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QA Engineer

REMOTE

United States

Engineering

Full time

*** THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION***

ConsumerAffairs helps consumers make smart buying decisions in moments of need. Every month millions of consumers turn to our site and tools for help with their considered (often emotional) purchases.

We educate them about their options, learn about their specific needs, and connect hundreds of thousands of them directly to brands. These brands use our SaaS tools to manage their reviews and communicate directly with consumers to serve them better. Our business thrives when the consumers who trust us get matched with the right brands for them.

We’re fast-paced and our core values are the bedrock of who we are and who we want to be.

Our employees believe in raising the bar through data-driven innovation, intellectual curiosity, and grit. We have a team first mentality, and manifest wins by putting the team first. Collaboration and teamwork is in our hearts and we believe winning together is the most fun. But, above all else, we care. We have servant hearts for our consumers, customers, and colleagues. If you want to be part of a globally erse team that’s focussed on helping people, in an environment where we raise the bar, win as a team, and care above all elsethen ConsumerAffairs may be just the place for you!

ABOUT THE JOB:

QA as part of the engineering team is responsible for maintaining the quality of all of our pages on point every time we add or change features on the site, which we do 2 or 3 times a week so the job is pretty challenging with a quick turn rate and different projects being worked at a time. As a QA engineer you’ll be part of a team that combines manual testing with automated processes to create the most efficient quality process we can.

RESPONSIBILTIES:

• Testing new functionality and changes to the site
• Keeping track of modifications to the core functionality and perform regression tests whenever necessary
• Keep track of new features and maintain automated test cases
• Do root cause analysis to new bugs submitted by the engineering team or any other person in the company
• Participate in the triage process to assess and qualify big issues with the help of the engineering team
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources in an effective and timely manner and demonstrate respect for others

(These responsibilities are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related duties as required)

Requirements

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• BS in computer science or related field

Experience:

• 3 years of experience in functional software testing
• 1 year of experience working with agile methodologies
• 1 year of experience working in test automation
• Experience working with git (or VCSs)
• Experience developing test cases scenarios

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Knowledge to create and execute test scenarios
• Base knowledge of python and JS languages

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet aggressive deadlines

• Obsessed with ensuring an exceptional customer experience- for both internal and external customers.

• Stands up for decisions, takes responsibility for results, and shares both good and bad outcomes transparently.

• Demonstrates a relentless focus on results with a commitment to deliver;

• Takes decisive action, and confidently changes course if unsuccessful.

• Displays a growth mindset to continually improve; encourages everyone around them to to be tenacious and never settle.

• Constantly seeks feedback to improve; Focussed on solving issues through team work, and collaboration
• Acts with urgency; delivers top results in hours and days instead of weeks and months.
• Relentless in their pursuit of success and possesses the willpower to embrace challenges as opportunities.

Specific Measures of Success Expected Outcomes

Start Date to Start Date +1 Year

• Has a full understanding of the underlying systems and is able to do a full root cause analysis to the most granular data level
• Is able to lead any repository release from lower environment to production
• Has a full understanding of the automation test coverage and is fully active in the continuous improvement of our regression platform

CORE VALUES:

Raise The Bar

• We raise the bar through innovation, intellectual curiosity, and grit. We are not satisfied with yesterday and our hearts thirst to be better tomorrow.

Win As A Team

• We manifest wins by putting the team first. We have collaboration and teamwork in our hearts and believe winning together is the most fun.

Care Above All Else

• We care above all else. We have servant hearts for our consumers, customers, and colleagues. We show our care with our passion for results.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• Location: Remote
• Frequency of travel: Occasional travel may be required for meetings, training and/or conferences.
• Light physical activities and efforts required in working within an office environment.

(Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with existing ADA requirements for otherwise qualified iniduals with disabilities.)

ConsumerAffairs provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Work From Home
• Free Food & Snacks
• Stock Option Plan