Senior Automation Engineer

About Placer.ai

Placer.ai is a fast-growing, big data pre-IPO company led by seasoned executives and repeat entrepreneurs who are building the world's first "Google Analytics for the physical world." Placer.ai’s platform provides instant visibility into any property in the U.S., presenting accurate details about visitation patterns and demographic breakdowns of visitors. Placer.ai's A.I.-based SaaS platform replaces archaic solutions such as manual surveys, installed cameras and other people-counting systems, creating a blue ocean market of more than $100B+.

Placer.ai has grown 3x year-over-year for the past 3 years, counting more than 3,500 paying customers across a range of industries, including 2 of the world’s top-10 retailers, 2 of the top-10 CPG firms worldwide, a world’s top hospitality firm, 2 of the world’s top-10 commercial real estate (CRE) firms and 2 of the world’s top multinational asset managers and hedge funds. Placer.ai raised $100M for Unicorn ($1B+) valuation in Series C funding.

Summary

We are looking for a talented Software Developer / Automation Engineer to design and develop our platform automation modules, and to work side by side with our product team and our BE infrastructures team. The ideal candidate is innovative, highly technical, and highly accountable. In this role you will make a real impact on the platform designing and building critical data flows and validation flows.

Responsibilities

• Design and Development of platform data flows and core validation flows (like adding new entities to the platform, admin-related functionality, and business validations of critical processing flows.
• Design and build automation infrastructures, tools, and analytical dashboards.
• Main tech: Python, Pytest and Selenium.
• Work closely with the product team and R&D infrastructure teams.
  
  

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent Bachelor's degree
• At least 3 years of experience in R&D or automation development
• Firm experience with Python.
• Self-motivated, quick learner, and team player
  
  

• Experience with web testing tools (Junit, PyTest, Selenium, Appium)
• Experience with relational databases, analytical databases, and visualization tools (like Tableau)
• Web development basics (HTML, CSS, JS, HTTP).
  
  

• Join a rocketship! We are pioneers of a new market that we are creating
• Take a central and critical role at Placer.ai
• Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefitsFully remote
  
  

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