A Day in the Life of a QA Engineer

• Work with the scrum team to identify testing needs and opportunities.
• Work with the QA team in developing a QA testing strategy for the product, determining the appropriate balance of manual and automated tests, as well as the types of tests (UI, web service API, GraphQL, functional/performance/load, and so on).
• Create manual test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Generate new ideas, never say or think "that’s not my job."
• Be proactive in keeping your skills fresh. 
• Ability to write clear bug reports quickly and concisely.
• Skilled at analyzing a product for testing.
• Ensuring that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked and resolved in the defect tracking system (JIRA).
• Ability to establish a good rapport with developers and other team members. We are fully remote!

Role Progression

• Within 1 month, you’ll: become familiar with the QA Best Practices, Jira change management tracking, engaging in Grooming sessions.
• Within 3 months, you’ll: contribute by writing test cases, testing features and writing defects/bugs tickets. Participating in daily stand up and deployments.
• Within 6 months, you’ll:  be very knowledgeable about the product and able to drive testing initiatives.
• Within 1 year, you’ll: be an expert on the product and cross trained for other products.

About You

• 2+ years of manual testing (it can’t all be automated!)
• Experience with any of the following is a plus:
• o      Pytest, Selenium or similar tools
• o      Python, locust.io
• o      Postman, Kobiton and other web service API testing tools
• o      iOS and/or Android UI testing
• o      Source control systems such as Github
• o      Crafter CMS
• Able to create clear, concise, detail-oriented test plans from specifications or verbal communications.
• Experience testing for validation (“we built the right thing”) and verification (“we built it right”).
• Working knowledge of Windows and macOS, all major web browsers, and iOS and Android mobile devices. Linux knowledge is a plus.
• Demonstrated pattern of going beyond your test plan when you see something that looks odd, to then understand why it behaved that way, and to see if a problem exists.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills.
• Experience with Agile software development (particularly Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA.
• Knowledge of best practices for agile testing on a Scrum team.
• High attention to detail with proven ability to juggle multiple, competing priorities  of various sizes and complexities. A track record of making things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that requires you to use your initiative, imagination, and common sense to be successful.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate and work successfully with teams across the organization. Excellent written and oral presentation skills. 
• An appreciation for pragmatism and simplicity in solutions.

What Sets Us Apart

• Mission driven culture
• Comprehensive health and benefits package
• 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
• Paid holidays and a generous PTO policy
• Paid parental leave