QA Test Engineer – Data-Driven Web Apps (Tacoma, Onsite)

Tecolote; Tacoma, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Travel Accident Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Short-Term Disability

Supplemental Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Money Purchase Pension Plan

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Tecolote in Tacoma, WA seeks a Software Test Engineer to join our software development team. The role centers on manual testing, creating test plans, and tracking defects for a data-heavy enterprise web application with complex workflows.

Time spent coding automated tests is modest, and the environment is casual, collaborative, and flexible. The position requires in-person, full-time work in Tacoma, WA, and participation in Agile/Scrum processes to meet sprint goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Strong understanding of software testing lifecycle and methodologies.
• Experience with req/bug/agile tracking systems like Azure DevOps or JIRA.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to understand and test complex application functionality.
• Basic programming or scripting experience or automated tests writing.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of applications.
• Create and execute test plans.
• Track bugs through the development workflow and document field bugs.
• Generate datasets for testing data ingestion and parsing tools.
• Code automated tests where appropriate.
• Review feature documentation with the requirements team.

Skills

Software testing

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Independent work

AI-assisted tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Tecolote in Tacoma, WA seeks a Software Test Engineer to join our software development team. The role centers on manual testing, creating test plans, and tracking defects for a data-heavy enterprise web application with complex workflows.

Time spent coding automated tests is modest, and the environment is casual, collaborative, and flexible. The position requires in-person, full-time work in Tacoma, WA, and participation in Agile/Scrum processes to meet sprint goals.