Novice Quality Assurance Analyst

atVenu•Calgary, AB

18d

About The Position

Exciting news—atVenu is expanding! As we continue to grow, our QA team needs to grow with us. We’re looking for sharp, detail-oriented QA Analysts who can spot even the smallest errors. With our software being used in live events, it’s crucial that everything works flawlessly. Our ideal candidates are passionate about delivering user-friendly software that meets the needs of our customers. So, if you are a QA Analyst who likes to get their hands dirty looking for and troubleshooting software bugs and issues, this could be the job for you. You'll be responsible for executing test plans and strategies, including manual test cases and test suites for functional, regression, and smoke validation. While playing with our software, you’ll get the benefit of some awesome mentorship and guidance from our senior team members. As a growing organization, you’ll get practical experience across all areas of QA – and likely beyond.

Requirements

Completed a QA certification, or a relevant diploma or degree.
2+ years of progressive experience in a QA role.
Proven ability to ask questions and synthesize information to ensure test cases are relevant and results are understood.
Demonstrated ability to be highly analytical, to a point; recognizes potential of over analyzing/testing.
Proven ability to work as a collaborative and effective team player cross-functionally.
Strong communicator who pays attention to details, is comfortable with technical jargon, and asks thoughtful questions.
Provides feedback and results in a way that engages the developers and product managers to work collaboratively on solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL, test automation or a programming language
Experience with financial applications
Security testing and compliance

Responsibilities

Design, create, update, review, maintain and execute well-structured test cases/suites for various applications as well as document and track any bugs or production issues.
Coordinate and provide testing summary and execution results.
Identify testing opportunities, recommendations and provide feedback.
Perform defect reporting and management.
Apply risk management best practices as it applies to testing.
Identify and document test cases for automation.
Participate in the release management process.
Support and promote the development of QA team initiatives.
Work with project teams to ensure our product is user-friendly and customer ready.
Document Features and Workflows.