Video Quality Assurance Engineer 2

Comcast • Irvine, CA

6h • $38 - $51

About The Position

Xumo, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform for the entire entertainment industry. The company consists of three primary lines of business: Xumo devices, Xumo Play, and Xumo Enterprise. Powered by Comcast’s global entertainment platform, Xumo devices feature a world-class user interface with universal voice search capabilities, making it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their favorite streaming content. Xumo Play is a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service offering hundreds of linear channels and on-demand options. Xumo Enterprise provides tools and services for content creators, distributors, and advertisers to make FAST content more accessible. Job Summary Responsible for validating software solutions in various testing environments. Analyzes requirements and design specifications to ensure product verification. Collaborates with other Engineers to identify, reproduce and documents defects, bugs, or problems by using the project's issue tracking tools. Maintains technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. Utilizes clearly defined standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products. Assists product support areas in gathering and analyzing data. Works with moderate guidance in own area of knowledge. Job Description

Requirements

• Skills
• Analytical Thinking
• Client Support
• Collaboration
• Quality Assurance Processes
• Testing Strategies
• Troubleshooting
• Relevant Work Experience
• 2-5 Years

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• 3+ years of QA experience within video, streaming, OTT, broadcast, or digital media environments.
• Strong understanding of test planning, test case creation, and issue tracking procedures.
• Familiarity with agile practices and collaboration with engineering teams.
• Knowledge of HLS/DASH or other adaptive bitrate streaming formats is a plus.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Bash/Shell) or CLI tools.
• Experience with AWS Media Services including MediaLive, MediaConnect, MediaTailor, CloudFront, and Amazon S3 is a plus.
• Detail‑oriented, analytical thinker with strong troubleshooting instincts, a strong sense of ownership and teamwork
• Passion for video technology, consumer streaming experiences, and content quality.
• Agile mindset with strong troubleshooting instincts
• Curious problem‑solver with strong analytical skills.
• Calm under pressure, especially during production issues.
• Highly collaborative and communicative.
• Process‑oriented with a bias toward automation and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Writes and executes tests to validate products and software applications.
• Collaborates with Product and Development teams to identify product and technical requirements.
• Reviews and verifies requirements and design specifications for validity in overall product design, with an emphasis towards product testability and verification.
• Assists in identifying viable test strategies in order to support testing product functionality.
• Works with other Quality Assurance Engineers or Software Engineers to identify, reproduce and document bugs or defects.
• Supports trials of new infrastructure designs/services.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Employees at all levels are expected to: Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level