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Software Tools Engineer

Position Intro

This position is for an Software Tools Engineer on our E-Commerce team. Tilia Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linden Research, Inc., and a licensed money transmitter in the U.S. Tilia Pay enables publishers of video games and virtual worlds to create in-world economies and monetize user interaction. Built from the ground up to be robust, flexible, and secure, Tilia Pay powers virtual economies of leading and cutting edge publishers with hundreds of millions of dollars in circulation. Basically, we write code that lets people sell digital hats in video games and get paid real money.

Primary Functions

The position is responsible for automating and optimizing the test infrastructure, developing tests for our frontend interfaces and backend APIs, and the daily verification of releases to deploy to production. We are looking for a strong Python engineer who has knowledge of the ecosystem, like pip, and is comfortable with common libraries. We seek to continue standardizing and automating the execution of these tests, and we need help to get there.

As a broader team, we identify business needs and engineering specs, and break those specs down into component parts to be concurrently developed. This requires that we be in lock step with each other and we place a premium on dependability and communication. We are iterative, we take calculated risks, and we are responsive and solution oriented. On the QA team, we are the last line of defense for ensuring the product serves our customers. This is a team in the truest sense.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain the test code to improve quality, speed, and reliability
• Facilitate the QA regression verification process for every pull request
• Understand changesets at a product level, and ensure appropriate test coverage
• Analyze failed test assertions, identify root causes, communicate issues to the team
• Enable new capabilities by building and improving test infrastructure
• Participate in our culture of continuous improvement and learn about fintech

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

You need:

• Expertise with Python
• Knowledge of Behave, Gherkin, Selenium
• Broad exposure to common web technologies
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What the team uses and teaches:

• Python, Behave, Gherkin, Selenium
• Golang, React, Node, MySQL
• Docker, Drone, Jenkins, Terraform
• Automated testing, Continuous Integration and Deployment
• AWS, Microservices, Lambda Functions, SNS/SQS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience with Python, UNIX/Linux
• 6 years of experience in QA engineering

More About Us

Linden Research, Inc. dba Linden Lab develops platforms that empower people to create, share, and benefit from virtual experiences. Founded in 1999, the company first launched Second Life, the groundbreaking virtual world enjoyed by millions around the globe, in 2003, which has since gone on to boast nearly two billion user creations and a vibrant $500 million (USD) economy. Tilia Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linden Research, Inc., and a licensed money transmitter in the U.S.

Tilia Pay enables publishers of video games and virtual worlds to create in-world economies and monetize user interaction. Built from the ground up to be robust, flexible, and secure, Tilia Pay powers virtual economies of leading and cutting edge publishers with hundreds of millions of dollars in circulation.

Our mission is to build new economies by enabling our partners to compensate their content creators for the digital goods and services they produce. Here on the Ecom engineering team, we accomplish this by building a growing set of financial capabilities on top of our regulatory licenses. Some of these capabilities include processing payments and payouts, verifying user identities, detecting fraud and enforcing sanctions. Additionally, these systems have an expanding set of tools around them to be used by our teams, partners and customers.

Travel Requirements

No travel required

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use the computer and communicate with coworkers in an office environment. The employee frequently is required to stand or sit to complete work and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Linden Lab seeks to maintain a diverse and welcoming workplace; therefore candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Fine Print :

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this job. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.