The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  StartupAdvantage is hiring a Automation Engineer in Modesto, CA.

• Role description

  The Automation Engineer we hire will help StartupAdvantage pay down years of technical debt without anyone calling it a rewrite, using People Management sparingly and well. Strip away the buzzwords and here's the deal — $95,000 - $138,000, temporary hours, and a technology team at StartupAdvantage that actually hands you the keys.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Trace a technology number back through TestComplete services until it finally adds up
  • Profile JMeter memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Modesto nodes
  • Lead Regression Testing design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Modesto, CA builds them
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging RestAssured and Jest
  • Own the JMeter release that Modesto leadership has circled on the calendar
  • Own a technology service end to end, from JMeter schema to on-call rotation
  • Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at StartupAdvantage can explain

  What You'll Bring

  • Prior experience working on-site in Modesto, CA, or willingness to relocate
  • Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
  • Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
  • A point of view, held loosely and defended well
  • Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills

  The problem-solving founders of StartupAdvantage built it in Modesto to fix the exact technology problems that drove them crazy elsewhere. The door to every manager at StartupAdvantage is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

  We value work-life balance, so expect $95,000 - $138,000, flexible hours, paid sabbaticals, and a supportive mentoring program.

  This Automation Engineer posting is fresh, active, and open for business right now.

  Come find out why people stay at StartupAdvantage once they get here; the Automation Engineer door is open.

• Required skills

  • Load Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • JMeter
  • TestComplete
  • RestAssured
  • API Testing
  • Jest
  • Time Management
  • Work Ethic
  • People Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Retention bonuses
  • Hearing aid coverage
  • Employee discount program
  • Health Insurance
  • Paid sabbatical leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Ping Pong
  • Pet insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Video Games
  • Career coaching
  • Pool Table

• Apply before 2026-08-20

  Submit your application for this Temporary technology position.