Sr. Software QA Engineer

Cloudera; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest quality software solutions. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative, distributed team environment, tackling complex challenges in software testing and quality assurance. You will engage in various testing methodologies, contribute to process improvements, and enhance your technical skills while working on innovative projects that impact top companies across industries. If you are self-driven and passionate about quality, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Generous PTO Policy

Flexible Work from Home Policy

Mental & Physical Wellness Programs

Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Access to Continued Career Development

Comprehensive Benefits

Paid Volunteer Time

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software testing, including analysis, design, and execution.
• Experience with various testing types: web, API, integration, and performance.
• International certifications in Software Quality like ISTQB are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the quality chain from business understanding to test execution.
• Design and document test plans and cases, perform test executions.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to improve QA processes.

Skills

Software Testing

Automation Testing

API Testing

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Agile Methodologies

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Selenium

Postman

GitHub

Test Management Tools

Job description

Business Area:

IT

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Cloudera is looking for an experienced, motivated, team player and driven Software Quality Assurance Engineer for the IT Engineering QA Team who delivers word-class solutions that includes web applications, microservices, integrations between systems, to our valued customers.

As an Sr. Software QA Engineer you will be working in a distributed team (US, Hungary, Costa Rica). If you are a person who wants to develop solid business, interpersonal, and technical skills in an open, collaborative and transparent environment aimed to deliver the highest quality software to our valued customers, we want you in our Team!

As Sr. Software QA Engineer you will:

• Actively participate in the whole quality chain: from the business understanding up to the test execution and reporting.

• Apply different testing techniques from both Static and Dynamic approaches.

• Perform analysis and refinement process over business requirements.

• Design and document test plans, test cases, test runs (functional, automated), automation efforts.

• Perform test executions at API level, with some instances at end-to-end layer if required.

• Report and document bugs, and generate SQA reports if required.

• Work with/closely with functional/automation members to follow processes, propose improvements, participate in the automation coding activities

• Be a proactive communicator about SQA and bring visibility over possible risks if required.

• Triage bugs: perform root cause analysis, pattern analysis, and side effect impact analysis.

• Support the QA Team transparency and confidence by following processes.

• Open to learn and share knowledge.

• Participate and assist in the improvement of the QA methodology and operations.

• Work with team members in a worldwide operational environment.

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.

We're excited about you if you have:

• Relevant studies / BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

• 3+ years of experience in the testing quality field that includes: analysis, design, document, execution, report, investigation, and automation

• 3+ years of experience in testing software solutions than can include: web, api, integration, performance, security, functional, data, and database verifications

• International certifications in Software Quality such as ISTQB or related

• Advocate to processes, continuous improvement, and transparency

• Experience with tools that support the QA process and operation such as: Test Management tools, Jira, Selenium, Github, PostMan, Helpdesk, and other solutions

• Knowledge/Experience with test frameworks

• Strong knowledge of SDLC in agile environments

• Great analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to details

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English

• Solid interpersonal skills conducive to a distributed team environment

• Ability to work effectively both, independently and as part of a distributed team

• Ability to identify critical weak spots in software systems

• Self-driven & motivated personality

You may also have:

• Hands-on knowledge of Salesforce is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of AWS is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Qase/other TMT is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Gherkin is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Selenium/Pytest/Postman/JMeter or related is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge on Security testing is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge on Performance testing is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge on Pipeline/Integration platforms testing is a plus.

What you can expect from us:

• Generous PTO Policy

• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

• Flexible WFH Policy

• Mental & Physical Wellness programs

• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program

• Access to Continued Career Development

• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Employee Resource Groups

Cloudera is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants willreceive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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