Senior QA Engineer (C++)

FICO

1d•Remote

About The Position

Come join our dynamic and talented Quality Assurance team in a hands-on technical role supporting different suite of applications and services. As a QA Engineer at FICO, you will be part of an expanding and highly valued software development team which is developing cutting edge analytic software for high profile customers across a wide variety of industries using the latest technologies and software development methodologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applications systems design, or other related data processing field of study.
12+ years' experience in the software quality assurance industry with strong QA process knowledge.
Excellent testing skills and experience with commercial software development processes, SaaS or ASP (Application Service Provider) for browser-based applications, client/server application and database driven applications on Unix/Linux, Windows.
Demonstrable project management experience in successfully delivering multiple testing engagements using Agile methodologies, preferably in a global organization.
Proficient in RDBMS and NoSQL databases, with the ability to write and optimize complex queries.
Ability to develop and implement test automation strategies.
Proficiency in Python, GitHub/SVN, and test management tools like QTEST, JIRA, Quality Center.
Experience testing and validating C++ applications.
Should have experience with migration, upgrade, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is good to have.
Good to have knowledge of performance tools (e.g., Apache JMeter, Load, Soak, Stress, Spike) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins).

Responsibilities

Develop and execute test plans and strategies that meet functional requirements, user stories, and user acceptance criteria.
Participate in release planning and product roll-out.
Perform hands-on manual and automated testing (both "black" and "grey" box).
Execute application, usability, functional, regression and performance testing for business applications in a client/server environment.
Review, author and maintain flexible and maintainable automated test scripts to support back-end QA automation.
Identify, track, and analyze recurring issues, bugs, and defects across multiple products; develop and implement effective solutions to prevent recurrence.
Communicate product readiness, generation of quality metrics, level of quality, and results to Quality Assurance Management and the project team.
Proactively identify gaps in QA and testing processes, develop solutions, and drive continuous improvement.