What are we building?

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social casino company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer's interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?

What’s the position?

We are looking for a Sr QA Automation Engineer to join our quickly growing product and technology teams. As a Sr QA Automation Engineer, you will work as part of our QA team to automate test flows and plans that mimic different functional scenarios. The role requires an individual that’s dedicated to the customer’s experience, able to clearly voice and document issues and concerns within their testing remit, and is passionate about sports. You will be responsible for the quality, scope, and timeliness of all your deliverables. Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your skills, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work.

As a Sr QA Automation Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Design, develop and execute automated tests to validate solutions and environments
• Analyzing the current state of the application and infrastructure, designing appropriate solutions and working with teams to implement them
• Review code base and make recommendations for improving performance
• Maintain and extend the load test framework including all programs and scripts that prep environments, create data sets, consolidate results and clean up after load tests. We currently use Locust.
• Assist product teams to develop and maintain load test scripts and packages
• Assist product teams in constructing meaningful, well thought out load test workload models
• Work with product teams to move performance testing earlier in the development process through benchmarking of individual services
• Help product teams define performance test success criteria
• Execute Load/Performance Tests that integrate workloads from multiple teams
• Perform analysis of performance test results
• Take initiative to advance the quality, performance, or scalability of our applications, by influencing the architecture or design of our products
• Participate in code reviews to ensure the quality and adherence to coding standards of automated test scripts
• Ensure compatibility and consistency of application across different browsers, devices and platforms
• Collaborate with developers, product owners and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide input on testability and quality aspects
• Optimize automated tests for efficiency and scalability
• Stay updated on industry best practices, emerging technologies and testing tools to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the QA process
• Learn our application(s) inside and out and become subject matter expert
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the QA Automation team

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is extremely well organized and willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and solutions. We believe the perfect candidate isn’t interested in just what we’re building right now, but wants to understand where we’re going and how it impacts the customer to ensure everything we create moves us closer to our goal: delivering the best customer experience.

Key skills required for this position:

• 5 years background in performance testing or engineering, or related experience
• Strong experience in at least one of these performance testing frameworks: Gatling, J-Meter, or K6, Locust
• Strong programming experience in at least one scripting language (Python, Javascript, Groovy, Lua, bash, PowerShell, etc.). Python preferred.
• Knowledge of version control tools (Git)
• Knowledge in JAVA a strong plus.
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration philosophy, tools, and techniques.
• Experience with Docker and container management
• Hands-on experience with SQL with ability to apply experience to PostgreSQL or other SQL-based databases
• Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities
• Ability to advocate ideas and to objectively participate in design critiques
• Ability to work under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Good understanding of software design concepts
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies
• Understanding of general software architecture principles, particularly in relation to system performance
• Ability to solve complex problems
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills
• Experience with log aggregation and data analysis (e.g. Grafana, Cloudwatch, Datadog etc
• Experience with Application Performance Management (APM), Network Performance Management (NPM), and Real User Monitoring (RUM) tools and data
• Ability to understand and communicate risk as it applies to system reliability and performance
• Strong understanding of performance testing techniques and practices, scenario development, environment/data design and reporting on results.

What’s in it for you?

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Flexible vacation allowance
• Flexible work from home or office hours
• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
• Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunities employer)