Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 9,000 employees. We were named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2019 and are regularly recognised by our employees as a great place to work. We actively strive to create an environment where our people love their work and love their life.

To add further capability to the stellar work carried out by Slalom, Slalom Build was created ~8 years ago. The focus has been on creating our Build as a Service model: our teams carry out design, product engineering, analytics and automation projects that create highly bespoke, future-focused technology products. We have a deep AWS partnership and, together, we jointly deliver projects from within our AWS/Slalom Launch Centres. This means you’ll work with global brands but with a local focus.

As part of our plans for global expansion we have opened our Australian operations and are headquartered in Melbourne, with a strong presence in Sydney too. We have lofty expansion plans in APAC over the coming months and years: we're therefore seeking people passionate about joining a team at a time when no two days will be the same and growth will be rapid.

At Slalom Build, our delivery framework is the Product Engineering Methodology (PEM), and you can read more about it here: https://www.slalombuild.com/product-engineering-methodology.

Architect - Quality Engineering

Our QE Core Principles Are

• We believe in a whole team ownership of quality
• We believe Quality Engineers empower teams by bringing a focus on quality
• We believe in the benefit of close proximity between development and test activities
• We believe automation is critical for high quality, high velocity delivery
  

Slalom Build is seeking candidates for Quality Engineering (QE) Architect roles within its rapidly growing Software QE Practice This role requires working with project teams and leadership to define test & test automation strategy and drive implementation across a variety of Slalom clients. Successful candidates are able to evaluate the latest tools, approaches and automation frameworks and extend them appropriately.

So, what will I do?

• Perform testing at client engagements.
• Engage with the client and the team to help shape the project’s quality strategy.
• Lead appropriate testing approaches for small to medium sized projects.
• Implement test automation frameworks.
• Help the team prioritise and execute testing (using the full test pyramid as guideline).
• Produce status reports and quality metrics.
• Facilitate defect triage and guide overall defect resolution process.
• Assist project teams in determining appropriate quality goals and acceptance criteria.
  

And, What Will I Bring

• Project experience using an Agile methodology (e.g. Scrum).
• Significant professional testing experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in C#, Java, Javascript, Ruby, Python, Kotlin or Swift.
• Any other coding experience would be a bonus.
• A mix of UI Test automation, contract/service / API test automation, and data test automation experience.
• Experience in all aspects of the software lifecycle.
• Experience working with continuous integration practices and tools.
• Ability to improve the team’s practices to help build in and improve quality.
• A bonus would be knowledge of monitoring or maintaining system quality in production.
• SQL proficiency.
• Mixed experience in various QE-related roles such as:
• Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET).
• Automation tester or automation framework developer.
• Manual functional tester.
• Performance test engineer.
• Defect manager.
• QE tools, reporting, and metrics specialist.
• Mobile or web UX tester.
• Test environment or test data coordinator/lead.
  

A mix of the following additional experiences would also be a bonus:

• Unit and integration testing
• Performance/load testing
• DevOps / build engineering
• Application security testing
• Custom test tool development
• Mobile application automation testing
• Project management, Scrum Master
• Business requirements analysis
• Prior consulting experience
  

Our Values

In their first week at Slalom, a founding member jotted down a list of beliefs that were most important to them, professionally and personally. There must be something said for the fact that these beliefs still make up Slalom’s core values.

Do what is right, always; Focus on outcomes; Fuel growth and innovation; Take ownership. Get it done; Build and shape a better future; Inspire passion and adventure; Celebrate authenticity; Drive connection and teamwork; Stay humble and curious; Smile.

What keeps us here?

It’s tricky to describe our culture as it’s something we want you to help shape. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We believe in having a diverse and inclusive community of Builders, encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We make a big effort to bring everyone together and get to know each other casually with events like “themed retros”, “throwback Tuesdays” and trivia nights.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Slalom does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.