Full-Time

Senior QA Engineer

Posted on 10/7/2024

theScore

theScore

501-1,000 employees

Mobile app for sports coverage and betting

Fintech
Consumer Goods
Entertainment

Senior

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Hybrid role with in-office presence required.

Category
QA & Testing
Manual Testing
Performance Testing
Quality Assurance
Required Skills
Datadog
Postman
GraphQL
JIRA
iOS/Swift
SCRUM
REST APIs
Android Development
Requirements
  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent knowledge and/or experience.
  • Experience mentoring other QA Engineers, guiding in areas of white box testing, risk mitigation, vocalization of quality concerns and test plan development.
  • Experience coding or scripting to better optimize usage of working hours.
  • Strong familiarity with functional and regression testing on native Android and iOS platforms.
  • Working experience using defect tracking systems (JIRA).
  • Demonstrated experience making REST API calls and GraphQL queries/mutations to test backend functionality using a tool like POSTMan.
  • Experience working with Web/HTTP Proxy tools such as Charles Proxy.
  • Experience in using environment monitoring tools like Datadog for analysis alongside a testing session, gathering exceptions for bugs as they correlate to testing outcomes.
  • Experience gathering logs from mobile testing sessions on iOS and Android.
  • Experience testing event driven architectures, with in-depth knowledge of queues.
  • Experience documenting test strategy tailored to architecture that enables white box testing for complex platforms.
  • Experience performance profiling mobile apps for single user performance scenarios.
  • Experience providing accurate estimates for testing effort on low and high-risk features.
  • Exposure to production monitoring and working alongside Incident Management and OnCall teams.
  • Excellent communication skills, you’re able to write detailed bug reports, and can explain technical problems with ease.
  • You have a good sense of urgency, great attention to detail, and a passion for shipping high quality software.
  • Excellent analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills.
  • Highly self-motivated and adaptable to learning and understanding new technologies.
  • Having insight into Sports, iCasino or Sports Betting domain is a big plus.
Responsibilities
  • Learn and collaborate alongside other teams to build a strong understanding of our platform and key user actions to be executed/validated (programmatically, or manually where applicable).
  • Use predefined requirements and your understanding of our services to know what test cases are required when a new feature addition is made. Building upon your experience with our key user actions.
  • Provide cross-platform testing (e.g., Android, iOS, and Web) of our sports media and betting apps to assess product readiness for production releases.
  • Develop and review test cases in TestRail based off requirements provided by PMs in Jira, execute test cases and test plans using TestRail to ensure features are delivered with high quality standards.
  • Perform functional, integration, regression, and smoke tests on a variety of environments e.g. Staging, UAT, Production.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers and designers to ensure best practices and standards are followed when it comes to QA.
  • Participate in or lead bug triaging, priority assessment, and coverage tracking of reported bugs into Jira.
  • Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand-ups, retrospectives, lesson learned meetings.
  • Work with the Test Automation team to review, provide, and prioritize test cases to be automated, and help analyze automation results.
  • Other duties as required.

theScore provides extensive sports coverage and mobile sports betting services, primarily in the United States. Its main product is a mobile app that offers real-time scores, news, and updates across various sports, along with integrated betting options through theScore Bet. This app allows users to stay informed about their favorite sports while also placing bets directly within the platform. What sets theScore apart from its competitors is its combination of sports media and gaming, creating an engaging experience for both casual fans and serious bettors. The company's goal is to enhance the sports experience for users by providing timely information and seamless betting opportunities.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$268.1M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

20%

2 year growth

37%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased interest in sports betting among Gen Z and Millennials.
  • Integration of AI enhances user engagement and retention.
  • Micro-betting popularity could attract more users to theScore.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from apps like DraftKings and FanDuel.
  • Regulatory challenges in U.S. sports betting market.
  • Economic downturns could affect advertising revenue and betting transactions.

What makes theScore unique

  • theScore combines sports media and betting for a unique user experience.
  • The app offers real-time scores, news, and integrated betting options.
  • theScore partners with major sports leagues for exclusive content and betting rights.

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