Backend Engineer – Swagger Functional Testing

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, BugSnag Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.

Backend Engineer – Swagger Functional Testing

• You will help develop one of the most recognizable SmartBear product.

• Gaining exposure to cutting-edge development technology.

• Back-end: Scala + Java, S3 + PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker

Product intro:

Swagger Functional Testing is a spec-driven API testing solution for creating tests automation from OpenAPI/Swagger definitions. It supports collaborative workflows, integrates with CI/CD pipelines, and enables scalable, low-code test creation with parallel execution. Its goal is to ensure consistent quality and catch defects early across the entire API lifecycle.

Go to our product page if you want to know more about Swagger Functional Testing.

You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊

About the role:

As a Backend Engineer, you will work closely with a growing team of backend and frontend engineers to continue building our end-to-end automation platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Build and manage automated API tests to be run as part of you CI/CD pipelines

• Design and develop new REST APIs for communicating with test runners and other infrastructure

• Prototype and build new features for easy creation of API tests via UI and AI

• Manage a dynamically-scaled infrastructure of containers for services and tasks

• Deliver working code on-time with clear documentation or other explanation

• Measure success and iterate on technical designs to improve outcomes for all stakeholders

  
  

We are looking for you if you have:

• 3+ years in software development in a production environment

• Advanced programming skills in Scala or other functional programming language, Java, TypeScript, Node.js

• Strong understanding of HTTP, REST and the client/server architecture

• An experience with Docker and AWS Services like: ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Cognito, SQS

• Demonstrated ability of completing software projects, individually and as part of a team

• Demonstrated ability of taking ambiguous or ill-defined requirements and problem statements, and rapidly converting them into working code, with quality

• Strong communication skills and English on at least a B2 level

  
  

Other nice to have skills:

• PostgreSQL, Flyway migrations

• Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions,

• OAuth 2.0, JWT, SSO

• sbt, npm

• WebSocket

We value intelligence, humility and hard work – after all, we’re solving complex technical problems!

SmartBear offers:

• Bonus 5% of annual salary

• Copyrights deductible costs (creative tax)

• 300 PLN of annual budget for fitness reimbursement 

• Employee referral program – 10 000 PLN gross for recommendation 

• Birthday Benefit – Employees will be given the day off on their birthday and can expense lunch

• Summer Fridays - Every Friday in July and August, offices will begin closing at 3 PM, and work hours will end

• Possibility of remote work, flexible working hours

• Breakfasts on Wednesdays, Lunches on Fridays and many other snacks in the office during the whole week

• Buddy program

• Integration events

• Worksmile Cafeteria System

• Access to Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning 

• Private Medical Care (LuxMed) and Multisport

• … and we are working on more ideas 😊

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.

• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.

• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.

• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.

• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.

• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.

• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India.

• We’ve won major industry(product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for employees where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects a diversity of thought and experience as well as our values of being smart, open, driven, accountable, and curious.ious.