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Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.\nEmpowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work - both in and out of the office. \nWe are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Test Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, implementing, and executing tests for end to end features, data flows and algorithms the power core Oura experiences across mobile apps (iOS & Android) and cloud services. You will play a key role in ensuring product quality by driving test automation efforts, reporting issues and bugs, and collaborating closely with developers to debug and resolve complex issues. You will also own and refine testing capabilities, processes, and methodologies, contributing to continuous improvements in our test capabilities and work closely with cross-functional teams across the US and Finland to deliver high-quality products.\nWhat you will do:\nTest Strategy and Planning\nDevelop comprehensive test strategies and plans for end to end features including mobile applications, backend services and data/algorithmic solutions.\nDefine testing objectives, scope, and success criteria for each test phase ensuring coverage for complex user scenarios (e.g., onboarding, sleep and readiness insights, activity tracking, notifications, subscription flows).\nCollaborate with Product, Science, and Firmware teams to understand feature requirements, data/algorithm behavior, and any regulatory or privacy considerations.\nTest Execution and Reporting\nExecute manual and automated tests, analyze test results, and report defects, issues, and bugs in a clear, concise manner.\nValidate data flow and algorithm accuracy, ensuring inputs from the ring and backend translate correctly to user-facing insights in the app.\nPerform regression, integration, and exploratory testing on new features, experiments, and releases across platforms.Use and Implement big data monitoring against acceptance criteria.\nVisualize data and metrics (coverage, defect trends, pass rates) to communicate test coverage and quality status to stakeholders.\nAutomation and Continuous Integration\nImplement, maintain, and enhance test automation frameworks for mobile and API testing using for e.g., Pytest, Appium.\nIntegrate automated testing in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Jenkins) to support continuous testing & fast feedback.\nEnsure regression suites for ring and app experiences are stable, reliable, and provide high-value coverage for core health and engagement features.\nContribute to test data management and environment setup, using emulators, simulators, and test rings where applicable.\nCollaboration and Debugging\nWork closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to debug issues and ensure timely resolutions.\nParticipate in planning, design, and review discussions to bring a quality perspective early in the development lifecycle.\nAdvocate for best practices in QA and continuously improve testing methods, processes, and tools.\nQuality Assurance Ownership\nTake ownership of product quality, driving testing initiatives that ensure high reliability and performance.\nChampion quality standards, ensuring all teams adhere to best practices and processes.\nMaintain clear, up-to-date test documentation (test plans, test cases, automation coverage, known issues) for your feature areas.\nProcess Improvement\nEvaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies for efficient, scalable, and robust testing.\nProvide mentorship and guidance to junior test team members.\nAdvanced Testing & Technology Exploration\nExplore the use of AI-driven testing approaches and tools, especially in the context of LLMs.\nConduct performance testing to verify that products meet performance benchmarks.\nThis is a Hybrid role out of our San Francisco office.\nWhat you'll bring\nExtensive QA and Test Automation Experience - Minimum 8+ years of Proven track record of designing, building, and executing automated tests for complex applications.\nEnd-to-End Testing Experience Experience testing complex, multi-component systems (e.g., embedded software combined with mobile applications & cloud-based applications).\nDomain Experience: Experience testing health, wellness, wearable, or data-driven applications, hardware in lab environments and validating end-to-end user experiences. Familiarity with testing algorithms and time-series or sensor-driven features is a strong plus.\nExperience testing embedded firmware and Bluetooth-enabled devices (e.g., device-to-mobile connectivity, syncing, and reliability) is a plus\nProven experience validating wireless communication technologies. Analyzing and debugging wireless communication logs and traces to identify root causes of failures, performance issues, and edge-case behaviors is a plus.\nAutomation Frameworks & ToolsHands-on experience with frameworks such as Pytest, Appium, Playwright (or similar).\nProgramming/Scripting SkillsProficiency in Python is required for test automation and tooling\nCI/CD ExpertiseFamiliarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and the best practices for continuous testing.\nAnalytical and Troubleshooting SkillsAbility to identify root causes of complex issues quickly using logs, metrics, and data, and drive solutions with cross-functional teams.\nCommunication & CollaborationStrong interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with developers, product teams, and other stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of requirements and quality goals.\nExperience with LLMs and AI-driven dev/test tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor)\nBenefits\nAt Ōura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Ōura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.\nWhat we offer:\nCompetitive salary and equity packages\nHealth, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources\nAn Ōura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family\n20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off\nPaid sick leave and parental leave\nŌura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.\n Region 1 (San Francisco, CA): 172,550 - $203,000\nA recruiter can determine your Region based on your US location.\nWe are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).\nOura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.\nWe will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.\nDisclaimer: Beware of fake job offers!\nWe’ve been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles. Please note:\nOur jobs are listed only on the ŌURA Careers page and trusted job boards.\nWe will never ask for personal information like ID or payment for equipment upfront.\nOfficial offers are sent through Docusign after a verbal offer, not via text or email.\nStay cautious and protect your personal details.\nTo all recruitment agencies: Oura does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Oura employees, or any other organization's location. 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