Automation Specialist (Remote)

At Shipthis, we work to build a better future and make meaningful changes in the freight forwarding industry. Our team members aren't just employees. We are comprised of bright, skilled professionals with a single straightforward goal - Evolve Freight forwarders towards Digitalized operations and help them become more efficient. 

As a company, we're just the right size for every person to take initiative and make things happen. Join us on this journey to make a difference in how Digitalization evolves the Freight Forwarding industry. 

Visit us at https://www.shipthis.co 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Software Tester to join our dynamic and fast-paced team. As a Software Tester, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of Shipthis' ERP software by designing and executing tests, identifying and documenting bugs, and verifying fixes. You will work closely with our developers and project managers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software. 

What You'll Be Doing 

• Design and execute comprehensive test plans for Shipthis' ERP software, including unit tests and end-to-end tests  
• Identify, document, and track defects found during testing and verify fixes  
• Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts using industry-standard testing tools. Ensure efficient and effective test coverage for both new features and regression testing. 
• Collaborate with developers to resolve issues and improve the quality of software 
• Work closely with project managers to ensure timely delivery of software  
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts to enhance the testing process and increase efficiency  
• Keep up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software testing 

Requirements: 

• Proficiency in JavaScript and experience writing unit tests and end-to-end tests using modern JavaScript testing frameworks 
• Experienced in automated testing tools such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cypress or similar. 
• Documentation of test cases and regular update of Test Scripts and Test Data 
• Knowledge of Angular and Python is required 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Attention to detail and ability to identify and track issues effectively to closure 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team 

Who can apply 

• Bachelor’s/master's degree in engineering/ computer science or any other domain with a strong orientation toward computer programming as part of the coursework or projects 
• Experience in end-to-end Manual/Functional testing of applications (preferably SaaS platforms) 
• Have relevant skills and interests. 
• Female candidates returning to work after a career break are strongly encouraged to apply  
• Can start the job immediately.  

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.  

JOB SYNOPSIS 

• Job Role: Software Tester 
• Location: Bangalore 
• Job type: Full-time, permanent  
• Experience: (2-5) years 
• Industry Type: Software Product 
• Functional Area: Software Development 

1. Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript
2. Experience with RESTful services
3. Experience in building user interfaces with JavaScript frameworks like Angular
4. Skilled with common front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS
5. Strong understanding of JavaScript concepts like Promises and asynchronous programming
6. Ability to decompose a problem into clear software and UX design actions.
7. Understands how to optimize the delivery of code and assets (e.g., images, fonts) to a browser or device (e.g., lazy loading assets, using CDNs, caching, compression, etc.)
8. Experience in working with jasmine, karma, and Angular TestBed
9. Experience in working in agile environments
10. Able to maintain versioning for the source code using Git

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Create interest in Metapercept solutions through social media, mail outreach, LinkedIn, and other channels.
2. Generate leads and appointments, contacting potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings.
3. Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives.
4. Help drive revenue within targeted accounts.
5. Meet annual growth targets.
6. Provide ongoing opportunity forecasting.
7. Promote a high level of customer satisfaction.
8. Researching organizations to find new opportunities.
9. Developing goals for business growth and ensuring they are met.

Required Abilities:

• Highly motivated and have a hunter mentality.
• Excellent listening, writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to flourish with minimum guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty.

1. Building up and leading the Testing Team to the success of project
2. Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery
3. Deploying and managing resources for testing
4. Applying the appropriate test measurements and metrics in the product and the Testing Team
5. Planning, deploying and managing the testing effort for any given engagement.

Job Description:

• Manage our company's social media accounts.
• Research and plan content strategy for social media campaigns by considering the latest trends.
• Develop and publish engaging posts that engage audiences and promote our brand.
• Schedule social media posts using online schedulers.
• Build a community by engaging the audience with meaningful conversations and responding to their comments.
• Connect with industry influencers for brand promotions.
• Monitor brand mentions and promote user-generated content to connect with the audience personally.
• Analyze social media analytics to measure the performance of the campaigns.
• Stay updated about the latest features and other offerings of social media platforms.
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Requirements:

• 02-04 years of experience as a Social Media Executive or a similar role.
• Exceptional knowledge of leading social media platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
• Portfolio of social media campaigns handled in the past.
• Having outstanding copywriting skills would be an added benefit.
• Good understanding of social media ads.
• Sound knowledge of influencer marketing.
• Bachelor's/Master's degree in marketing, media, or related field.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic customer service skills.
• Good time management skills.

Responsibilities:

• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Coordinated internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments.
• Analyse project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that the project team adheres to project requirements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.
• Establish and maintain processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle, set project quality, and performance standards, and assess and manage risk within, and across, multiple projects.
• Structure and manage integrated, multi-track project performance databases for multiple digital, print, social, broadcast, and experiential projects, with an eye on overall progress.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with outside resources including third-party vendors and researchers.
• Monitor and assign resources appropriately to streamline project efficiency and maximise deliverable outputs.
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels as needed escalating issues as necessary based on project work plans.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or a related field.
• 4-11 years of project management and related experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (completed).
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, and timeline.

Merkle|Sokrati, a leader in Paid Search & Social Advertising, provides a sophisticated technology solution to efficiently manage Digital Marketing campaigns for several brands in India. The technology developed takes a beating of serving and tracking 20M+ impressions a day. It runs crunching algorithms and keyword discovery routines using distributed computing, housing the entire data in distributed caches and sharded MySQL databases.

To be a geek at Merkle|Sokrati you need to know how to build scalable and high-performance systems. Nothing at Sokrati is small. We start with a proof of concept that demands a traffic rate of 10M+! To achieve any of this you need to understand Distributed Systems, Distributed Caching, High-scale Databases. And we possess the skills to create software that makes this entire heterogeneous system function together even if it runs on 100 boxes. A system that is so widely used cannot sustain any downtime and hence it uses elegant high-availability techniques to survive an outage. Not many startups can say “been there, done that”!

@Merkle|Sokrati, you will:

• Implement solutions for broadly defined problems
• Drive best practices and engineering excellence
• Be involved in the development of code in object-oriented languages like Java etc and build large scale robust distributed systems
• Be involved in full fledged product development.
• Build New Features, Push them to production fast.
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Build services or APIs which will for easy application integrations at Sokrati to develop applications faster.
• Build scalable/fault-tolerant backend systems that process and analyze billions of data points every day.

You'd fit right in if you have:

• 2-4 years of experience in building successful production software systems
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BE/BTech or MS in Computer Science)
• Experience developing software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++) and open-source technologies (Linux, Spring)
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, agile and in an ownership and results oriented culture

If you are excited about:

• Having an unmatched startup experience that allows you to work on bleeding-edge technologies.
• Making a splash in a multi-billion dollar Digital Advertising industry
• Learning & Growing far beyond your current horizon
• A place full of like-minded & ridiculously smart folks
• A start-up culture that you'd cherish forever in your work life

Feel like you are a good fit? We would love to hear from you!