IT Quality Engineer Analyst
For our client, the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products we are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer.
Our Client’s platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment, and podcasts.
Role summary:
We’re seeking a Quality Engineer II for our team, which is responsible for ensuring that our Client’s iOS, Android, Web, and Consumer Electronics users have the very best music experience. You’ll have a huge impact on the quality of our Client’s growing suite of products and services by acting as a champion of quality engineering. You will be involved in all testing activities throughout the SDLC. You will leverage your knowledge and experience in testing to influence better software design, promote best practices, introduce bug prevention strategies, testability, and other advanced quality concepts across products.
Duties and responsibilities:
* Analyze business requirements, design documentation, and technical specifications to ensure that they are clearly defined, complete, and testable, and work with peers to help develop manual test strategies against them.
* Create and execute test cases to verify new and existing software functionality.
* Test automation of Android and iOS Applications.
* Test applications via Black Box, Regression, Release, Stress, and Negative testing methods.
* Identify issues/bugs and report to developers and product owners.
* Demonstrate ability to isolate & troubleshoot technical issues across the full technology stack by leveraging software testing methodologies.
* Validate fixes and new features.
* Collaborate with other QE engineers on major initiatives and feature testing.
* Contribute to the enforcement of quality engineering processes and procedures based on best practice methodology.
* Work with senior members of the team to provide status updates for all QE/TPM/Dev resources during the testing cycle.
* Seek opportunities to learn the backend infrastructure, services, APIs, and new testing and technology trends that will impact testing of upcoming releases.
Technological Skills that would be needed:
* Experience in web application testing – both web and mobile.
* Charles Proxy and Proxy Network Traffic experience.
* Ability to utilize proxying tools like Charles Proxy to supplement testing and debug.
* Experience with automation tools and frameworks, including GitHub.
* Experience in manual testing as well as automation testing tools - Java in Selenium, Jenkins - testing in automation server.
* Automation testing knowledge of web and mobile solutions.
* Knowledge of testing of AWS cloud environments in compliance with CI/CD rules.
Soft Skills and Educational Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or its equivalent preferred OR 2-3 years of experience in Quality Engineering or a similar customer-centric technical field.
* Solid knowledge of digital streaming devices and industry trends.
* Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
* Good public speaking and interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with staff and external partners at all levels.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work independently and within a team.
* Detail-oriented and well-organized.
* Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and to seek support from senior members of the team when needed.
* Commitment to both internal and external client quality and customer advocacy.
* Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.
Benefits You Can Expect:
* Competitive salary and annual bonus program.
* Healthcare provided to all employees and their eligible family members, covered by the Company.
* Life cover (4X base salary).
* Short and long-term disability.
* Pension contributions up to 8% of your annual base salary.
* Bike2Work scheme.
* Tax saver tickets.
* Employee Assistance Program.
* 25 days annual leave (pro-rated).
* 10 days paid sick leave.
* Maternity and paternity leave.
* Adoption leave.
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