Software Engineer II in Test

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Software Engineer II in Test

Remote

Paycor empowers leaders to develop winning teams. Our Human Capital Management (HCM) software modernizes every aspect of People Management from the way you recruit, onboard, develop, pay, and retain employees. Best of all? Our team is growing, and there’s never been a better time to join! If you love to Think Big, Dream Big, Compete to Win, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Job Summary

The Software Engineer II in Test will implement automated testing in a continuous integration environment by working closely with developers, architects, subject matter experts and DevOps to ensure high test coverage and quality. The individual within the position should understand the Software Development Lifecycle, quality assurance methodologies, manual and automated testing techniques. Additionally, he/she is responsible for developing automation frameworks to be used for both UI and API automation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Use a BDD framework to implement test/user scenarios.
  • Design, code and maintain automated scripts, functions/function libraries, database verification, and behavior and data-driven tests
  • Work with Agile team to reduce manual/repetitive tasks and assist with writing test automation cases
  • Adopt best practices when developing automation code including comment documentation, maintainability, and data-driven development
  • Troubleshoot environmental set-up issues related to automation
  • Drive and contribute to the improvement of testing methods, processes and deliverables
  • Design and develop reusable, automated tests in accordance with coding best practices
  • With the Agile team, provide accurate estimates for user stories and automation test efforts for each sprint
  • Partner with the Agile development team to deliver on commitments
  • Document, track, and report on product defects
  • Keep current with quality testing, trends, techniques, tools and processes
  • Participate in design reviews to ensure both functional and non-functional attributes are built in.
  • Participate in automation and manual test plan reviews and code reviews
  • Document automation solutions so they are easily understood and maintainable
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and technologies in a highly multi-tasked environment
  • Must be self-motivated and results driven, with attention to detail
  • Strong desire to learn and grow
  • Ability to work independently in a team environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or closely related field) with 2+ years of experience in test automation and quality assurance.
  • 2+ years of experience using industry automation testing tools such as Selenium WebDriver, WATIR, SoapUI, CodedUI, Test Complete, QTP or Cucumber.
  • 2 + years of experience with object-oriented programming language such as C#, Ruby or Java.
  • 2+ years of experience with SQL and Data bases such as MS SQL.
  • 2+ years of experience with API Testing using REST/SOAP protocols.
  • 2+ years of experience using versioning software like TFS, git.
  • 2+ years of experience working in Agile /Scrum teams
  • 2+ years of experience with full software development life cycle and software engineering best practices.
  • 2+ years of experience in testing web solutions across multiple platforms and browsers
  • 2 + years of experience in white box and unit testing with automation framework such as MSTest, JUnit or NUnit.
  • Experience working in a SaaS environment preferrede.

Paycor Total Rewards

We are proud to provide best-in-class benefits delivering a personal and professional experience that meets you where it matters most – the well-being of you and your loved ones.

Highlights include:

  • A flexible virtual-first work philosophy
  • An initial equity award in Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for all new Associates and on-going award opportunities to participate in the value created through Paycor’s growth
  • 401(k) with $.65 match for every dollar contributed up to 6% of eligible pay
  • Generous paid time off in addition to 10 paid holidays (including YOUR Holiday to celebrate a day or holiday you hold special)
  • Three medical plan options – including a $0 cost option and travel & lodging support to ensure access to medical care
  • Paid leave for birth parents, non-birth parents, elder caregivers, and military support
  • Sabbatical opportunities for tenured Associates
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which enables you to buy PYCR stock at a 15% discount
  • Inclusive and accessible Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to help with everyday challenges

We also offer competitive compensation determined by each individual’s relevant experience, skills, and education. We anticipate the base pay for this position to be between $64,680.00-110,424.00. In addition to base pay, Paycor Associates are eligible for either a performance-based annual bonus or commission, depending on their position. If your desired salary falls outside of these rates, we hope you’ll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.

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Senior Software Engineer

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

Remote

Paycor empowers leaders to develop winning teams. Our Human Capital Management (HCM) software modernizes every aspect of People Management from the way you recruit, onboard, develop, pay, and retain employees. Best of all? Our team is growing, and there’s never been a better time to join! If you love to Think Big, Dream Big, Compete to Win, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Job Summary


Do some people consider you an expert in application and database design? Do you stay on the cutting edge of technology? As a Senior Software Engineer in our Agile environment, your team will rely heavily on your serious coding skills and technical expertise. Your primary role includes system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and installing portions of new systems and modification of existing systems. You will lead analysis activity and do high level architecture for an app feature. Your role is critical and we need you to bring energy to the team. Innovation is key for us and you’ll be expected to influence your team with new technology tools and ideas. Also, because we are Agile, there will be times that you will be expected to step beyond traditional engineering duties to reach your teams definition of done.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Code and design new applications based upon detail specifications of business and user requirements.
  • Lead the design and create documentation of solutions.
  • High level architecture and analysis.
  • Trouble shoot and make changes to prevent recurrence by modifying existing code and faulty files, writing and running special programs.
  • Document new applications, or the changes made to existing applications.
  • Participate in unit, integration, and business acceptance testing of the applications.
  • Perform code reviews to ensure compliance of standards and quality.
  • Troubleshoot application and system issues.
  • Do whatever is necessary to get to your team’s definition of done.
  • Research, experiment and recommend emerging technologies.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

  • Bachelor’s in computer science, computer engineering or related field and 4+ years of experience or a Masters and 2+ years of experience in a related field
  • 2+ years of experience with SQL, Oracle or MySQL
  • Expertise in relational database concepts
  • Strong expertise with C#, SQL, ASP.Net, PowerBuilder, HTML 5.0, CSS, JavaScript Frameworks
  • Strong expertise in data storage technologies such as: Entity Framework, SQL, Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL (Hadoop, Mongo)
  • 1+ years of experience with Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS etc.)
  • 4+ years of Web Service development
  • Strong experience with patterns such as: REST, WCF and/or SOAP, Node.JS
  • 4+ years building Web Applications
  • Strong expertise in multiple front end frameworks (ASP.Net MVC or WebForms, Angular, React, ember, Knockout.JS
  • 2+ years of experience building automated unit tests utilizing frameworks like MS Test
  • Strong understanding of unit testing concepts and frameworks
  • Ability to be self-directed
  • Some experience in an Agile environment
  • Participation and familiarity with open source projects

Paycor Total Rewards

We are proud to provide best-in-class benefits delivering a personal and professional experience that meets you where it matters most – the well-being of you and your loved ones.

Highlights include:

  • A flexible virtual-first work philosophy
  • An initial equity award in Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for all new Associates and on-going award opportunities to participate in the value created through Paycor’s growth
  • 401(k) with $.65 match for every dollar contributed up to 6% of eligible pay
  • Generous paid time off in addition to 10 paid holidays (including YOUR Holiday to celebrate a day or holiday you hold special)
  • Three medical plan options including a $0 cost option and travel & lodging support to ensure access to medical care
  • Paid leave for birth parents, non-birth parents, elder caregivers, and military support
  • Sabbatical opportunities for tenured Associates
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which enables you to buy PYCR stock at a 15% discount
  • Inclusive and accessible Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to help with everyday challenges

We also offer competitive compensation determined by each individual’s relevant experience, skills, and education. We anticipate the base pay for this position to be between $74,380-126,984. In addition to base pay, Paycor Associates are eligible for either a performance-based annual bonus or commission, depending on their position. If your desired salary falls outside of these rates, we hope you’ll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.

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Product Marketing Manager

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Product Marketing Manager – Remote

Location: US National

Description

Position at Imagine Learning

Great Purpose. Great People. Great Opportunities.

At Imagine Learning we ignite learning breakthroughs. It drives everything we do. We innovate together to support educators in creating those special moments when students experience the joy of learning at its best.

We also ignite career breakthroughs, with the majority of our positions being fully remote opportunities that offer you what you’re really looking for: flexible work arrangements, interesting and meaningful job responsibilities, career growth, and a supportive team.

Imagine Your Impact.

The Product Marketing Manager for supplemental literacy maintains product knowledge across our entire product and services portfolio to maintain current competitive analysis information, maintain a current understanding of the literacy market and trends, inform messaging for marketing campaigns, and more. Manages multiple projects and continuous communication with stakeholders.

  • Position Type: This is a regular, full-time position.
  • Compensation: Base pay is anticipated to be between $93,268 and $114,000 per year. Eligible employees may also receive incentive/commission/annual bonus pay based on individual and/or company performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as, but not limited to, individual skills, experience, training, education/certifications, geographic location, internal equity, and local market conditions.
  • Location: In this US-based position your location will be remote.
  • Travel: You can also expect up to 20-25% travel, so be sure you have a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance and a clean driving record for at least the preceding 39 months.

Envision Your Experience.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Understand and be able to communicate effectively about our entire product portfolio, including feature set, functionality, and competitive differentiators.
  • Have a background in education and an understanding of the literacy market.
  • Develop smart go-to-market plans and campaigns with our partners and internal stakeholders.
  • Work with internal and external departments and sales to develop effective product/channel positioning and messaging.
  • Support execution of business-driving marketing campaigns aligned to key priorities.
  • Create and deliver content for portfolio marketing campaigns.
  • Contribute to and edit product messaging for assigned products, as well as check the accuracy and request changes.
  • Help write, coordinate, monitor, and maintain postings of sales tools and communications to our internal and external partners.
  • Use market research to develop deep intimacy with specialized market needs.
  • Attend key conferences and help drive events tied to area(s) of responsibility.
  • Be responsive to our sales partners, communicating in a timely manner.
  • Collaborate with other departments and proactively work with Sales Management to grow the business.
  • Collaborate with multiple cross-functional team members, customers, and sales, creating lasting relationships.
  • Act as the face of assigned products to key stakeholders.
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Travel 20 – 25%.
  • Other duties as required.

Share Your Expertise.

Experience, education, and qualifications essential for success in this role, include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, education, or related field and 3+ years of experience in a product marketing role in the education technology industry; or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
  • Strong knowledge of education technology industry.
  • Strong understanding of the education market and needs.
  • Familiar with product marketing tactics (e.g., integrated marketing campaigns).
  • Dynamic communication and presentation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration.
  • Excellent planning, research, organization, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Willingness and ability to travel 20-25%.

Ignite Your Career.

Imagine Learning is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We support your unique career journey by providing flexibility, investing in wellbeing, and propelling growth.

We offer a flexible workplace, with the majority of employees enjoying the opportunity to work from home within the US. Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, we also maintain offices in Austin, TX, Petaluma, CA, and Rock Rapids, IA.

Imagine Learning provides a comprehensive benefits program to eligible employees, including:

  • Multiple health, dental, and vision plans, including medical plans with zero employee premiums
  • 401k plan with a company match
  • Company-paid behavioral health coaching
  • 15 paid holidays, including 2 floating holidays and a winter shutdown from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day
  • 15 days of accrued annual Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Fertility benefits
  • Paid bonding leave when a new child joins your family
  • Life and short and long-term disability insurance
  • Pre-tax savings plans
  • Paid volunteer hours and annual giving events
  • A wide variety of professional development programs, including tuition reimbursement

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Director, Center of Excellence

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Director, Center of Excellence

locations

Remote – USA

time type

Full time

job requisition id

R0010348

Job Description:

Founded in 2004 and trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Pluralsight is the technology learning platform organizations and individuals in 150+ countries count on to innovate faster and create progress for the world.

Working at Pluralsight

At Pluralsight, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to create progress through technology. That everyone should have access to the skills of tomorrow. That technology can make the world a better place. Through the work we do everyday, we empower the people who power our world.

And we don’t let fear, egos or drama distract us from our mission. We’re adults, and we treat each other that way. We have the autonomy to do our jobs, visibility to eliminate office politics and trust each other to do the right thing. We thrive in an environment with creativity around every corner, challenges that keep us on our toes, and peers who inspire us to be the best we can be. We bring different viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences, and united by our mission, we are one.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a bold, innovative, strategic leader to join our Professional Services Center of Excellence and lead our CoE team. We are committed to providing the best possible customer experience. The Director, Center of Excellence is responsible for leading a team of self-driven individuals as they initiate and lead critical, complex projects and programs, aimed at ensuring our customers maximize the value of their Pluralsight experience.

You will be responsible for leading a team that designs and implements value-based solutions to support our Professional Services consultants across the globe. Your work will build upon our existing portfolio and create new ways for our Professional Services team to assist customers in realizing measurable return on their investment with us. You and your team will serve as thought leaders within the Professional Services organization and run programs that may include:

  • expanding our Professional Services toolkit
  • coordinating best practice-sharing across the Professional Services population
  • managing councils and partnerships with other departments
  • aggregating and delivering product and services feedback

You will prioritize your team’s efforts, guiding them to pursue the most valuable initiatives that will drive significant improvements to customer experience and retention, fuelling our company’s growth.

You and your team will work collaboratively with stakeholders inside the ProServ organization and cross- functionally with partners in Sales, Marketing, Success, Product, Data Science and Support. Together, you will bring an innovative approach to help us improve our current operating model as we continue to expand our customer base and service offerings.

Who you are:

  • You are passionate about developing people and delivering results
  • You are an amazing communicator and effective influencer with organizational and strategic thinking skills. People trust and follow you
  • Persistent Problem-Solver- You understand our business goals, can adapt as the business changes, and find ways to guide your team to create impactful solutions
  • You have the ability to listen, think logically, strategically, and tactically to solve sophisticated problems
  • You make data driven decisions and you easily pivot when priorities change
  • You are an inquisitive, critical thinker who is always looking for how things can work better
  • You are a natural project manager – you keep all the moving pieces organized and moving on time, and can develop these skills in your team
  • You check your ego at the door, and you relish seeing other people succeed
  • You are a team player eager to pitch in whenever necessary. You eagerly dive into projects and programs yourself when needed

What you’ll own:

  • Design, launch, manage and execute large, complex programs – Manage your team and occasionally manage programs yourself to maximize the efficiency of our customer-facing employees, improve the experience of our customers and increase retention and growth of our customer base. Hold team members accountable for program success.
  • Recruit, hire, coach and up-level your team – Your team’s performance is a reflection of your leadership. Acquire, retain and grow talent by identifying individual strengths and weaknesses and facilitating opportunities that will stretch your team members. Demonstrate empathy, transparency and accountability in every interaction with your team members, collectively and individually.
  • Be a trusted partner – Partner effectively and cross-functionally with teams supporting Professional Services. Collaborate with partners in a team-first approach. Lead by example and persuasion. Anticipate needs before they arise and solve problems proactively.
  • Communicate progress and results – Succinctly and effectively communicate program and project status, and coach your team on how to do this. Identify risks and formulate risk mitigation strategies proactively. Understand when and how to escalate items as needed. Share success broadly and take ownership for failure.
  • Embrace technology tools – Stay current on technology solutions and constantly be looking for levers to increase the effectiveness of our professional services team.
  • Embrace feedback – Be receptive and responsive to shifting needs in the organization. Gather input from multiple sources and maintain a customer-centric mindset. Serve as a thought-partner to your leader and to leaders throughout the organization.

Experience you’ll need

  • Experience as a people leader and an individual contributor managing project and program teams and delivering solutions of varying size and complexity
  • Demonstrable leadership abilities. Experience leading people by authority and by persuasion.
  • Experience with service delivery e.g., quantifying, measuring and demonstrating value or return on investment achieved by customers, preferably in a customer-facing or strategic role
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to clearly explain sophisticated issues to a range of audiences
  • Strong analytical skills, comfort with data analytics
  • Experience leading dispersed team members
  • Bachelors Degree, MBA a plus, PM certifications also a plus
  • Strong operational mindset and ability to execute against specified targets

Ideally what you’ve done

  • Prior experience in engineering, professional services, project/program management, consulting or any operational role
  • Successful PMO experience in a technology environment
  • Led / mentored early career professionals
  • Recruited, trained, developed and retained impactful talent
  • Strong operational and analytical abilities
  • 8+ years managing project and program teams
  • 3+ Years experience of Enterprise Level Program Management or
  • 6-8 Years experience running large, cross-functional projects in a people leader role
  • Exposure to multiple project management methodologies a plus

EOE Statement

Be Yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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SEO Writer

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

SEO Writer

Location: US National

Remote

Contracted

Blavity, Inc. is a venture-funded technology and news media company, founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable Black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & Gen Z through original content, video, and unique experiences. The company has grown into a market leader for Black media, reaching 250 million users per month through our growing brand portfolio, including Blavity News, Blavity Politics, 21Ninety, AfroTech, Travel Noire, and Shadow & Act. Assembled of passionate, high-energy, and focused rock-stars, our Blavity, Inc. Team executes our values at the forefront of mind: Love of Community, Transparency and Communication, Collective Responsibility, and Fail Fast. Blavity, Inc. is continuously looking for new team members to help us continue to scale, cultivate our community, and advance our strategic direction.

Job Summary:

Blavity Inc. is looking for an SEO writer to help execute our SEO content strategy. This position is a (1099) contractor who will be responsible for expanding our library of evergreen content by writing articles based on SEO keywords provided. The ideal candidate has some SEO and digital publishing experience, great writing skills and the ability to come up with great SEO story ideas (in addition to whatever is assigned to them)

This role will report directly to the Associate Director of SEO.

Contractors will be responsible for providing their own equipment, including but not limited to laptop computers, cell phones, or any other electronic equipment required to perform their role.

Responsibilities:

  • Pitch, report, and write compelling, SEO stories aligned with Blavity’s brand voice and tone.
  • Check articles for grammatical and factual accuracy, readability, as well as, expertise, authority, and trust (EAT).
  • Publish articles in our content management system following best practices for online content formatting.
  • Ensure that content follows basic SEO best practices, is structured and well optimized for performance.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with industry experts by finding sources and conducting interviews as needed.

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree
  • Required Experience:
    • 1-2+ years experience writing for a digital publisher.
    • 1+ years experience using WordPress (or other content management systems) to author, publish, and edit content.
    • Knowledge of the latest AP Style guidelines, best practices for writing online and a basic understanding of core SEO concepts.
    • An online writing portfolio demonstrating exemplary writing and content creation skills.
  • Preferred Experience:
    • 2+ years writing to acquire customers via Google Search.
    • Proficient with keyword research, on-page SEO, and content marketing best practices.
  • Technologies: Fluent in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Asana, and WordPress CMS
  • Additional Qualifications:
    • Excellent organization and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
    • Ability to work collaboratively with a positive and can-do approach.
    • Comfortable performing research to ensure our information is accurate and as useful to readers as possible.
    • Independent, entrepreneurial self-starter who is comfortable taking on a high level of responsibility.
    • Motivated to work hard in a fast-paced environment.
    • Excellent communication and analytical skills; willing to wear multiple hats.
    • A healthy appreciation of GIFs and Black culture.

Details:

  • This is a fully remote role, occasional travel may be required.
  • Candidates must be available to work at least 80% in alignment with the Eastern Time Zone.
  • The pay rate for this role is $20 per hour.

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