Web and Desktop Quality Assurance Engineer

As a WEB AND DESKTOP QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER for the leading online retailer, you will test and deliver new technologies which support Digital Music efforts. Your products will be used by most if not all customers who purchase music, and you will have access to direct customer feedback on your products.

IN THIS POSITION, YOU WILL:

- Own all testing of your application(s) across all supported web and desktop platforms, such as Mac and Windows.
- Develop, maintain, and execute test plans and test cases, including delegating work to others and reporting consolidated test results to the development team and management.
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage by engaging with the product business team to prioritize testing execution and report on test execution progress and results.
- Work closely with your engineering team as a member of the SCRUM development team, and participate in design and specification reviews, and use this information to design your test plans and test strategies.
- Promote QA productivity through effective test planning and test strategies, as well as automation, tools, and industry best practices.
- Promote a culture of quality throughout the organization.
- Interact and collaborate with other members of QA inside of digital music, as well as other development teams

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- 4+ years in Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering
- Working knowledge of Black Box and White Box testing, and a strong understanding of and experience with SQA methodologies, techniques and approaches
- Background in testing Client Server software
- Good Scripting skills and experience in Shell, Perl, or equivalent
- Experience using JIRA, Perforce, Ant or similar tools
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong desire to deliver an excellent customer experience
- Track record of building and maintaining excellent working relationships with peers
- Ability to manage projects: organized, independent, and results-oriented.
- Superb analytical skills, excellent communication, strong team ethic, and attention to details - be meticulous!
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience working in a related technical integration capacity (build/integration engineer)
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
- Demonstrated competence documenting product information and communicating it to others
- Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners

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