Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer

TAG - The Aspen Group•East Syracuse, NY

3d•$70,000 - $100,000

About The Position

We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our software applications through meticulous testing and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will play a critical role in identifying bugs, usability issues, and other potential problems before our products are deployed to customers.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology with 5+ years of hands-on experience.
Strong understanding of abstraction and ability to scale testing frameworks to cover base use cases with the ability to customize for brand-specific properties.
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms and security best practices.
Familiarity with modern build pipelines and tools.
Comfortable in Google Cloud Platform, reading and consuming logs, and setting up dashboards in Grafana.
Track record of improving KPIs such as MTTR, escaped defect rate, test coverage, automation test execution time, and test effectiveness.
Proven experience as a QA Engineer, QA Tester, or similar role in software development
Solid understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Postman, Requests library, or similar).
Strong knowledge of version control systems, particularly Gitlab.
Strong experience testing against relational database (SQL, PostgreSql, SQL Server, DBeaver, Azure studio, MSSMS, etc.)
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Attention to detail and a passion for delivering high-quality software products

Responsibilities

Work with developers to automate the testing of in-sprint tickets.
Provide early feedback, identify potential issues, and contribute to the development of testable and maintainable code.
Working with product requirements, write automated tests using Python/Java/.net and deploy those tests as part of the build.
Write flow tests using tools such as Python
Monitor deployments.
Work closely with SREs to collect this data and how the application works in “the real world”.
Work closely with feature development engineers, SREs, and business stakeholders.
Be a steward for quality in the product from the beginning.
Create automated API to ensure quality of contracts between interfaces and Enterprise UI
Contribute new ideas to improve software practices and processes.
Submit and conduct peer code reviews as part of our DevOps pipeline.
Working with Performance Monitoring Engineers to improve and optimize deployments, working towards high-performing CICD.
Develop and execute test plans and test cases based on product requirements and technical specifications.
Conduct manual testing and use automated testing tools to identify and report issues.
Collaborate closely with software developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth product launches and deployments.
Perform regression testing to ensure that previously identified and resolved defects do not reoccur.
Document test results and create detailed bug reports.
Participate in design and code reviews to provide input on testability and quality aspects of the product.
Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.