Quality Assurance Engineer
Intellum
DESCRIPTION
Under the supervision of the QA Manager, the Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer understands that user experience is everything, and is responsible for helping our development team release the best user experiences possible. The primary mission is to protect our customers from bugs that might have crept in during our development process and ensure the quality, reliability, and integrity of all software products.
QA Engineers work closely with the QA Manager as well as the distributed Product and Services teams to ensure our software releases are as high quality as possible.
This position requires loads of passion for highly-usable, modern web experiences and mobile applications; a good understanding of web application technologies; and a very strong attention to detail.
- Participate in a small, experienced, energetic team on a fast-paced development schedule
- Perform manual testing of our applications, including mobile app and desktop testing
- Succinctly document application defects and UX improvements, and assist in monitoring same
- Maintain and communicate testing timelines, schedules, and status reports
- Attend design reviews, requirements sessions, and technical team meetings as requested
- Follow projects through the software development lifecycle
- Help coordinate software releases to production environments
- Support a team of engineers, acting as gatekeeper for their changes
- Participate in automation as applicable to skill-set
- Author test cases as applicable to skill-set
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 to 4 years direct experience working in Quality Assurance for web-based, SaaS applications
- Solid understanding of software testing practices
- Experience with Web UI design terminology and Web technology in general
- Experience testing iOS and Android apps
- Ability to work with product owners and other resources to thoroughly understand requirements
- Ability to work effectively within a distributed team in a remote environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written English skills
- Self-motivated, with ability to work independently
- Ability to create a quiet work environment
- Ability to attend frequent meetings requiring verbal communication throughout the workday
- Ability to maintain standard working hours for applicant’s timezone
Desired Skills:
- Ability to author test plans
- Experience with Git and GitHub
- Experience testing applications built on Rails
- Education: Bachelor’s degree with a technical focus preferred
Role Metrics:
- Percentage of critical defects
- Percentage of escaped defects
- Time to test
- Red label vs. pink label bugs
- Use Cases
- Quality Surveys
BENEFITS
- Insurance (US-based only)
- Medical - 100% of employee premiums covered
- Dental - 100% of employee premiums covered
- Vision - 100% of employee premiums covered
- $3,500 per year in educational funds (“Boost Budget”)
About Intellum: Intellum is an Atlanta-based SaaS company focused on corporate learning. We are the software engineers, developers and tech industry professionals who are helping our clients become more data savvy, applying machine learning techniques to significantly improve learning personalization, and developing monetization strategies that drive revenue with external audiences. We strive to live up to our company values of Simplicity, Honesty and Innovation every day and are ranked as one of the Best Places to Work (2017) by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Our clients include organizations such as Cricket Wireless, Facebook, Google, Habitat for Humanity, and Randstad.
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