Software Test Engineer

Full-time - Entry Level

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We're looking for a Software Test Engineer to join a mission-driven team with a passion for building reliable and scalable systems at one of our Fortune 100 partners in New York City. You will be part of an innovative technology group who's focused on creating their next generation of leaders. In addition to this fulltime opportunity, you will also be enrolled in a program at DRUM that provides you with on-demand, paid for training in our partners selected niche technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your career while simultaneously upskilling and continuing to make an impact in the world of technology.

Responsibilities

• Run and verify functional testing using different types of technology and tools (ex: RESTful/SOAP web services, batch applications)
• CMS testing responsibilities: reviewing and validating components for online content
• Participate in daily huddles, sprint planning, sprint demos, sprint review and retrospective, and project retrospectives for assigned initiatives
• Designs test scenarios and scripts, executes test cases, compares results to functional and non-functional requirements
• Coordinate and facilitate UAT sessions with business users
• Test and evaluate the performance of HTML responsive design websites including mobile browser testing to ensure sites function properly cross-platforms
• Identify what can be leveraged from automation versus manual testing
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution

Requirements

• Experience with functional web development testing
• Experience with Content Management Systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology
• Knowledge of best practices and the competition to improve processes and procedures
• Proficient in developing SQL queries
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process

Benefits

• On-demand, paid training in selected niche technologies