SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER -
NOT OPEN TO C2C or 3rd party candidates
Location: Issaquah, Washington. ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES LIVING THERE NOW - NO RELO
Contract Length: 12 months.
Pay Range - $60-65/hr.
REQUIRED SKILLS- 5+ years' software quality assurance engineering experience.
- Minimum 3 years' hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools.
- Proficiency in multiple test automation tools and frameworks.
- Ability to perform API level testing, using Postman, Swagger UI or similar.
- Experience with test automation frameworks, such as SpecFlow, RestClient, Jmeter, LoadRunner or similar.
- Experience with test automation scripting using C , Javascript, Java.
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Preferred experience- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
- Understanding of web services, SOAP, REST, and XML concepts and technologies.
- Experience with programming languages C , Java, JavaScript, etc. in the test automation process.
- Experience using Automation tools like Ranorex, Jenkins, SauceLabs, Splunk, Selenium etc.
- SQA experience working within an iterative development framework.
- Knowledge and experience with AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
- Knowledge and experience with JSON and XML web-based services.
- Programming knowledge and experience.
- History of delivering quality software solutions; ability to apply experience to new areas.
Duties- Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams.
- Collaborates with team members to decompose functional and non-functional requirements into test scripts and scenarios.
- Determines test dependencies including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team dependencies, and communication processes.
- Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories implemented by team members.
- Develops manual test cases for all functional and non-functional requirements and collaborates with development team members to identify candidates for test case automation.
- Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies.
- Executes smoke, functional, integration, and non-functional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle.
- Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts.
- Creates defects with detailed information pertaining to the failed test case/scenario with supporting documentation (screenshots, environment details, log files, etc.).
- Collaborates with team members to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities.
- Shares feedback with the team members pertaining to the quality of sprint deliverables during retrospectives.
- Manages the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and creates supporting quality reports that are shared with stakeholders.
- Collaborates with product team members (e.g., Product Owners, System Analysts) to define the automating testing approach/strategy for a given product/application.
- Develops testing protocols and standards to improve end-to-end testing outcomes and shares and adopts best practices with the center of excellence (CoE) and other Quality Engineers.
- Creates test data to support the execution of functional and non-functional testing activities.
- Develops and executes automated test scripts to accelerate team velocity through the reduction of manual testing efforts.
- Maintains the automated testing suite and accompanying framework for a given product.
- Collaborates with team members (e.g., DevOps Engineers, Systems Architects) to incorporate new automated test scripts into the continuous integration pipeline.
- Shares test automation practices with engineers to promote shift left testing disciplines and practices (incorporate testing earlier in development) within a team.
- Performs manual Functional validation.
- Collaborates with the development team to identify test scenarios and create test cases for automation.
- Creates and executes project test plans, test cases, automation, and all QA-related collateral and documentation for a feature or product area.
- Provides accurate estimates for projects, including QA resourcing and testing schedules.
- Executes testing directly and/or leveraging offshore resources while ensuring accurate results, identifying failure patterns, and supports bug triage processes to bring issues to closure.
- Ensures that QA processes and procedures for test environments are followed and that the integrity of the various environments are not compromised. Familiar with source code, version management, and code deployment standards.
- Mentors and develops other team members.
- Executes and monitors automated test scripts and reports defects to the development team.
- Develops and maintains testing documentation and reports.
- Improves testing processes and automation frameworks.
- Stays up to date with the latest mobile testing trends, tools, and technologies.
- Participates in code reviews and contributes to the overall quality of the application.
Compensation: The estimated pay range for this position is $60/hr. - $65/hr. and is an EXEMPT role. Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location. Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring process.