Quality Engineer II - Fandango

Versant • Englewood Cliffs, NJ

10d • Remote

About The Position

Fandango is seeking a Playback Quality Engineer to own quality strategy and execution for our cross-platform video streaming ecosystem. This role will be responsible for ensuring best-in-class playback performance, reliability, and user experience across Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Smart TVs, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes.
You will be testing our video player, ad insertion workflows, DRM integrations, and playback analytics, while building scalable automation frameworks and establishing QA best practices across the organization.
This is a highly technical, hands-on role.

Requirements

• Experience developing automated test framework (or similar) and familiarity with a range of automated test strategies.
• 3+ years of experience with video playback streaming QA.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Drive issues to resolution and provide root cause analysis if needed.
• Knowledge and understanding of streaming technologies - DRM, SCTE-35, Closed Captioning, Digital Ad Insertion, HLS, DASH, CMAF.
• The ability to successfully work with internal business units & teams with varying technical backgrounds.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and expand our cross-platform player testing strategy with a focus on test automation, supplemented with manual testing.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test suites.
• Improve test coverage and reduce manual regression cycles
• Validate QoE metrics
• Validate different playback types such as - TVOD, AVOD, Live, DVR.
• Lead QA efforts across: Web, iOS / tvOS, Android / Android TV, Roku, Smart TVs, Consoles (Xbox, PlayStation), Set-top boxes
• Ensure Consistent playback behavior and Platform-specific edge cases handled
• Ability to work independently and own quality for business initiatives
• Review log files and other run-time documentation for defects and issues

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees