Senior QA Engineer

Folders.Com - Pontiac, MI

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Pontiac, MI

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

We are a small, fast-growth online printer with multiple rankings on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. We're looking for a Senior Software QA Engineer to work with our Ukrainian development team. This position is for a full-time, independent contractor who will work from home from 4 p.m. until 1 a.m. Salary will be paid in U.S. dollars (amount dependent on experience and knowledge) and include paid vacation and holidays. This is a permanent, long-term position, not a contract job. The Senior Software QA Engineer's primary duty is to maintain stability for our website's software system. This person should enjoy testing code, writing testing requirements, and creating automated testing scripts in a friendly, fast-paced work environment. The role requires a proactive approach to quality assurance, ensuring that all software products meet the highest standards before they are released to users. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both manual and automated testing, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering quality results. In this role, you will be responsible for executing test plans and test cases, identifying defects, and analyzing test results to deduce what caused a failure. You will develop, document, implement, and manage applicable QA processes and procedures to create more effective quality methods for the team and ensure a quality product. Collaboration with developers and other team members is essential to improve overall product quality by emphasizing defect prevention during the development process. You will also be tasked with improving the quality control process and measurements to ensure a stable software environment and ideal user experience across our websites.

Responsibilities

• Execute test plans and test cases and report results
• Identify defects and analyze test results to deduce what caused a failure
• Develop, document, implement, and manage applicable QA processes and procedures to create more effective quality methods for the team and ensure a quality product
• Create, implement, maintain, and enhance test plans, test scripts, and test methodologies that ensure exhaustive testing of all assigned products
• Develop software quality test plans and test cases
• Set and maintain the standards for Software Quality Assurance test documentation
• Collaborate with the team to elaborate on software requirements, ensuring proper and complete acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with developers to improve overall product quality by emphasizing defect prevention during the development process
• Identify areas for test improvement through analysis, experience, and metrics
• Improve the quality control process and measurements to ensure a stable software environment and ideal user experience across our websites

Requirements

• 5+ years in software development as a software tester or developer
• 3+ years in QA testing, preferably including expertise with automated testing tools and a solid understanding of the industry's best practices
• Previous experience with test-driven development
• Experience in PHP and JavaScript programming for automated testing scripts
• Experience writing black box and GUI test cases, designing tests to mitigate risks, and helping teams define testing requirements
• Experience in context-based, exploratory, and scenario testing
• Ability to work as part of a team in which, on a daily basis, you determine and coordinate tasks with co-workers, rather than waiting for work to be assigned to you
• Experience collaborating with programmers and business experts
• Solid understanding of UI/UX best practices
• Strong work ethic and sense of ownership of end result
• Excellent written and verbal English skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with remote teams
• Experience with ecommerce websites
• Experience writing simple SQL queries, insert/update statements, and basic grasp relational database

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays