QA Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

AMC Networks in Seattle is seeking a QA Engineer with 5+ years of technology expertise to own projects and collaborate with a sharp team. The role emphasizes Agile testing, mentorship, and delivering quality software within fast-moving timelines.

We offer a flexible schedule, mentorship, benefits, and a focus on thoughtful, quality-driven engineering in a converted Seattle warehouse setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technology experience.
• Ability to break large initiatives into deliverable increments.
• Experience with Agile testing approaches.
• Strong collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• Mentor teammates to raise testing quality.

Responsibilities

• Decompose large tech initiatives into deliverable increments.
• Tune load testing queries to prevent timeouts on Seattle data.
• Mentor newer hires on agile testing practices.
• Tradeoffs negotiation with product when timelines clash.
• Implement feature flags to test on Seattle traffic safely.
• Backfill test coverage in high-risk areas of the codebase.
• Prototype proofs-of-concept for new technology needs.
• Uphold codebase quality through constructive reviews.

Skills

Data storytelling

Follow-through

Freelance mindset

Agile familiarity

Quality-minded

Job description

AMC Networks keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Seattle, and the next opinion we need belongs to a QA Engineer. Lean on 5+ years of technology expertise to own projects, collaborate with a sharp team, and earn $136,000 - $204,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Break large technology initiatives into Flexibility increments Seattle can actually deliver
• Tune Load Testing queries until the WA database stops timing out under load
• Mentor newer senior hires on how AMC Networks actually wires Agile Testing together
• Negotiate Facilitation tradeoffs with product when AMC Networks timelines and reality collide
• Wire up Flexibility feature flags so AMC Networks can test on Seattle traffic risk-free
• Backfill Test Automation test coverage on the riskiest corners of AMC Networks's codebase
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Guard the Flexibility codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch

What You'll Bring

• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a freelance projectA point of view on AMC Networks's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Comfort with freelance arrangements and the rhythms of an agile workplace
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output

Out of a converted warehouse in Seattle, AMC Networks has quietly grown into a quietly-relentless force shaping how technology gets done. We move fast on Flexibility but slow down whenever someone says they feel rushed past good judgment.

Our AMC Networks offer leans on substance: $136,000 - $204,000, mentorship, benefits, and a flexible schedule that respects Seattle life.

Re-confirmed open this morning, the senior seat at AMC Networks stays available.