Senior Quality Engineer

A bit about Cantina:

Cantina, founded by Sean Parker, is a new social platform with the most advanced AI character creator. Build, share, and interact with AI bots and your friends directly in the Cantina or across the internet.

Cantina bots are lifelike, social creatures, capable of interacting wherever humans go on the internet. Recreate yourself using powerful AI, imagine someone new, or choose from thousands of existing characters. Bots are a new media type that offer a way for creators to share infinitely scalable and personalized content experiences combined with seamless group chat across voice, video, and text.

If you're excited about the potential AI has to shape human creativity and social interactions, join us in building the future!

A bit about the role:

The media team at Cantina is creating one of the most advanced platforms for real-time and streaming media in the world. We're passionate about building high-performance, high-quality software and services that run the gamut from globally distributed infrastructure to highly optimized, device-level audio and video processing frameworks and advanced machine learning techniques. We are looking for engineers who want to work with exceptional people on challenging problems.

We're looking for a smart, detail oriented Senior Quality Engineer who collaborates exceptionally well with developers and other quality engineers to understand complex features that extend and improve the audio and video infrastructure that is at the heart of enabling real-time interactions in the Cantina app. They will ensure that new features are high quality and are a compelling experience for users who want to chat with friends and AI-powered bots.

A bit about the work:

• Design, execute, document, and maintain manual test cases for projects undertaken by the media team.

• Work closely with developers to create test plans for new features.

• Perform regression and acceptance testing of media components prior to release.

• Analyze test results to identify ways to improve the media platform.

• Drive refinements in the team’s software development processes and practices.

• Automate test cases, with training available, if you have an interest.

• Have a flexible hybrid model working from home and a well-appointed office.

A bit about you:

• 3+ years of relevant experience as a quality assurance software engineer.

• Proficient with project management and test case management tools like Jira and Testrail. 

• Experienced testing mobile applications on iOS and Android.

• Comfortable with software tools like Charles Proxy and TC.

• Adept working with the Unix command line and command-line utilities such as make, ssh, and bash.

• Self-motivated and proactive. 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Strong interest in learning new tools, techniques, and technologies.

• Keen attention to detail, including the ability to identify subtle variations in test performance.

• Focused on meeting commitments and achieving team goals.

• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Strive to file clear, detailed, and actionable bug reports.

These are not required, but will help you hit the ground running.

• Prior experience testing real-time or streaming audio and video systems.

• Familiarity with streaming or real-time audio and video technology and terminology, such as frame rate, resolution, bit rate, and codecs.

• Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking.

• Understanding of the ways network conditions such as bandwidth, packet loss, and delay can impact audio performance.

• Experience evaluating application CPU and battery usage.

Location:

We have offices located in San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA and Brooklyn, NY. While we offer fully remote and hybrid employment opportunities, our Media Engineering team strongly desires candidates to be available (or willing to relocate) to work in a hybrid setting at our Sunnyvale, CA office. For reference, 95% of the Media Engineering team works from the Bay Area. 

Pay Equity: 

In compliance with Pay Transparency Laws, the base salary range for this role is between $110,000 - $135,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

Benefits:

• Health Care —  99% of premiums for medical, vision, dental are fully paid for by Cantina, as well as, an annual One Medical membership.

• Monthly Stipend — $500/month to use on whatever you’d like! 

• Rest and Recharge — 15 PTO days per year, 9 sick days, 13 paid company holidays, and offices closed for winter break (Christmas Eve to New Years Day)! 

• 401 (K) — Eligible to participate on day one of employment 

• Parental Leave & Fertility Support 

• Competitive Salary & Equity 

• Lunch and snacks provided for in-office employees 

• WFH equipment provided for full-time hybrid/remote employees