Software Engineer III – Testing (QA x3)

West Coast Consulting LLC; California (MO); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking a Software Engineer III to lead QA efforts. This remote position involves testing methodologies and strategies, including creating and executing test plans for UI and API integration. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and strong automation testing skills, particularly with tools like Cypress. This role emphasizes collaboration across teams to ensure product quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in software testing.
• Expertise in integration testing and technical stack assurance.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership in quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for products end to end testing methodology and strategy.
• Create and execute test plans, test cases and scripts.
• Perform quality assurance measures for new applications.

Skills

Integration testing

Quality assurance

Automation testing

Cypress

RESTful APIs

Graph QL

Job description

Overview

REMOTE – onsite/hybrid Sunnyvale, preferred

Software Engineer III – Testing (QA x3)

What you’ll do

• Responsible for products end to end testing methodology and strategy by following best practices.
• Create and execute test plans, test cases and scripts that will determine optimal application performance according to specifications.
• Contribute to planning and estimation activities, monitoring processes and reviewing QA deliverables and tasks.
• Setup and execute manual; automation tests, derive KPIs and conduct periodic measurement analysis, deliver and communicate test results.
• Perform quality assurance measures and testing criteria for new applications, products, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout their development/product lifecycles
• Defect reporting and retesting, performing regression testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, API testing.
• Performs root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues
• Analyze documentation and technical specifications of any new application under development or consideration to determine its intended functionality.
• Ensure that testing activities allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfil end-user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues
• Responsible for assessing bugs priority; severity, effectively communicate to stakeholders.
• Engage with Product Management and Business Teams across the globe to drive the agenda, understand priorities and lead towards delivering quality products.
• Troubleshoots business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause)

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Expertise in Integration testing and quality assurance for the technical stack involving UI, Graph QL and RESTful APIs
• Automation testing using Cypress, Test Genie, PACT or other automation techniques
• Demonstrated end to end ownership in quality assurance of a product