--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer, Quality Infrastructure at HopSkipDrive' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-quality-infrastructure-hopskipdrive-remote-1a5tjyrrv5d1' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-20' --- # Staff Software Engineer, Quality Infrastructure at HopSkipDrive - **Company:** HopSkipDrive - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-12 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hopskipdrive/jobs/6222616004 ## Job description ## About HopSkipDrive At HopSkipDrive, our mission is to create opportunity for all through mobility. We're  the leader in safe, fast, and simple supplemental student transportation.  Through our marketplace, we connect kids to highly-vetted caregivers on wheels. Through our software, we solve the biggest transportation challenges facing schools and school districts across the country. Founded by three moms as a solution to their own transportation challenges, we've now facilitated more than five million rides across over over 20states. We continue to grow rapidly — earning a spot on the Inc. 5000 list numerous times and the Deloitte 500 Fast-Growing Technology list. HopSkipDrive is a Series D company and has raised $100M to date. ## How we work We use AI every day, and not as a productivity add-on. It's woven into how we work at every level. We're rethinking how work gets done, who does what, and what a small team can accomplish. If you've already built AI into how you work, you'll hit the ground running. If you haven't, you'll need to be ready to learn fast and work differently than you have before. We're remote-first, mission-driven, and built for people who want to do work that matters with people who hold a high bar. ## Who We Are Platform & DevOps is a team that builds the platform that HopSkipDrive Engineering ships on: cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, test infrastructure, and the AI coding-agent tooling used by our product teams. Our engineers use coding agents every day, and this team makes the path from pull request to production as fast and safe as possible. This role will: - Lead the development of infrastructure to help HopSkipDrive engineers test and ship safely through CI/CD, ephemeral environments, and AI-assisted testing and verification. - Develop workflows where AI safely drafts test suites, scenarios, and verification artifacts while allowing engineers to oversee quality, evals, and safeguards. - Establish cross-functional benchmarks for defining feature-complete test coverage to evaluate testing practices alongside product teams. - Instrument time in CI, flake rate, and coverage of critical journeys; report on them and remove the biggest bottlenecks first. - Provide technical leadership across the platform team and the four product teams, influencing how engineers test and ship without formal authority over them. - Take part in on-call and incident response for the pipeline and test infrastructure, act as the escalation point when CI or environments fail, and turn incidents into lasting fixes. - Build alignment in writing with product and engineering through proposals and decision records. ## Who You Are - You are an experienced engineer in developer infrastructure, test automation, or platform engineering, with a record of leading technical work across more than one team and shaping engineering standards through code review and documentation. - You have strong knowledge of AWS, infrastructure as code (Terraform), containers (Docker or Kubernetes), and Postgres, and are comfortable inside a large Rails application with React and mobile clients. - You have built and owned a CI/CD pipeline and automated (unit and end-to-end) test coverage that an entire engineering organization depended on. - You have deep experience with Playwright (or an equivalent), including production experience building systems to run automated tests and CI for web, iOS, and Android. - You have production experience with coding agents and LLM tooling for test generation or verification, including improving how a team adopts them, and clear views on where they fail. - You make and explain trade-offs among customer outcomes, delivery speed, technical health, and reliability, in writing, in a remote and asynchronous company. - You mentor senior and intermediate engineers and raise the bar through others. - You are direct, low-ego, customer-minded, and human-centric. Our Investment In You We want you to be an owner in our company and share in executing our vision, so every full-time employee has equity. In addition, we offer flexible vacation, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401(k), FSA, and an opportunity to work for a uniquely positioned, VC-backed company in a hugely attractive space with significant upside potential. HopSkipDrive is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. HopSkipDrive is also committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is $195,000.00 - $210,000.00. This position is remote and, as such, compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by several factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skill set, certifications, and specific work location. The total compensation package for this role also includes equity stock options. HopSkipDrive is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected class. "This is a fully remote role. Candidates must reside in and perform work from one of the following states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, or WI. We are not currently considering candidates who will perform work from any other state." ## About HopSkipDrive ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: HopSkipDrive is a technology company that provides safe, supplemental transportation solutions for students, older adults, and anyone needing extra support, primarily partnering with school districts. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series D) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, USA - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Joanna McFarland, Carolyn Yashari Becher, Janelle McGlothin ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Student Transportation, EdTech, Mobility - Target customers: B2B (K-12 school districts, government agencies, nonprofits) and B2C (families and caregivers) - Mission or purpose statement: "To create opportunity for all through mobility." ## Products & Services - **Supplemental School Transportation Platform**: A marketplace connecting students to highly vetted CareDrivers in small vehicles, filling gaps left by traditional yellow bus services. Supports general education, special needs (IEPs), McKinney-Vento (homeless), and foster care students. - **RouteWise AI™**: An AI-powered routing and scheduling software that creates customized, data-driven transportation plans tailored to school district requirements, priorities, and constraints. - **CareDriver Network**: A flexible network of vetted caregivers who provide rides using their own vehicles, enabling bookings with as little as six hours' notice. - **Safe Ride Technology**: A comprehensive safety suite including a 15-point CareDriver certification, real-time ride tracking, and industry-leading safety protocols. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Series D, raised $100M in total funding) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $100M; has facilitated over 3.3 million rides and completed over 130 million safe miles. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners with over 10,000 schools across 13+ states including California, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, and Missouri. - **Growth Signals**: Honored as an Inc. 5000 company and Built In Best Places to Work. Recently recognized with an Honorable Mention in the Transportation category for RouteWise AI. Operates in over 13 states and continues to expand into new counties. ## Competitive Advantages - **Safety-First DNA**: Industry leader in safety with a 15-point CareDriver certification, cutting-edge Safe Ride Technology, and a relentless focus on continuous improvement. - **Niche Focus on Equity**: Directly addresses transportation inequities for vulnerable student populations (foster care, homeless, special needs) mandated by laws like ESSA and McKinney-Vento. - **Flexible, Tech-Enabled Solution**: AI-powered routing (RouteWise AI) and a flexible network of CareDrivers that can be deployed in as little as 6 hours, solving bus driver shortages and complex scheduling. - **Proven Scale and Trust**: Trusted by over 10,000 schools and has facilitated millions of rides, demonstrating a reliable and scalable model. ## Strategic Focus - **Expansion**: Continuously expanding into more states and counties across the US to serve more school districts and communities. - **Technology Leadership**: Investing in AI-powered tools like RouteWise AI to optimize routing, improve efficiency, and provide data-driven insights to partners. - **Deepening Impact**: Focusing on serving the most vulnerable student populations (special needs, foster care, homeless) and expanding services to older adults and government agencies. - **Scaling the CareDriver Network**: Recruiting and retaining a large, highly vetted network of CareDrivers to meet growing demand. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Mission-driven culture focused on "creating opportunity for all through mobility." Values include safety, equity, care, and making tomorrow better. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Remote-first company. Employees are located across the US with physical hubs in Los Angeles (HQ), Denver, New York City, Houston, and Nashville. Most roles allow for a fully remote approach. - **Notable Perks & Benefits**: - Fully remote work option and flexible time off. - 11 annual paid holidays and a week-long closure at the end of the year. - Home internet reimbursement and professional development/learning stipend. - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance. - 401K plan with company ownership/equity. - Paid parental leave and short- & long-term disability insurance. - Employee referral bonuses and internal rewards/recognition program. - Remote & in-person quarterly team events and a social committee for connection. - **Engineering Culture**: Encourages the use of modern tools, including AI, to solve problems efficiently. Interview process includes a take-home assessment where candidates are actively encouraged to use AI tools and discuss their strategy. ## Sources 1. [hopskipdrive.com](https://www.hopskipdrive.com/) 2. [hopskipdrive.com/careers](https://www.hopskipdrive.com/careers/) 3. [hopskipdrive.com/about](https://www.hopskipdrive.com/about/) 4. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopskipdrive) 5. 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