Quality Assurance Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Test & normalize requirements, write test scripts, triage test results, conduct exploratory testing, and specify test data requirements.
• Work closely with Business Analysts in grooming sessions to ensure comprehensive requirements and partner with SDETs to ensure thorough test coverage for the application.
• Lead the QA team for a project and be answerable for all activities conducted to ensure quality.
• Oversee quality in all project phases including requirement review, test script preparation, test execution, and recap.
• Identify gaps and confusions in the user interface and workflow, highlighting risks related to technical debt, schedule slippage, or other concerns.
• Schedule resources, estimate QA efforts, manage testing needs, manage PLC tollgates, calculate and manage traceability and test coverage, assist with test result triage, and report on overall application health.
• Create collaborative partnerships with Tech Lead, Project Manager, BAs, and other team members, actively engaging in grooming and status meetings.
• Manage human capital for specific efforts.
• Perform system integration testing and regular regression testing of system functions.
• Collaborate with multiple engineers and QA teams inside and outside the department.
• Harvest and manage test data, organize and manage complex systems with data dependencies or batch executions.
• Translate design, UX, and requirements into actionable test cases, including prerequisites and test conditions.
• Define and mockup positive, negative, and edge case scenarios.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate effectively both written and verbally.
• Estimate efforts including unknowns and ambiguity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Moderate QA experience with solid organizational skills and basic QA practices.
• Understanding of test automation coverage and guiding exploratory testers.
• Basic understanding of application domain, release schedule, and user community.
• Ability to assess application functionality by risk, impact, and importance to prioritize testing.
• Understanding of basic object-oriented programming and ATDD.
• Expert knowledge of the application’s front and back-end features and capabilities.
• Experience testing complex systems from the user’s perspective.
• Experience in day-to-day QA operations and collaborating with functional teams on requirements and test scenarios.
• Experience testing in a fast-paced schedule.
• Test Automation scripting experience with Selenium/WebDriver IO is a plus.
• 3 to 5+ years in QA testing roles preferred.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to lead in all project phases and communicate risks and status.

Nice to Have

• Experience with XRAY (Jira test case tool).
• Experience with requirements tracked in Confluence.
• Knowledge of web-based technologies.
• Advanced skills in test design and writing Gherkin scripts.
• Experience with service virtualization and shared QA services.

Qualifications

• Educational background including a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Base salary range of $68,000 to $103,000 annually depending on location and experience.
• Eligibility for short-term and deferred incentive compensation based on performance.
• Additional benefits as listed in the company's benefits documentation.