Software QA Engineer
Job Summary
We’re looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to work on our web and mobile applications and partner alongside the Product and Development teams. This is an opportunity to work at a customer-driven company with a collaborative team that values technical excellence, innovation, and creativity while working together and having fun!
Responsibilities
As a team member, engage in both formal meetings and informal conversations with colleagues to gain a thorough understanding of the product's functionality and overarching purpose. Utilize these insights to develop comprehensive test documentation and strategy.
Use documentation and networking tools to determine whether bugs are caused by the server or client.
Identify and document clear steps to reproduce bugs and work with the team to prioritize test cases
Collaborate closely with Developers, Product Managers, and QA team to clarify inconsistencies between specifications, test cases, and product behavior.
Make recommendations to improve product reliability, performance, and quality assurance best practices and processes
Expand and improve automation scripts created in Maestro and Cypress frameworks
Investigate, troubleshoot, and enter reproducible application issues into Jira
Investigate and evaluate new testing technologies and products for web and mobile applications
Qualifications
5+ years professional experience of web and/or mobile testing for a consumer-facing product
API expertise (REST) on how the client communicates to/from servers
Experience maintaining and updating test plans/test suites in a very fast paced feature changing environment
Ability to think outside of the box and beyond the obvious to uncover behind-the-scenes type bugs
Strong experience with at least 2 of the following: JavaScript, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Java, and Jenkins
Act as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process
Experience with defect tracking software (Jira)
Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose a resolution
BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience
Location: Menlo Park, CA (onsite 2 days/week)
Type: Full-time
Salary Range: $110-130K (DOE)