Automation Engineer III (Remote/Flexible)

Full Time, remote
Aprimo
Philippines, Philippines

Salary undisclosed

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Position Title: Automation Engineer III

Location: Manila (EU Hours 3 PM – 11 PM PHT or 4 PM – 12 AM PHT)

Employment Type: Full Time

Onsite, Remote or Hybrid: Remote

Department: Research & Development (R&D)

Hiring Manager: Director, Quality Assurance

COMPANY SUMMARY:

Here at Aprimo, our mission is to empower the marketing organizations of today to build the brands of tomorrow. Aprimo is a pioneer of the marketing resource and digital asset management space, and we deliver an innovative, industry-leading SaaS (Software as Service) solution that changes the way companies like AT&T, National Park Foundation, Laborie, and Bank of America work, create, collaborate, and learn to deliver exceptional brand experiences at scale.

Aprimo helps enterprises unleash the power of their content by providing marketing automation software and digital asset management software that manages the behind-the-scenes activities involved in marketing. Our product allows companies to manage content planning, creation, and distribution all in one place, store content and media in a shared repository, and receive in-depth insights into how content performs.

Founded in 1998, Aprimo has five offices internationally, including the Chicago headquarters, and offers a flexible work-from-home/remote-work policy.

Named a Leader in Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Marketing Resource Management by Forrester and winner of the 2021 Tech Cares Award for our work with Aprimo HELPS, we build on the power of our people to make an impact both in our industry and in our communities.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly technical Automation Engineer III specializing in Quality Assurance with expertise in backend service testing and telemetry analysis. This role is centered on advanced test automation, with some manual testing responsibilities. The ideal candidate will design and execute test strategies, develop robust and scalable test automation frameworks, and validate the functionality, performance, and reliability of backend services, including APIs, infrastructure components, and service integrations. Additionally, the role will involve supporting testing efforts for large-scale architectural and DevOps changes, ensuring seamless integration and stability.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Design and develop scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks to validate Aprimo's marketing and digital asset management solutions, ensuring high performance, reliability, and test coverage.
Act as a subject matter expert in automation tools and methodologies, providing guidance and mentorship to test and automation engineers, helping them leverage automation effectively in their projects.
Mentor and coach test and automation engineers, fostering their technical growth and promoting knowledge sharing within the R&D and QA teams.
Lead scoping discussions and collaborate with stakeholders to understand testing requirements, providing technical expertise to define test project scope, deliverables, and timelines.
Provide and evaluate estimates for test automation efforts, considering factors such as complexity, dependencies, and resource allocation, including infrastructure and deployment impact.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to resolve testing challenges and technical issues within or between teams, ensuring smooth coordination and efficient project delivery.
Review and provide feedback on test plans and strategies, automation scripts, and frameworks across teams, ensuring they meet end-to-end quality standards and align with overall system requirements.
Lead and guide test and test automation efforts in driving quality within the DevOps and Architecture teams by implementing robust testing strategies, fostering best practices, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Help the QA team to adopt new technology trends such as AI-driven testing and telemetry-based validation to improve test efficiency and accuracy.
Drive automation testing improvements to enhance performance, security, and maintainability while proactively addressing technical debt through actionable strategies and continuous process enhancements.
Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in test automation, and incorporate them into Aprimo's automation strategy. Evaluate and recommend suitable tools, frameworks, and methodologies for QA solutions.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, DevOps, and QA teams to identify and resolve issues through testing, providing timely and effective solutions to drive customer satisfaction.
Exhibit strong interpersonal skills, including effective communication, conflict resolution, and the ability to foster alignment and motivation across QA and within your Scrum team to achieve shared objectives.
Additional responsibilities and duties as required.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS & WHY YOU’RE A GREAT FIT FOR THE ROLE:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is required.
A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in automation testing, backend service validation, or related technical disciplines is required.
Proficiency in C# .NET, with a proven ability to write efficient, maintainable code for large-scale applications is required.
Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium or Cypress is required.
This role requires EU working hours (4 PM – 12 AM PHT) to align with stakeholders in United States, with flexibility to collaborate across both US, EU and Manila time zones.
Expertise in testing and validating backend services, including APIs, monitoring, and performance optimization.
Proficiency in performance testing using tools like K6 or Playwright to ensure reliability and scalability.
Experience working with APIs and API testing tools, such as Postman, to validate service integrations.
Comfortable collaborating as part of a Scrum team, contributing to iterative development cycles and ensuring seamless delivery.
Proven ability to create and execute test plans, assess risks, and deliver high-quality SaaS products.
Strong background in testing web-based enterprise applications, ensuring they meet performance and reliability standards.
Skilled in integrating automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines to streamline testing and deployment workflows.

APRIMO CULTURE & WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE:

Target Compensation: Annual monthly salary target of 130,000 PHP to 155,000 PHP depending on job related knowledge, skills, and level of experience. This is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, or other law.
Bonus program that pays out quarterly
Aprimo offers a forward-thinking, progressive, and employee-first culture that is based in both collaboration and flexibility with team members who are friendly, intelligent, and enthusiastic people that are committed to the product and mission here at Aprimo.
With 5 offices worldwide and teams spread throughout the US, EMEA and Philippines, our multicultural teams work cross-departmentally and across continents and cultures towards a shared goal.
We offer a diverse environment that promotes DEI efforts, values multiple perspectives and fresh thinking and which includes Aprimo HELPS, an employee resource group (ERG) that is dedicated to giving back to our local communities
Through its relaxed environment, Aprimo embodies a more casual “Silicon Valley” atmosphere.
We have a casual dress code that allows employees to express themselves as individuals and which fosters a creative and free-thinking approach to problem solving and business solutions. And it also allows us to wear hoodies and shorts during internal meetings.
Flexible work schedules and all positions allowing for either entirely remote or hybrid working arrangements create a deeply rewarding work-life balance.
With flexible work schedules, employees can attend to personal matters, such as stepping away to pick up their children from school or to get a much-needed haircut.
In a recent internal survey, 89% of staff cited work-life balance as being one of the most rewarding aspects of working at Aprimo!
Part of the key to our success is that team members are not only successful at collaboration and open communication, but that they are also given a great deal of autonomy and freedom in their own individual roles.
Our culture is not a micro-managing environment – rather, employees are encouraged to be self-starters, to voice new ideas, and to exercise ownership in their individual roles.
As such, individual team members can leave a lasting impact and footprint within the organization – in fact, our average employee tenure is 7.7 years.
Aprimo employs a “choose your own adventure” approach to career advancement.
Staff members are not siloed into roles and for many of our teams there is no set ladder that one needs to climb to achieve growth and promotion.
Rather, we emphasize an organic approach to career development in which employees can and do frequently transition into newly created roles within their own teams or transition into other departments based on their interests in exploring new skills and responsibilities.
For additional learning and development, we recently rolled out Udemy, which is an online learning platform that employees have access to, and which features over 200,000 courses on a wide variety of business topics.