Innovations technological

Requirement

Role

QA Engineer

Location

Seattle, WA

Duration

Longterm

Job Description

Primary focus for this position will be the examination, validation, and testing of software systems for the registration product. Responsibilities also include designing and building intelligent systems that can exercise various use cases and scenarios.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of QA, you will work closely with software developers in all phases of the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities will also include:

` Testing strategy development

` Front and back end white box testing, including API testing

` Load testing facilitation

` Requirements and Functional Specifications review

` Test environment configuration/management

` Test automation

` Some troubleshooting

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Task % time spent

Quality planning 20%

Systems testing 50%

Problem investigations 20%

QA Environment management 10%

QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION

` Thorough understanding of the software QA engineering process

` 4-5 years of software development and/or testing experience, with at least 3 years experience with web-based applications and database applications

` Strong written and verbal communication skills

` Experience defining and implementing testing frameworks

` Experience with automated environment deployment and configuration

` Ability to anticipate, identify and articulate problem areas and develop preventative solutions

` Work with a high degree of independence on projects with little or no precedence

` Proven experience in identifying the relationship of bugs to software code

` Passionate about software quality

` Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in field

SPECIFIC SKILLS REQUIRED

` Experience with Databases: MS SQL or NoSQL

` Extensive experience with Java Application Servers (Tomcat, Barista, JSP, Servlets)

` Experience with Defect Tracking tools

` Experience with Load Testing tools and practices

` Experience (3-4 years) with test automation, or programming experience with Java, C#, Python, Perl, or similar languages

` Familiar with REST APIs; JSON; XML

` Experience with platform virtualization like VMware preferred