Automation Engineer Lead

Are you ready to join a company that’s revolutionizing industries with cutting-edge data solutions?

At Vetric, we are driven by innovation, focusing on transforming the way businesses harness the power of data. If you're passionate about technology and eager to be part of a dynamic, customer-obsessed team, we want to hear from you!

We are a bootstrap (profitable & not-funded) company, with 90+ clients and record-breaking ARR in less than 2 years.

Vetric is looking for Automation Engineer to join our dynamic team. This is an opportunity to be a part of our founding team of engineers to build and shape our innovative solutions from the ground up.

Why Vetric?

Vetric is a leading provider of advanced public data API solutions. We stand at the forefront of digital data collection, offering innovative solutions through our powerful API. Our services extend across social networks, contributing significantly to data transparency and integrity. Within a year,we've exceeded industry expectations, achieving remarkable milestones

We are looking for a skilled Automation Engineer Lead with a proven track record of building automation frameworks and processes from the ground up in a startup environment. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing automated systems to support scalable, efficient, and reliable operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and Implement Automation Frameworks: Design and establish automated processes and frameworks to streamline testing, deployment, and maintenance workflows.
End-to-End Process Creation: Build, manage, and optimize new automation processes from inception to completion, ensuring they align with company goals and scale with our growth.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with development, product, and operations teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective automation solutions.
Optimize Systems for Performance and Efficiency: Continuously analyze existing systems, identify areas for improvement, and implement solutions to maximize reliability and efficiency.
Documentation and Training: Document automation processes and best practices, and provide training to relevant teams for successful adoption and implementation.

Objectives of this Role:

Design, develop, and execute tests for new features from scratch, as part of ongoing releases.
Develop and maintain automated tests and define the scope for test automation.
Report and track bugs found during test automation, assist with root cause analysis, verify bug fixes, and work with stakeholders to prioritize issues.
Update and maintain the product regression test suite(s).
Enhance tools, applications, or processes to improve test efficiency and quality.

Requirements:

Experience in Startups: Demonstrated experience in building automation processes from scratch and managing them in a fast-paced startup environment.
Technical Proficiency: Experienced with automation tools and frameworks
Problem Solving and Innovation: Strong analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot and solve complex issues in automation.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Hebrew and English, with an ability to convey technical information to non-technical team members.
Proactive and Independent Worker: Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work autonomously while contributing to the team’s success.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

7+ years of software testing experience.
Academic degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience (military experience considered).
3+ years of experience working with relevant testing frameworks.
Experience in both manual and automated testing.
Hands-on experience with Linux, frontend, and backend testing.
Strong understanding of testing methodologies and experience with scripting/programming.
Experience working in a scrum environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of additional automation frameworks and AWS.