Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Who We Are:

Founded in 2018 by engineers from Stanford, Cisco Meraki, and Samsara, Spot AI is the fastest growing Video Intelligence company in the U.S. We are upending the $30 billion video surveillance market with an AI Camera System to help people at work create safer, smarter organizations. In the process, we’re disrupting video security to create a new category of Video Intelligence.

We are experiencing tremendous growth and are deployed at thousands of locations across businesses in 17 different verticals, ranging from local businesses to Fortune 500s. Our customers range from warehousing and healthcare to nonprofits and car washes including SpaceX, ExtraSpace Storage, WineDirect, YMCA, and Veg Fresh Farms.

We’ve recently raised $40M Series B financing to continue to transform how organizations use their video footage. We’re backed by Scale Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, StepStone Group, and MVP Ventures.

Who You Are:

You are a self-driven, highly skilled Senior SDET with deep expertise in software engineering and quality assurance. You excel at designing and executing comprehensive test plans, identifying and resolving defects, and ensuring that new releases meet the highest standards of quality. You have experience building a testing plan from the ground up and take ownership of identifying and owning automation opportunities. You have worked in a startup or high-growth company and have shipped B2B products into production. You know how to work cross functionally to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, and you have a track record of success.

What Excites You:

• Working with and mutually learning from an extremely high caliber engineering team
• Building and maintaining a test suite, always looking for opportunities to optimize your processes
• Establishing testing best practices and processes that scale over time, and documenting those processes for clarity
• Operating with autonomy and navigating ambiguity in a fast paced environment
• Working cross-functionally across the entire company to deliver a testing plan that achieves the company’s current and future goals

What Gets Our Attention:

• At least 5 years of experience in a quality engineering function with an emphasis on automated testing
• Solid understanding of Linux operating system internals, networking, and security
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages
• Hardware and protocol debugging experience
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team

What’s In It For You:

• Base Salary Range: $115,000 - $175,000. Offered salary will be based on the offered candidate’s demonstrated attributes and competencies related to the role, as well as the offered candidate’s geographical location within the United States.  Your recruiting partner can share more details about the compensation range as it relates to your geography once your interview process has begun.
• Generous early stage equity
• Medical, dental and vision plan options 
• 401K with employer match
• Flexible and supportive time off practices, including self-managed PTO and a 14-week new parent leave policy
• Learning and development opportunities
• Remote work flexibility, including a stipend to set up your ideal home office

What We Value:

We operate under a trio of company values:

1. Customer First, Always.  We are relentlessly curious about our customer’s goals, and seek the simplest solutions to solve their problems.
2. Own Your Outcomes.  We bias towards action, move fast, and iterate.  Everyone on our team is empowered to make decisions.
3. It’s a team effort.  We help each other succeed.  We leverage each other’s strengths to accomplish big goals together.

And, we are creating and cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture where we celebrate individuals for what they accomplish, no matter who they are!  As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Come join our journey!