Quality Assurance Engineer Job in Codemantra

JOB TITLE: Quality Assurance Engineer
JOB CODE: 20211202004CMCHE

The role of the QA Engineer is to develop and execute exploratory tests as well as automated tests to ensure the quality of our products and solutions. As a QA Engineer, you will estimate, plan, and carry out testing activities. You will also ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved in a defect tracking system. The role will present a great opportunity to help set the bar on quality for our market-leading products in content solutions.

Key Responsibilities

The individual in this role will be responsible for the following:

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans covering assigned features
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities
• Set up required testbeds (hardware, software, and network)
• Test software releases by executing assigned test cases (manual and/or automated)
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts
• Identify, record, document, and track bugs
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Provide feedback on product quality acting as a gatekeeper for our products
• Work with the DevOps team to drive adoption of software quality best practices
• Stay updated on tools, technologies, and content formats in the publishing domain
• Stay updated on popular testing tools and best practices for software quality
• Develop broader knowledge of products and solutions and provide assistance in pre-sales scenarios and solutions

Candidate Profile

The right candidate should be an SQA engineer with an eye for details. Should have good communication and interpersonal skills, be motivated, result-oriented, customer-focused, and have strong problem-solving skills.

Skills and Experience

• 5-6 years in a software engineering team with 3+ years in a QA role
• 3+ years of experience working in content solutions/digital publishing domain
• Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Hands-on experience with automated testing using tools such as Selenium
• Knowledge of content formats (PDF, XML, HTML, EPUB) and composition tools
• Knowledge of SQL, scripting, and data analysis
• Knowledge of LMS is a plus
• Knowledge/experience related to accessibility standards is a plus
• Experience working in an agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus