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Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.

We are committed to building a world-class team by hiring top talent globally. To ensure compliance, we use an Employer of Record model. Our ideal candidates would be based in Guadalajara, Mexico, or the surrounding areas, with the right to work there, and be able to work within four hours of Eastern Standard Time.

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Staff Software Test Engineers are strategic leaders who work across multiple teams and projects to ensure our software products meet and exceed customer expectations. They are champions of quality, advocating for best practices and continuous improvement throughout the software development lifecycle. As quality leaders, they design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks, drive cross-team testing initiatives, and mentor team members to achieve technical excellence in testing. Their leadership ensures a culture of quality, collaboration, and innovation across the organization.

Who you are:

· A strategic thinker passionate about delivering high-quality software that delights customers.

· A strong advocate for continuous improvement and best practices in quality and testing.

· Excited to lead by example, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

· An expert in modern testing frameworks and tools, with a focus on scalability and maintainability.

· Proficient at solving complex technical problems and optimizing testing processes.

· Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience

· An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process

· Interested in staying current by applying new technologies

· Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas

During the first six months, you will:

· Understand customer needs and business goals

· Lead quality efforts across multiple teams and projects, coordinating cross-team testing initiatives and ensuring comprehensive test coverage throughout the SDLC

· Design and extend scalable automation test frameworks and components that serve multiple teams, leveraging tools like Cypress, Selenium, and Postman

· Identify and address quality gaps by proposing and implementing process improvements

· Mentor and coach team members by providing guidance, training, and support to engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration

· Establish and enforce testing standards, coding guidelines for automated tests, and continuous improvement initiatives

· Collaborate with engineering teams to create test strategies that align with business objectives, technical dependencies, and user needs

· Be adept at creating, executing, and supervising highly complex test plans for large-scale development projects while collaborating with Product owners/analysts/managers and other Engineers.

· Analyze Production issues and regression bugs to identify and implement preventative measures

· Understand and consider technical dependencies when creating test strategies

· Provide feedback via decision-making frameworks for proposed changes from across the organization

· Identify opportunities for test architecture and implementation that can be reused by multiple teams

· Monitor state of quality, raising awareness and resolution of gaps in quality

· Drive the team and organization toward implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline, where needed. Identify and implement improvements for existing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines.

· Regularly contribute to and at times present at Community of Practice sessions, and contribute to Paved Roads when appropriate.

Required Experience:

· Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent with 7+ years of experience with at least 2 years in a team leadership role

· Expert in creating and maintaining automated testing frameworks from scratch using frameworks such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright etc.

· Experience with performance testing using tools such as JMeter, Artillery and Locust

· Proficient in an object-oriented language (preferably C#)

· Proficient working with client-side web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)

· Strong expertise in testing APIs and deep understanding of API best practices

· Familiarity with SQL/NOSQL databases and writing advanced queries

· AWS experience is a plus

· Proven ability to design and execute large-scale, comprehensive test plans

· Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines and integrating testing into DevOps workflows

· Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineers, providing constructive feedback and promoting knowledge sharing

· Experience leading cross-functional testing initiatives and managing testing resources for large projects

· Proficiency with testing security vulnerabilities using tools like Burp Suite preferred

· Proven ability to influence and improve quality practices across an organization.

If you are excited about Paylocity, the technology, the team, the project, and can say yes to several or all of the criteria above, we're excited to hear from you. What are you waiting for?

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact LeaveBenefits@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.