Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Home Audio Apply
At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, youll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.
As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will represent the Software Quality Engineering discipline in the Software Engineering group. You will have a direct impact on the business, advancing major player software components for Sonos. You will be expected to understand the software features being built and determine the best course of action to test those features in an automated fashion. In addition, you will work with a team of industry-leading innovators across many different disciplines such as App, Audio, Bluetooth, RF, and User experience. If you love music, solving challenging problems and delivering high-quality products, we want to talk with you!
Quality Culture
At Sonos, we respect and value the discipline of Software Quality. You will have a seat at the table as we make key architectural decisions for a new category of products, and we will listen to what you tell us is required to make the software testable. Software Quality is part of a collaborative effort that works alongside hardware verification, user research, privacy + security, and beta programs to ensure Sonos products work in the field as well as they do in our lab.
This role can be done from home
Building the worlds leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. Thats why weve been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States - any of our offices, or remotely from home. Its about impact, not location.
What Youll Do
- Advocate Software Quality within Sonos
- Review requirements, behavior specifications, and design documents to begin test development early and uncover issues prior to implementation.
- Influence quality early in the development process by anticipating the type of automation needed to evaluate feature readiness
- Work alongside developers as part of the initial design and develop telemetry instrumentation to capture data that enables us to measure success in key system areas
- Evaluate software readiness through effective test strategies, creative testing and automation across our family of products
- Engineer new automation to support development and quality initiatives
- Log, track and triage bugs to determine root cause and establish prioritization.
- Monitor, debug, and fix breakages within our automated infrastructure.
- Add and democratize new forms of data and metrics to allow the team to make decisions on where to focus and improve our tests.
- Make improvements throughout the development process that align with changes in architectural decisions and objectives.
- Be an active participant and engaged part of your Scrum team you are the voice of both quality and the customer during the development process.
- Be empowered to innovate enhancements on how software quality is delivered
What Youll Need
Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. If you dont have 100% of the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if interested.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience implementing/maintaining software test automation for software systems
- Deep understanding and working knowledge on Linux as a Dev/Test Platform
- Demonstrated proficiency writing code for automation with one or more of the following: Python/Pytest, C/C++
- Domain knowledge of Embedded Systems and working closely with Hardware
- Basic understanding of networks, switches, routers, VLANs
- Experience with Restful API and Cloud automation testing tools
- Experience with modern source code control tools, CI/CD frameworks, deployment pipelines, and defect tracking systems
- Must be able to develop test strategies by reviewing product requirements, software design documents, and source code changes
- Experience with telemetry to monitor system health; and validate design, development, and quality decisions.
- Experience debugging firmware code, crashes, watchdog timers
- Exposure to unit testing and code coverage
- Wireless connectivity protocols - WiFi, Bluetooth
- Excellent communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- 5-7+ years of experience in related field
- Experience with Android and AOSP
- Experienced with designing and implementing test frameworks from scratch
- Basic understanding of HDMI, CEC & network protocols
Additional technologies we use across other teams
- Audio codecs - AAC, MP3, OGG, WAV
- Multichannel audio home theater formats - Dolby, Dolby ATMOS, DTS
- Wireless connectivity protocols for embedded systems - WiFi, Bluetooth
- Basic understanding of HDMI, CEC & network protocols
- Network infrastructure - network protocols, switches, routers, VLANs
- Code quality tools - SonarQube, Sentry.IO, Valgrind
- Platform as a service tools - Kubernetes, Docker containerization
- AWS cloud services
#LI-Remote
At Sonos we consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, which may lead individual compensation to vary depending on job related qualifications, skills, and experience. All full time employees are eligible for merit increases, discretionary bonuses, and equity. Our job postings may span more than one career level and the base pay range may be modified in the future based on changing market conditions. The starting base pay for this role for all US candidates is between:
$134,000 and $149,400 Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
We also offer a comprehensive benefits program with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting
- An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required
- 80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually
- Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year
- 12 weeks of paid Bonding Leave following the birth or adoption of a new child, plus up to an additional 12 weeks of Medical Leave for birthing parents under our Short Term Disability policy
- Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance
- Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being
- A generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD - on us!
For a holistic overview of our benefits, please visit
sonosbenefits.com
. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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