Software Engineer, Automation at Vivint
Lehi, UT
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Jul 9, 2026
Lehi, UT
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on building and maintaining automated test suites for a smart home security panel and its peripheral devices, covering API, UI, and system-level scenarios. The work involves debugging test failures, reducing flakiness, and collaborating with hardware, firmware, and software teams on integration challenges. It suits an engineer with a solid background in embedded or IoT test automation and hands-on Python experience.
Mid level · 3+ years · Provo-Orem, UT · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 30 people in the Provo-Orem, UT area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 20–45
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $80,921 (middle half $61,861–$104,478).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is on-site at Vivint Smart Home (NRG subsidiary), most likely at their Provo/Lehi, UT headquarters; no location is explicitly stated in the posting, but Vivint's primary engineering office is in the Provo-Orem CBSA.
The 3+ years of 'embedded test automation experience' is stated as a role-level requirement and also maps to the Python skill; the overall years minimum is set to 3 to reflect the overall experience gate.
CI/CD is specifically called out as GitLab in the required section; alternatives reflect other common CI/CD platforms a hiring manager might accept.
AI tools / prompt engineering is listed as a hard requirement in the Required section — an unusual gate worth flagging for sourcing.
All items under 'Preferred experience with the following technologies' are marked preferred, including embedded/IoT testing specifics, wireless protocols, UART/serial, HIL environments, and event-driven systems.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role involves designing and developing automation frameworks, not just executing tests — a meaningful secondary signal.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): embedded test automation, hardware-in-the-loop testing.
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