Software Quality Assurance Professional

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for ensuring software quality? Do you have experience working in engineering teams developing software delivering full systems?

We are seeking a skilled Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Professional to join our team. As an SQA Professional, you will be responsible for managing a team to test a range of applications from high-stakes engineering software solutions to control and monitor high-end software control systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute project plans and deliver commitments within a professional, high-paced engineering environment.
• Interface with internal/external customers to understand requirements, set priorities, and communicate direction and progress.
• Drive improvements in software quality practices.
• Oversee and direct the development of new test frameworks and applications to ensure the implementation of manual and automated test solutions.
• Contribute to test process, tools, and methodologies to include both manual as well as automated test execution.
• Interpret requirements for testability and ensure coverage in test case design.
• Presentation of test plan to leads and product owner for approval prior to execution.
• Work closely with the scrum team to drive, implement, and maintain tests in an agile environment.
• Assess impact of design changes to determine optimal level of testing.
• Develop methods and perform load and performance testing.
• Integrate testing with continuous-integration process.
• Troubleshooting mindset, ability to break down a system or process systematically and effectively into subparts to identify failure mechanisms.
• Ensure proper analysis and documentation of test results.
• Actively participate in team retrospectives to recommend and implement improvements to test strategy and planning.
• Possess excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Ensure all testing deliverables are of high quality and compliant.
• Experience in bug management tools like JIRA.
• Perform in-depth regression testing when bugs are resolved.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new test and automation techniques, and better assist other team members.
• Participate in all aspects of SDLC (analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation). Work within an Agile team, participating in ceremonies related to the Agile framework. Support cross-functional teams in requirements analysis, design reviews, code reviews, deploying, and maintaining the product / tool.
• Drive automation strategies, testing best practices and ensure test code is of the highest quality.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working directly within engineering teams developing software delivering full systems.
• 5+ years of proven work experience in software testing / quality assurance with web-based applications, mobile applications, and client-server applications.
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodology.
• Hands-on experience in manual API testing.
• Experience in automation testing using Selenium or similar frameworks.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) skills, and advanced problem-solving orientation and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of Design Patterns & Data Structures.
• Working knowledge of the various types of testing, from functional testing to performance and mobile/browser compatibility.
• A passion for technology with demonstrated ability to learn quickly.
• Understanding of the web/desktop application development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Ability to participate in working sessions that result in clear technical requirements and technical design while working with technical, non-technical members.
• Ability to write Java code for the purposes of testing solution code (e.g., white-box testing).

Benefits:

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment.

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to us. We look forward to hearing from you