Time Off - you're actually encouraged to use, plus 10 company holidays!
❤️ Health Benefits - including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA Match.
401(k) - we match 100% up to 3% of your contribution. Eligibility is immediate with 100% vesting.
Mental Health - all employees have access to Impact Suite & to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Paid New Parent Leave & Birthing Parent Leave - so you're able to care for your little ones.
➕ Supplemental Benefits - including 100% company paid Basic Life & AD&D insurance and long & short-term disability coverage.
Nectar - our peer-to-peer recognition program to help our employees recognize the amazing work being done by other Canopians!
Company Events - including monthly company-wide meetings, summer parties, and more.
ERG Committees - to plan initiatives around continuing education, community outreach, recruiting, onboarding, and more.
- Fully-stocked kitchen - Keto? Vegan? Flexitarian? Mandalorian? We've got you covered.
Our Values
We approach our work every day with a few things in mind:
Own - We own this place! We focus on outcomes, holding ourselves & each other accountable.
Win - We win by delighting our customers with the very best products and services.
Do Good - We work hard to be good people!
Embrace Curiosity & Candor - We approach everything with curiosity & we understand that candor is kindness and give the gift of feedback.
Act Startup Fast - We know the best way to become a world-class company is to always act like a tiny startup: fast, hungry, intense, and scrappy. But especially fast.
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Interviewing @ Canopy
Application processes can be a little stressful. Here are the stages of a typical interview process at Canopy:
- Once your application is received, we will review it and get back to you if we feel like it's a mutual fit!
- 20-minute phone call with the People Team
- 45-60-minute video or in-person interview with the Hiring Manager
- 1-3 rounds of interviews, depending on the role
- Final Interview
Interview processes can vary depending on the role. The People Team will give you a role-specific overview of the process during your first phone call.
Remember: This is your interview too! We know candidates are evaluating us just as much as we are them. We encourage you to bring questions to each of your interviews—our hiring teams will always make sure to save time for questions at the end!
Canopy is an equal-opportunity employer. Canopy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.
