Software Quality Assurance Engineers

Our hugely popular client is looking for experienced, results-oriented SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERS who are capable of translating high-level, ambiguous business goals into working software solutions. This team is constantly experimenting and innovating to improve the customer experience. Successful candidates are creative Quality Assurance Engineers who take great pride in both the technical and business contribution of their work and are passionate about great software and ultimately a great customer experience.

You will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of technologies from Front End UI (both web and device) to Back End distributed web services to device software. You will own the quality of major deliverables end-to-end, working closely with multiple engineers and teams to execute them. Scaling, latency, and customer experience are top priorities as the business grows. This is a high visibility team where you will make a direct positive impact on customer experience and the business. If you enjoy broadening your technical skills, building a new business, and working in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation, then this is the job for you!

Quality Assurance Engineers test code at the user level, both manually and with automated tools. These QA Engineers are not pure Black Box testers; they test at the appropriate level and are able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, and write automated tests with Perl/Java scripts and/or user-level automated tools. QA Engineers work with Software Development Engineers, and Business Owners to understand technical implementation of features. QA Engineers will also work with groups such as Product Management, User Interaction, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests and driving the software development process towards quality-centric methodologies, always seeking to avoid defects or find them earlier in the process.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 4+ years of software quality assurance engineering experience
- Expert knowledge of QA methodology and industry-standard testing and bug tracking tools

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Diverse QA experience on a variety of platforms: websites, smart phones, rich client applications (PC and Mac), and Back End services
- Experience with Selenium
- Experience testing Back End web services
- Familiarity with Linux
- Experience building test harnesses and test tools
- Fluency in Java and/or C++
- Proven ability to create, execute, and maintain comprehensive and air-tight test plans
- Enthusiasm to dig into technical specifications and to troubleshoot problems
- Experience in Perl/Python/JavaScript or another Scripting language and user-level testing automation
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
- Creativity and initiative for improving product coverage and effectiveness

This contract position is expected to be 6 months in duration.