Quality Automation Engineer (C-538)

Smash CR; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Software Tester with extensive experience in quality assurance and automation frameworks. The role involves planning tests, resolving issues, and ensuring products meet high-quality standards. Ideal candidates will have a solid background with Selenium and programming in C# and .NET Core, along with strong communication skills. This position is remote for candidates from Costa Rica and Colombia.

Benefits

Work from home

Private Medical Insurance

English Academy for Employees and Relatives

Business Skills Coach – Certifications

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience supporting and testing software products.
• Familiar with automation frameworks tools and Agile methodology.
• Strong communication skills and team player attributes.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, authors, and tests applications to ensure high-quality code.
• Analyzes project plans and creates custom test plans.
• Provides technical diagnosis for encountered issues.

Skills

Test methodologies

Website testing

Mobile application testing

Good English communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

Selenium

Azure DevOps

Automation frameworks tools

C#

.NET Core

Job description

SMASH, Who we are?

We are agents for tech professionals in Costa Rica and Colombia that help them build careers in the United States.

We believe in long-lasting relationships with our talent.We invest time getting to know them as individuals and understanding what they are looking for as their professional next step.

We aim to find the perfect match.As agents, we make sure to pair our talent with our US clients, not only by their technical skills but as a cultural fit.Our core competency is to find the right talent, fast.

We purposefully move away from the “contractor” or “outsourcing” type of relationship.Our clients don’t want contractors or “just a service.” Neither does our talent.

Our Benefits

• Work from home.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• English Academy for Employees and Relative.
• Business Skills Coach – Certifications.

This is a remote position for Costa Rica and Colombia
This position is Remote to work with a US Company, you will require to have Citizenship or work permit from Costa Rica or Colombia to apply for this role

Duties:

• Plans, designs, authors, and tests applications to maintain high-quality code and deliver a high-quality, effective product and documents all stages of the process including remedies.
• Reproduces reported issues and documents clear reproduction steps.
• Provides high-level technical diagnosis when problems are encountered by finding and tracking defects through to resolution.
• Analyzes project plans and create custom test plans for each project
• Tests new vendor software compatibility and adapts to new software including bug tracking.
• Uses application logs, data analysis, and correlation to existing documented issues
• Defines and reports on quality assurance information to management and stakeholders on results of testing and pertinent issues.
• Interacts with others across the organization, both locally and remotely, in working to ensure that the product is delivered with high quality and adherence to the request.
• Reviews, qualifies, and categorizes incoming issue reports, and prioritizes and balances demands of multiple priority items, and adapts
• Understands end-to-end software systems, from client to server and services interaction
• Identifies differences between established standards and user applications and suggests modifications to conform to standards
• Engages with various software projects in each level of its lifecycle and provide testing coverage of specified user stores
• Assists with release coordination.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Work with automation frameworks

Requirements:

• 4+ years’ experience supporting and testing software products
• Experience with test methodologies
• Experience with Selenium
• Experience in working with agile or other iterative fast-paced projects
• Experience with website testing
• Experience with mobile application testing
• Familiar with Azure DevOps
• Familiar with automation frameworks tools
• Familiar with programming languagesC#, .NET Core
• Good English and communication skills, team player, and strong attention to detail

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field.