Senior Software Quality Engineer

Red Hat; United States; Remote; USD 116,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Software Quality Engineer to ensure product excellence by testing software functionalities and aligning with customer scenarios. You will leverage your skills in automation and quality assurance methodologies to contribute to our innovative software solutions, working in a flexible environment across the U.S.

Qualifications

• 3 years experience in software testing or a related role.
• 2 years experience with provisioning test infrastructure in on-premises clouds.
• Experience in Agile software development.

Responsibilities

• Test software functions, interfaces, performance, and security.
• Patch and fix software errors to enhance quality.
• Collaborate with engineers on functional quality engineering tasks.

Skills

Testing methodologies

Automation

Performance testing

Bash

Go

Python

Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Job description

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Senior Software Quality Engineer

Apply remote type Remote locations Remote US NC posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R-048413

Test software functions, interfaces, performance and security, as well as study customer needs and align the testing to customer scenarios, patch and fix software errors.

*Telecommuting role to be performed anywhere in the U.S.

What You Will Do:

• Install and upgrade the software system to verify the software functions and find system bugs.
• Patch and fix software errors to improve the quality and customer experience. Use performance testing tools and methodologies to advocate system performance and bottlenecks.
• Enhance test coverage for customer scenarios by learning customer demands and feedback.
• Follow testing methodologies to proactively catch bugs and errors in the product before the software product is released to the customer.
• Write automated test programs and scripts, and collaborate with the documentation team to assess accuracy, adequacy and quality of documentation.
• Work with a team of engineers who work on functional quality engineering of OpenShift products to review their current tasks and assign new tasks from the backlog.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or related role.
• Must have three (3) years of experience with: testing the back end or middle tier of enterprise software systems; Agile software development and test methodologies; and software programming using Bash, Go or Python.
• Must have two (2) years of experience with: provisioning test infrastructure in on-premises clouds; software configuration management using Git; automation with a test framework; and Linux operating system including operating system installation, administration and troubleshooting.

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The salary range for this position is $116,390 - $186,310. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

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