Senior QA Engineer

Escher Group - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Senior QA Engineer is responsible for executing various testing activities, from preparing test cases based on user stories and requirements to executing tests and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards. This role requires independent work on projects of any size and support for other QA Engineers in their testing processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and review user stories, use cases or requirements for testing and provide timely and meaningful feedback as applicable
• Develop and maintain comprehensive and concise test cases based on user stories, use cases or requirements
• Update test cases based on feedback from QA peer-review or other senior reviewers
• Perform testing based on test cases and update test results
• Report/Log defects with supported information (steps, condition, screenshots, etc)
• Track testing progress for status updates/reporting to management
• Apply established quality assurance process, procedures, and best practices
• Reproduce and troubleshoot Escher support cases
• Report to QA lead with regular updates on status, challenges, and concerns in testing
• Execute builds and ongoing updates of testing environments
• Perform demonstration internally or to clients and stakeholders, as needed

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Software QA or tester
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
• Able to pass security clearance requirements of targeted Escher client (e.g., must be US citizen or have a green card to pass security clearance as a government contractor)
• Strong knowledge of Agile testing methodologies and best practices
• Experience in testing large scale enterprise products and platforms
• Solid experience in analyzing and reviewing user stories, use cases or requirements
• Solid experience in preparing testing scenarios and test cases
• Expert executing different types of testing and methodologies (functional, integration, end-to-end, white-box and black-box, etc)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in POS, peripheral integration or testing automation
• Familiar with source control and continuous integration tools (e.g. Bitbucket, Git)
• Device literacy across Apple and Android mobile technologies
• Webservice testing and related tools (e.g. SOAP UI)
• Experience in Test automation and programming/scripting tools (Selenium, Winapp driver, Python, etc)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Flexible annual leave
• Annual bonus program
• Opportunities for career growth