QA Engineer

Vizio • Dallas, TX

404d • $70,000 - $90,000

About The Position

You will be part of the Inscape QA team focused on the quality of our front-end embedded client/TV as well as back-end core/cloud/data pipelines that report high quality data to customers. The Inscape QA team is responsible for testing various embedded clients and firmware for a variety of Vizio TVs as well as the core/cloud services/ETLs/data pipelines. The QA team is responsible for validating our award-winning Inscape data set which is used by millions of people every day. We have top-notch software engineers, but with this many data, occasionally, there are errors. That is where you come in! We are looking for detail-oriented testers to join our QA team and help validate the Inscape data and alert us of critical bugs and errors before actual users are affected.

Requirements

• 3+ years of overall experience as a Quality Engineer in Complex system level architecture/Core systems/Big data services.
• Experience in working on large scale integration projects that involve ETLs/Big data/databases/streaming technologies like Kafka.
• Experience testing Big Data environments and have defined test approaches for testing platform projects powering Big Data such as in Snowflake/Databricks.
• Experience in creating testing strategies and engineering best practices related to software test engineering for both manual and automated testing.
• Experience in root cause analysis and defect diagnosis techniques.
• Experience with implementation of test automation for data warehouse testing.
• Experience writing scripts to automate test cases.
• Experience working in Agile.
• Experienced with SQL/Python/Spark and big data technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
• Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced hands-on experience in building automated regression testing capabilities using current technologies.
• Ability to work independently within a quickly changing environment with strict deadlines; to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to summarize and present test results and progress to management.
• Exceptional customer service orientation.
• Scripting and troubleshooting skills in Linux as well as writing complex tools.

Responsibilities

• Solid understanding of the software development life cycle and where QA fits in.
• Create Test strategy and update the strategy for each scheduled release as needed.
• Review requirements specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts for internal QA use as well as Operations.
• Excellent with Linux/bash to comb through various system level logs for debugging.
• Data driven testing mindset and ability to translate functional impacts of the system into a broader system level data impact.
• Good in SQL.
• Experience with distributed systems and testing systems that are built with high throughput technologies like Kafka.
• Comfortable working with Databricks, Python/Spark, and big data technologies to analyze data as well as writing tools to monitor data.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track/triage bugs.
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.
• Catalog and maintain test scenario library.
• Present testing results and progress to management team.
• Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio.
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Ability to break software with out of box thinking approaches towards load and performance testing strategies.
• Participate in early SDLC in evolution of features with Product Managers and Developers.

Benefits

• Annual bonus eligibility
• Equity
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees