Sr. QA Software Engineer at Acklen Avenue Software

Acklen Avenue is a trusted partner in outsourced development. We help ambitious companies accelerate software delivery by providing complete agile development teams as well as staff augmentation.

POSITION SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related areas
• At least 3.5 years of experience in manual testing
• 1+ years of experience in automation testing, preferably with Cypress, Cucumber, or Selenium WebdriverIO
• Experience in performance testing, load, and stress testing
• SQL experience
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum development principles
• Solid experience in manual testing software techniques
• Solid experience in the creation and maintenance of automated test
• Solid experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Team player.Senior Level.
• Full-time job (40 hours weekly).
• Permanent contract.
• B2 to C1 Advanced English Level.
• Availability from 8am-5pm in the CST-PST-EST time zone.

Description

Acklen Avenue is a trusted partner in outsourced development. We help ambitious companies accelerate software delivery by providing complete agile development teams as well as staff augmentation.

Acklen Avenue offers more than talent. Our dedicated teams offer a mature product development process, staffed with experienced, full-time experts. And our staff augmentation offering delivers fully vetted and Acklen approved individual developers to add the right skills when and where you need them.

Sr. QA Software Engineer

OVERVIEW

Acklen Avenue is a trusted partner in outsourced development. We help ambitious companies accelerate software delivery by providing complete agile development teams as well as staff augmentation.

Acklen Avenue offers more than talent. Our dedicated teams offer a mature product development process, staffed with experienced, full-time experts. And our staff augmentation offering delivers fully vetted and Acklen approved individual developers to add the right skills when and where you need them.

WHO YOU ARE

A Quality Assurance (QA) software engineer is a professional who will manage different functional, non-functional testing techniques and will create and manage automated tests to ensure product quality. Also, responsible for the creation and maintenance of test cases, and running full regression tests to prevent bugs with software before the product launch. The duties will include but are not limited to, identifying and analyzing any bugs and errors found during the test phase. Also, responsible for the creation and maintenance of automation testing scripts.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Perform manual testing by using functional testing techniques
• Perform Cross-browser and mobile testing
• Creation and maintenance of detailed and comprehensive test cases
• Prepare detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans
• Collaborate with QA Team to develop effective strategies and test plans
• Organize testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs.
• Planning, prioritizing, and coordinating QA testing activities, thoroughly identifying and documenting bugs.
• Identify, record, and track bugs
• Reporting and documenting technical issues and helping troubleshoot issues
• Review the debugging process results
• Perform full and target regression testing
• Perform non-functional testing according to the project’s needs
• Write and Execute test cases (manual/automated) and analyze results
• Test automation implementation and maintenance using open-source tools
• Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. developers and product owners) to identify system requirements, review and analyze system specifications
• Work together with the software developers to enhance and improve programs
• Estimating features from QA’s perspective
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Recommend improvements in software to enhance user experience
• Motivate the development process for efficiency and performance
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Continuous communication with all team members (e.g developers /designers/BA)
• Collaborate daily with Designers, Developers, BA, DevOps to test and deliver an intuitive, highly visible web/mobile app
• Participates in feature card showcases to the client if needed.
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Maintain relevant knowledge about new testing tools and test strategies
• Join team and guild meetings and collaborate daily with an agile remote team.
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing.
• Train clients on new tools and the system if needed.

LEVEL OF MASTERY

• Senior QA Engineer
• Someone who has mastered the manual tester skill set and has strong knowledge and practical experience with automation.
• At least 3.5 years of experience in manual testing and 1+ year of experience in automation testing
• Mastered functional testing techniques
• Mastered non-functional testing
• Mastered documentation of test cases, reworks, and bugs
• Mastered test plans and test strategies creation
• Automation testing
• Git skills
• CI/CD integration knowledge
• Advanced communication and collaboration skills
• Advanced critical thinking skills
• Decision-making skills
• Analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Mentoring
• Client-facing and conflict management

Remote Work.

Salary Rate: Negotiable.

AMER/LATAM only.

CORE VALUES

At Acklen, we are committed to creating a place for people to grow and improve their lives. We really care about growing people. We are not Messing Around.

Committed to Personal Growth

Seek First to Understand

Bring Out the Best in Others

Solutions-Oriented