Address Summary:
Debugs software products through the use of systematic tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards for company products. Develops, modifies, and executes software test plans, automated scripts and programs for testing. Analyzes and writes test standards and procedures. Maintains documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software. Analyzes test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action. Consults with development engineers in resolution of problems. Provides feedback in preparation of technical appraisals of programming languages, systems, and computation software. Ensures quality computer integration into the overall functions of scientific computation, data acquisition, and processing. Duties & Responsibilities:
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ensure quality software releases that are stable, maintain performance requirements, and are free of major issues
- Create and execute detailed, comprehensive and well-structured automated (primarily) and manual test cases
- Responsible for writing code to test UI behaviors, back-end behaviors, system performance, system compatibility, pre-existing features, new features, and fault tolerance
- Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements to be tested
- Identify, record, thoroughly document any bugs identified
- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Responsible for proving that features are complete and ready for deployment
- Participate in a team culture that encourages productivity, engagement, and product ownership
- Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:
Basic Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field
- Excellent English-language written and verbal communication skills
- 2+ years of relevant software QA experience using an Agile methodology (e.g., SCRUM or Kanban)
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
- Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test cases
- Experience with backend/frontend test automation using Python
- Experience with Linux shell scripting
- Detail oriented, reliable, and have the ability to work both in a team environment and alone with minimal supervision to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Experience testing web-based client-server systems
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with some or all of the following:
- Multiple phases of software testing (e.g., Functional, Performance, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance)
- Selenium
- Kubernetes
- Behavior Driven Development (BDD) (e.g., using Behave testing framework)
- Distributed software systems
- Proficiency in Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, and BitBucket tools
Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:
