Senior WebRTC QA Automation Engineer

November 9

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Description

• You’ll be a founding member of Gather’s QA team, driving a new approach to quality within the Gather product through manual and automated video and application performance testing. • WebRTC lies at the heart of the Gather experience, providing a low-latency, seamless experience for the spontaneous interactions we’re known for. • You will explore every nook and cranny of our video system, ensuring it behaves as expected across OS platforms and under a multitude of network conditions and hardware configurations. • Gather does more than your average video conferencing platform — we provide an entire virtual office. That means our application’s performance requires a watchful eye and a steady hand. • You will ensure that performance never regresses unnoticed through persistent testing and by building automated test suites that recreate real-world situations.

Requirements

• A deep understanding of video technologies, with bonus points if you’ve wrestled with WebRTC’s quirks—buffer bloat and packet loss are your adversaries, and you have the skills to find and identify them. • An ability to confidently self-direct — you must craft test plans and automated tests and choose which are most valuable to prioritize in the future. • Expertise in Selenium and Playwright, with a proven track record of crafting robust test scripts for complex applications. • Practical knowledge of Windows and Mac, their audio/video subsystems, and the ability to figure out why they break. • Familiarity with TypeScript, Javascript, and writing automation for React-based applications. • A willingness and desire to get your hands dirty in manual testing, doing whatever it takes to ensure we ship excellent software. You’ll be establishing new testing procedures from scratch. • A passion for chasing the best possible video quality, diving into WebRTC internals, and using metrics like VMAF to ensure an image is sharp enough to cut somebody. • Exceptional communication skills—you’ll keep engineers, product managers, and our support team in the loop with concise, actionable insights, ensuring no bugs sneak past your watch.

Benefits

• Work remotely out of a state-of-the-art virtual office! • Competitive compensation, benefits, and meaningful equity • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents • 401k and matching program • Generous PTO policy and mental health days to recharge • Meal stipend twice a week to keep you nourished • Remote work, education, and health & wellness stipend • Support for family planning & gender-affirmation • The opportunity to join a passionate team in building something that actually makes peoples' lives better, every single day