LocationInsight (www.locationinsight.com) is an exciting online local search optimization company; and a wholly owned subsidiary of InfoNow. The company is headquartered in downtown Denver, currently operating with 32 employees and growing. LocationInsight provides location-based solutions that drive local organic search traffic and expands web site usage for online advertisers with many physical locations.
LocationInsight connects consumers with Fortune 1000 companies across the web and on their web site. Recognized by a global online client base as a partner that helps unlock the hidden potential of localized search, LocationInsight delivers best-in-class localization solutions.
The company currently has 2 core products, LocatorInsight and SearchInsight. SearchInsight is a performance-based localized search optimization platform that drives high quality organic traffic for SEM buyers on a cost-per-click basis. LocatorInsight provides SEO optimized, pinpoint accurate web and mobile mapping results with integrated content for company locators. SearchInsight and LocatorInsight may be integrated to maximize a user’s online experience and create complete access to a brand with many physical locations.
The leadership team is comprised of individuals with deep experience in online advertising, SEM, SEO, SAAS and online products. The general manager is an accomplished early growth stage leader with start-up venture, turn-around and public company experience from companies that include LookSmart, ThinkAcquisition, MatchLogic and Zacks.com. He is known as a player-coach manager with a deep background in sales, marketing and operations. His expectation for achieving the highest level of performance is well complimented by the attention he pays towards presenting with challenges and opportunities to develop new skills.
LocationInsight has over 30 Fortune 1000 customers including, Visa, Bank of America, American Express, Allstate, HP, Nationwide, etc.
Position
LocationInsight is building a SaaS local-search platform for some of the world's largest brands, and we are looking to expand our team with a senior test engineer who is passionate about test automation.
Our platform is leveraging some of the latest technologies (like Scala, Spring, the Play Framework, and even ElasticSearch). Our development uses a mix of best-practices (think Scrum & continuous integration), and cutting-edge techniques (such as Behavior-Driven Development). Most importantly, we're deploying code to production 2 or more times every week, so quality assurance and automation is a must.
We are a uniquely positioned start-up, and we're hiring people who want to help us build on an already impressive customer list. We want people who are passionate, even exuberant, about delivering high-quality, high-performing code to production, and doing so at a rapid pace. So if we've piqued your interest, let us know. Drop us a line and help us understand why you would thrive at LocationInsight.
Profile
Required Skills
· 4+ years of professional experience testing web applications
· Ability to work with team to develop test plan from stories and requirements, and convert that test plan into automated scripts
· Experience developing step definitions for cucumber (preferably in ruby)
· Familiarity with apache JMeter (or similar) to assist in load & endurance testing
· Experience working with one or more relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc), and familiarity with basic SQL commands & concepts (select, update, join, etc)
· Comfortable working on a command line in a *nix environment
· Understanding and experience of SCRUM or other Agile project methodologies
Optional Skills
· Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) tools such as Spec, Cucumber, etc.
· Experience with SEO & SEM
· Test experience on a multi-tenant platform
Character Traits
· Type “A” personality, fast paced and high energy to work in a start-up or early stage environment
· Excellent communication skills and strong problem solving abilities
· An ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical team members
· Willingness and ability to create and adapt to new technologies
Compensation
Commensurate with experience, including a base salary, bonus, stock options and benefits.
