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About the position
Ascend Analytics' climate technology software and services provide critical insights to power the energy transition. The company's products enhance critical power supply decisions from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend's solutions serve as the core analytic infrastructure for electric utilities, independent power producers, electric retailers, and financiers of energy infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced QA Engineer to join our PowerSIMM team in Boulder, Colorado. As a QA Engineer, you will be instrumental in ensuring the integrity and reliability of our application and data. You will work closely with our developers, data engineers, and analysts to write, execute, and maintain tests and scripts focused on our analytics code and processes. Your efforts will ensure that our applications remain bug-free.
Responsibilities
- Write, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and scripts designed to validate our application code and processes.
- Develop and perform automated and manual tests to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness across all systems.
- Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks to streamline the quality assurance processes.
- Foster an environment in which all employees are responsible for quality.
- Document test cases, procedures, and results in order to maintain and communicate our quality assurance coverage and execution.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, provide feedback, and contribute to overall quality improvements.
- Stay updated on the latest QA methodologies and tools, and continuously seek to improve testing strategies and processes.
Requirements
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Information Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in a similar position
- Professional Testing experience involving UI and API automation techniques and tools
- Experience with Selenium, Postman, and/or Playwright and testing frameworks
- Ability to thrive in an Agile Scrum environment with remote teammates
- Ability to identify, investigate, and isolate issues across the full technology stack using automated & manual testing methodologies
- A desire and curiosity about learning innovative technologies.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of the energy industry, markets, and terminology
- Experience reviewing and understanding Technical Design Documents in an effort to understand features and call out risks
- Experience with C#, Python, pytest, and VS Code
- Experience with Azure DevOps environment and with CI/CD tools
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Parental leave
- Dependent care spending account
- 401k plan
- Flexible work hours
- Opportunities for advancement
