Evangelist- Test Products

At SmartBear we believe building great software starts with qualityand were helping our customers make that happen every day. Our solution hubsSmartBear API Hub SmartBear Insight Hub and SmartBear Test Hub featuring HaloAI bring visibility and automation to software development making it easier for teams to deliver high-quality software faster. SmartBear is trusted by over 16 million developers testers and software engineers at 32000 organizations including innovators like Adobe JetBlue FedEx and Microsoft.

Evangelist - Test Products

Position Summary:

To build and extend SmartBears success and growth were looking for a skilled Test Evangelist that has market and technical expertise to join our your deep expertise in software testing automation frameworks and quality engineering practices to inspire the testing community and advocate for best practices. Youll engage developers testers QA engineers and industry thought leaders showcasing how SmartBears testing solutions support seamless efficient and reliable software delivery. You will play a critical role in shaping the conversation around modern test automation and quality practices building communities around SmartBears Test Hub products and fostering meaningful relationships with technical influencers and partners. While SmartBear does not develop Cypress Playwright or Selenium these frameworks are vital to the testing ecosystem. Youll be expected to demonstrate deep familiarity and active participation in their communities. This role blends technical test evangelism community engagement and thought leadership making you one of the key public faces of SmartBears commitment to quality-focused engineering.

What youll do:

• Create compelling technical content (blogs videos webinars whitepapers tutorials) demonstrating effective testing strategies automation frameworks and best practices.
• Deliver engaging presentations at industry events and conferences globally sharing insights and influencing the software quality and testing community.
• Build and showcase sample applications demos and integrations where youll focus on the importance of quality and testing using popular testing frameworks and SmartBears testing products.
• Cultivate authentic relationships within the testing community actively listening to their experiences challenges and advocating for their needs internally.
• Stay current with the latest trends in test automation quality engineering and testing methodologies.
• Champion SmartBears leadership in software quality as testing evolves in the AI era.
• Support internal technical enablement for teams such as pre-sales solution architects customer success and support.
• Partner closely with Product Marketing Engineering and Product teams to inform product strategy and accelerate adoption across our testing product portfolio.
• Evangelise and advocate for adherence to high quality test practices across our internal product and engineering org.

You can expect to:

• Support the go-to-market strategy messaging and knowledge sharing towards internal and external audiences to ensure that the message permeates SmartBear as well as the marketplace.
• Advocate for community and customer needs with other teams inside of SmartBear.
• Support enablement of internal pre-sales solution architects and support services staff.

Candidate with proven technical experience in:

• Test automation frameworks (such as Selenium Cypress Playwright Appium)
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices and tools
• API testing methodologies and tools. Familiarity with some of SmartBears testing tools is a bonus.
• Software quality best practices including automated testing exploratory testing and test-driven development (TDD/BDD)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (JavaScript Java Python etc.)

Candidates demonstrate non-technical experience:

• 5 years experience as a Test Advocate Technical Evangelist Quality Advocate or related role.
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities with a proven capability to translate technical concepts into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
• Active participation and recognition in testing or QA communities familiar with key influencers communities and industry events.
• Experienced public speaker and community engager.
• Collaborative and results-oriented comfortable working independently and within globally distributed virtual teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel for global industry events meetings and conferences.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work collaborate and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically the whole person.
• We celebrate our differences in experiences viewpoints and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility promoting good in all the communities we serve.
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland Bath UK Wroclaw Poland and Bengaluru (Bangalore) India.
• We have won major industry(product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award Content Marketing Association IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for employees where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit qualifications and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age gender disability veteran status sexual orientation or any other protected status under applicable laws. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects a diversity of thought and experience as well as our values of being smart open driven accountable and curious.