Quality Assurance (QA) - AE Studio

Quality Assurance (QA)

Agency Enterprise Studio is a company based in Los Angeles and we're looking for 10x QAs that are also a cultural fit to work with us on projects that increase Human Agency.

We've been around for many years, and we've worked with large companies like Samsung and Berkshire Hathaway. We have small teams working with a startup mindset. We move fast and get things done.

YOU WILL

  • Work Full-time.
  • Work with a 10x dev team.
  • Work in internal projects and client projects.
  • Build projects with a product focused mentality while keeping your code clean.
  • Build modern, efficient apps and test that they work correctly.
  • Constantly communicate with clients.
  • Lead tests.
  • Write automation tests.
  • Regression tests.
  • Smoke tests.
  • Test plans.
  • Test scenarios.

ABOUT YOU

  • Ability to communicate effectively and work exclusively in English. (This is a must)
  • A minimum of 2+ years of product testing / quality assurance.
  • Knowledge of QA methodologies, tools and processes.
  • Knowledge of performance and/or cyber security testing.
  • Knowledge of application security best practices.
  • Experience working with Agile.
  • Growth mindset.
  • Like your work and accomplish many things.
  • Ownership mentality.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • Self-management skills. Can work independently/autonomously.

BONUS POINTS FOR

Anything you can bring that will add a lot of value to us and/or our clients.

OTHER STUFF ABOUT US

  • Remote work.
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Monthly salary in USD.
  • Multi-company Equity.
  • Accountant that manages all the paperwork for you.
  • Health Insurance after 3 months.
  • English classes.
  • Free lunch everyday at the office (if you're there)!
  • Weekly talks, gather together with the team exchange knowledge.
  • Yearly retreat bringing together the whole team.

THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, 1.. 2.. 3.. DONE!

  1. Initial conversation, we get to know each other and see if it makes sense for both sides.
  2. Technical interview.
  3. Final interview.

 

Equity

Working at AE means receiving equity in some of our client projects and in the Skunkworks projects we incubate. The equity granted is priced at a value of $0 when you receive it. If it were otherwise, you’d be forced to pay taxes. But to be clear, there are no free lunches, only the choice of who pays for your sandwich.

At AE, the equity you receive is not free to AE. We invest millions annually in Skunkworks projects - paying our employees to build technology for which no client pays a bill. We receive equity from certain clients, which means we accept less in terms of our billable rate. We then pass that equity on to our employees. Sure it’s priced at $0 on day 1 - a call option on a stock trading at $100 with a strike price of $100 is priced at $0 today for tax purposes, but you’d want to receive that option. If you received that option on a dozen stocks, you’d be fairly confident that some of them would be worth a lot more than $0.

Offering this equity (by investing in Skunkworks or offering clients a lower rate) comes out of AE’s margins. Theoretically, we should be lowering salaries to compensate. But we’re competitive on that front as well. Over the long-term, we believe AE employees who stick around are likely to fare extremely well monetarily (no legal promises). We think long-term. You should too when you choose your employer.

We are looking to hire people who think long term. People create exponentially more value here in their 3rd or 4th year rather than their 1st or 2nd, and that only increases. The value you create leads to more equity issued every year, and you retain it while you remain at AE or at a Skunkworks co that spins out, in order to free up equity for others, which is how we afford to be generous with the equity.

* Disclaimer: If you leave AE on good terms, you can retain 20% of your equity if you continue to send leads our way, share our core values, etc. If you leave AE for your own AE-incubated Skunkworks project (or someone else’s), you retain 100% of your equity. Folks create exponentially more value here in their 3rd and 4th years than their 1st or 2nd - we want folks who think long-term like we do.

Location

  • Florianopolis office/ Brazil remote

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⚠️ there’s a pretty high standard for performance so if you’re looking to coast it’s probably not the best fit
⚠️ we only hire people who share our core values