QA Engineer, Software Quality Assurance

Meta•Redmond, WA

1d•$163,000 - $224,000

About The Position

Release QA Lead helps to lead the team finding technical bugs, creating/distributing reports, improving and enhancing the team's performance and analyzing testing/tools improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience with bug tracking software
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent attention to detail, with an ability to multitask and meet deadlines
Ability to work in both a team environment and independently
A strong understanding of the software test cycle process
Familiarity with testing in an Agile Development environment
Aptitude to learn quickly and effectively
Flexibility to work overtime if needed

Nice To Haves

Experience creating/updating Test Cases and/or Test Plans
Linux knowledge
Scripting or coding knowledge
Experience in TestRail or equivalent
Experience installing, setting up, using, and troubleshooting Robotics hardware
A passion for Robotics industry

Responsibilities

Lead/Test and help debug pre-released software for defects
Provide clear and detailed written end-of-day reports of bugs and report steps to the development team
Create clear and detailed end-of-day reports for the projects tested by QA as applicable
Perform smoke testing, regression testing, and verify claimed bug fixes as needed
Perform testing from scripted test cases as needed for additional support
Help review and analyze any necessary software, devices and hardware needed
Help distribute and mitigate testing/checks among the team
Promptly bring serious defects to the attention of the stakeholders
Create and analyze test cases and attend meetings associated with them
Attend and participate in stand up development and related meetings as needed
Assign tasks to testers based on the current workload, availability and schedule
Create new test cases based on requests from other departments, allowing testing of new features to be thorough and complete per the information provided by engineers
Update test cases to reflect changes made, including AB test decisions/changes, new features affecting other areas of the test suite, and minor changes from other departments
Create and maintain information on test runs for the current workload, keeping up to date on test run progress and ensuring testing is adjusted if needed based on progress
Provide feedback during TDD reviews and ask questions that would assist in understanding the process from a QA perspective
Coordinate additional testing requests and questions with stakeholders, ensuring information is communicated and tasks are handled within the current workload
Communicate with stakeholders to confirm questions and information as well as provide support as needed
Perform functionality testing as needed to provide support during test runs or when additional work comes in
Attend high level meetings regarding upcoming features, changes and requests and share this information to other departments as requested
Assist with setting up specific tools/accounts as needed for testing, including identifying issues, access requirements, and ways to improve tools and accounts
Demonstrate expert end-to-end understanding and explain requirements and how well those requirements are being met
Maintain consistent high level of productivity across many projects with a track record of successfully completing projects of large scope
Proactively find problems or make suggestions and drive to resolution often without guidance
Seek out ways to improve components or systems to facilitate easier development of new features
Help make people around you more efficient by identifying issues slowing the team down and driving changes to address them
Lead people towards a common goal regardless of whether you are in charge, effectively facilitate or participate in discussions, and ensure outcomes are clear and well-communicated
Drive tasks across other teams, build relationships as needed, and demonstrate effective communication and understanding in cross-functional collaboration
Learn new technologies and invest in improving your skills proactively
Seek out feedback on how you can improve, accept it and work with your manager to improve
Provide detailed positive and constructive feedback to the manager regarding the performance of other team members and help make the team better