DailyCandy, the popular style and trends web site, is seeking an experienced QA Consultant.
We're looking for a well-rounded QA Consultant who enjoys working on diverse and challenging projects. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, able to work with little supervision, and capable of working closely with non-technical colleagues.
Our technology team runs a number of systems, from mobile applications to MapReduce logfile processing, all built on open-source components. We provide a fun, relaxed environment, an ideal place for developers to hone their skills and learn some new ones.
Responsibilities
• Verify quality acceptance of web-based applications across multi-platform environments
• Create automated deployment and test scripts
• Apply QA principles and methodology to develop test cases and detail test scenarios and oversee their execution, tracking, and automation.
• Perform functional and regression testing to manually and visually check site quality
• Set up testing environments with re-usable test cases
• Responsible for moving code to testing, staging and production environments
• Guide projects through the SDLC in a lead role
• Participate in status meetings and help in determining “go/no-go” status of projects
• Assist in on-going process improvement efforts to ensure test planning, execution and reporting is effective and efficient
• Review and help improve product documentation
• Work closely with developers to resolve issues and reproduce bugs
Key Qualifications
• BS or MS in Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of directly related experience in QA and software testing, preferably web-based, with significant test automation experience
• Demonstrate abilities to lead and manage large product features from inception to production
• Passion for testing and the ability to work independently on diverse problems
• Ability to write, maintain, and verify test cases. Develop test matrixes, identify test data and use case requirements
• Production deployment experience and sustaining team release experience
• Experience in testing methodologies and theories (e.g. negative, white box, and stress testing techniques), test plan development, test case design, and test execution practices.
• Good working knowledge of web technologies including: HTML, JavaScript, Java, Python, Spring, Hibernate
• Hands on experience writing SQL queries
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication (both oral and written) skills
• Must be available and willing to work extended hours as occasionally needed (during crunch times!) per day or per week, including weekends and holidays, to meet business needs
• Experienced with TDD / BDD methodologies
• Familiar with quality and code coverage metrics
Must be eligible to work in the US.
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