Have you ever wanted to be on the ground floor of a well-funded, rapidly growing global startup that is disrupting the grocery industry? We are a dedicated team of professionals with a passion for grocery and who help grocers thrive by making sure our team at Takeoff thrives. Our core values are what drive our decisions every day. We foster an accessible, approachable, and supportive environment and work together to reach new milestones and motivate each other towards excellence. Our team is on a mission to transform the grocery industry for the better.

Are you looking to make an impact daily and help us disrupt a 100 year old industry? If so, please continue reading!

Takeoff Technologies, a Massachusetts-based tech company, is the creator of the world’s first automated micro-fulfillment center (MFCs) that transforms the way people access groceries. Our solution provides retailers with the most cost-efficient way to fulfill their online grocery orders, using automated, hyperlocal micro-fulfillment centers.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience of OOP with Python
• Experience testing REST-based APIs and services
• GCP technical stack experience is strongly preferred 
• Strong understanding of how cloud-based services work
• Experience with engineering tools such as Jira, Git, Jenkins, etc
• A BS or MS in computer science or a related degree
• Empathetic toward end-users and devoted to exceptional user experience
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Driven towards a strong sense of ownership towards your work
• Familiar with Agile development methodologies

Responsibilities:

• Maintain our test automation infrastructure
• Create and refine continuous integration strategies
• Contribute to test automation infrastructure by writing and augmenting test libraries and services
• Work closely with Scrum team members to improve quality through the entire SDLC
• Work closely with Site Reliability Engineers to decouple legacy systems for testability
• Contribute to software design and code reviews
• Introduce and influence process improvements

Our tech stack:

• On the back-end, we heavily use Clojure and Python
• Moving towards a cloud-native architecture leveraging Go and Python
• Moving testing framework from Java to Go and Python
• NoSQL and RDBMS databases
• Github for source code storage and Jenkins for builds
• GCP hosting with Kubernetes
• Confluence for documentation and JIRA for bug tracking

Some of the perks and benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• A continued focus and emphasis on work / life balance
• Health, Dental and Vision plans
• 401(K) plan with a 5% company match(kicks in day one!)
• Unlimited PTO to ensure our team takes the necessary time off to recharge and be as productive as possible when they come back to work(this is very important to us!)
• Tuition reimbursement
• 12 weeks of paid baby bonding leave for both parents
• Flexible spending/dependent care accounts
• Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability

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Still need more convincing as to why you should go ahead and apply? Take a look at what our employees are saying here https://www.takeoff.com/career about what the experience and day to day is like at Takeoff!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our culture revolves around our core values of respect, initiative, collaboration, adaptability and diversity. As people, we value hard work, but we balance it with socializing as a team, respecting our time outside of work, and appreciating our coworkers’ unique walks of life.

Takeoff is 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. Learn more at www.takeoff.com. We believe that diversity is critical to the growth of our company; we foster an environment where everyone has a voice and views the Takeoff team as their second family.