Software QA Engineer

Ducharme Mcmillen And Associates - Fort Wayne, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Wayne, IN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Software QA Engineer at DMA is responsible for ensuring the quality of software solutions through comprehensive testing processes. This role involves planning, designing, developing, and executing various quality assurance activities to support software development. The position emphasizes work/life balance and employee wellness, reflecting the company's commitment to its employee-owners.

Responsibilities

• Create, execute, and maintain test cases, test data, and test scripts for manual and automated testing
• Learn DMA's tax, accounting, and business subject matter to create targeted test cases
• Participate in projects following the approved Development and Testing Methodologies
• Maintain and report results using the approved methodology
• Perform Functional, Non-functional, UAT, and Regression testing on projects as needed
• Understand the QA process and participate in continuous improvement
• Consistently strive to improve the way tasks and activities are accomplished meeting quality objectives
• Contribute to the planning and scheduling of testing
• Utilize Jira to monitor and report enhancement and defect tickets
• Participate in the generation and accuracy of all QA documents
• Provide oversight to ensure that the project team follows quality best practices and standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of 2 - 5 years of QA, testing web-based applications, or programming experience
• Previous experience with issue tracking software Jira or similar
• Experience with automation tools like Selenium or experience with Java is highly desired
• Experience with Financial or Business Process applications is a plus
• Ability to manage multiple issues simultaneously
• Proficient with software development life-cycle
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent listening skills

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with automation tools like Selenium
• Experience with Financial or Business Process applications

Benefits

• Employee stock ownership program eligibility begins day one of employment
• Company paid Paternity & Maternity Leave
• Generous PTO package plus 2 paid floating holidays and 1 day of paid volunteer time off
• Multiple benefit plans, eligible day one of employment
• Focus on work/life balance, mental health, and overall wellness of employees