Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Whova; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two company-provided lunches

Bagel Wednesdays

Job summary

Whova is seeking an in-person Software QA Engineer in San Diego to design, implement, and maintain test automation systems and test infrastructure. You will verify features, define acceptance criteria with the product team, and contribute to reliability, performance and user experience.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS, strong collaboration, and experience with full software development life cycle practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Collaborative team player in a cross-functional environment.
• Knowledge of software engineering practices across the SDLC, including coding standards, reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Define understandable and testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and execute test plans, test design, objectives, and test cases.
• Test, automate, and maintain manual and automated regression suites.
• Develop and improve testing automation tools and infrastructure.
• Investigate product quality to improve customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Product Development to ensure consistent project execution.
• Learn and adapt to new software, technologies and testing strategies.

Skills

Test design

Regression testing

QA automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or CS

Job description

Whova is seeking a in-person Software QA Engineer.

As a Software QA Engineer, you will be responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance of test automation systems, the creation of software tools and test infrastructure used to perform feature verification and regression tests, and driving quality-centric methodologies in the software development process. You will work with the product team closely to help define product requirements and generate acceptance criteria and contribute to all aspects of the product quality: reliability, performance, user experience.

Whova revolutionizes event engagement and attendee networking by providing the Whova mobile app and event management software for conferences and trade shows globally every day.

Whova is a fast-growing company with brand-name customers, including US-Bank, L’Oreal, Hilton, LEGO, Vetafore, NASA, IKEA, TEDx, etc. We are proud to receive the San Diego Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in San Diego award, 5 years in a row. We also won the Fastest Growing Private Companies award for 3 years. More recently, we won Event Technology Awards’ Best Product Team Award, and Global Top Rated Product Award. Currently, we are named as G2’s Global Top 50 Best Software.

Responsibilities & Requirements:

• Help product owners define understandable and testable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Develop and execute test plans, test design, test objectives, and test cases
• Test, automate, and maintain manual and automated regression suites
• Develop and improve testing automation tools and infrastructure
• Investigate product quality in order to make improvements to achieve better customer satisfaction
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Learn and adapt to new software, technologies and testing strategies to improve the process

Job Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher, in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
• Strong collaborator and proactive team player in a cross-functional environment
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Salary: $60K-$75K per year, based on experiences in software quality assurance(QA process, mobile and web automation tools, test case design and writing, etc)
• 18 days/year vacation leave/sick leave.
• Two company-provided lunches and Bagel Wednesdays!
• A collaborative, fast-paced team environment.
• The opportunity to contribute directly to a globally top-ranked product (awarded by G2, Event Technology Awards, and others).

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