Yahoo Holdings - Champaign, IL
posted 3 months ago
Yahoo Finance is the world's leading finance destination, providing investors with the necessary news, information, and tools to make informed financial decisions. With over 150 million visitors each month and more than $20 trillion in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across various platforms, including desktop, mobile, and streaming. The platform offers breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings, analytical charts, technical tools, and personalized mobile alerts, all aimed at equipping investors with the knowledge and insights needed to achieve financial freedom and prosperity. In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work in the office two days a week in the Bay Area. Your primary responsibility will be to provide QA leadership by driving best practices and automation strategies, enabling developers to build with quality, and challenging the status quo. You will develop a comprehensive Software Quality Assurance (SQA) test plan, which includes test case preparation, test objectives, test strategy, test types, testing tools, test environment, and root cause analysis. You will also translate customer requirements into a test strategy and ensure that test cases cover all necessary scenarios, including functionality, performance, security, integration, data migration, and accessibility. Your role will involve executing test cases to identify errors and defects in the product, driving the creation of scripts for automating repetitive tasks in CI/CD, and collaborating with software developers to resolve coding errors. You will build relationships with key stakeholders to identify business needs and monitor progress, while also mentoring mid and junior QA automation engineers on best practices. Working closely with development teams, business analysts, and product owners will be crucial to ensure project success.