Automation Engineer

Wanted: Automation Engineer 

Do you love the potential AI presents? Do you have a passion for refining processes and optimizing flow? Does learning the complexity of a consumer product business on a mission to create a waste-free future excite you? If so, we’re looking for you!

You:

• Appreciate a good debate even with your boss
• Thrive in fast-paced change, take decisive action, and run with great ideas—even if they’re not yours
• Solutions Focused-figure out how to fix it instead of who is to blame
• Driven by curiosity, always learning, growing, and embracing discomfort for progress.
• Bring high energy to all your interactions
• Community-minded and driven to make an impact

We:

• Work to protect and restore the environment while making sustainability cool.
• Encourage testing, learning, and growing—we love data-backed, creative decisions.
• Value intelligence, resourcefulness, and innovative thinking over rigid experience requirements.
• Move fast, take risks, and aren’t afraid to fail forward.
• Believe that accountability drives success, so foster empowerment not entitlement

Our Core Values:

1. Commit to a culture that builds a strong COMMUNITY
2. Foster CREATIVITY to inspire fresh innovation
3. Embrace COURAGE by taking action despite uncertainty
4. Live with Awareness and CONSCIOUSNESS of our choices

The Company:

We’re a fast-moving, early-stage startup on a mission to build something bold—and we’re doing it quickly. Our environment is dynamic and constantly evolving. If you thrive in uncertainty, love solving problems and prefer action over perfection, you’ll fit right in.  We value ownership, initiative, and the ability to just get sh*t done. Success here means being comfortable with a 90% solution, moving fast, and iterating even faster. It’s challenging, it’s exciting, and it’s definitely not boring.  If you're looking for a place where you can grow fast, wear a lot of hats, and make a real impact—welcome.

We are famous for being the creators of the world's first compostable phone case and are now innovating waste with Lomi, the must-have home smart-waste appliance for anyone who cares about the environment and hates gross garbage. Join a group of innovators who are committed to creating a waste-free future.

The Opportunity:

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation frameworks that enhance development workflows, testing processes, and deployment pipelines. This role will play a crucial part in streamlining engineering operations by automating repetitive tasks, improving system integrations, and ensuring efficient CI/CD processes. You will work closely with the Product & technology teams to create scalable and reliable automation solutions that enhance productivity and software quality.

The Responsibilities: 

• Develop, deploy, and maintain automation solutions across various departments to improve team productivity and efficiency.
• Integrate and maintain automation frameworks across various tools and platforms.
• Work with our integrations team to remove blockers and manual processes.
• Identify bottlenecks in development and operation workflows.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve software delivery speed and reliability.
• Co-manage software testing processes, including functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure automated testing is effectively incorporated into the software lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Computer Science, or similar education
• 0 - 2 years experience in a Software Development / Integrations Role
• Python
• Javascript / Typescript
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
• Passionate about automation and AI potential
• Automated testing platform experience (Appium / Selenium)  
• Well-organized in tracking tasks and communicating updates
• Willingness to take on a project, even if there is uncertainty
• (Bonus) Experience w/ Retool
• (Bonus) Experience w/ Jenkins
• (Bonus) Integration experience (Netsuite, Shiphero, Shopify, Amazon, etc)

Salary: $80,000-$87,000 CAD based on experience

Perks & Benefits:

• Hybrid work environment
• Medical/Dental/Paramedical Extended Health Plan
• Wellness spending account ($1000)
• Flexible hours & work schedule 
• Vacation & Wellness days annually
• Paid Volunteer Time off
• GRSP Matching 
• Professional Development Budget

Commitment to Diversity 

Lomi & Pela are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We value unique perspectives and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.