Software QA Engineer at StumbleUpon

Our QA engineer will help us ensure the quality of code we release; develop and implement test plans to ensure robust releases on production systems. Duties include test planning, test plan generation, hands-on testing, and problem reporting. The ability to work independently and with a small team is important.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in test planning, including lab setup
• Develops test plans and reviews them with other project members
• Hands-on test execution of product tests. This would include test setup, execution, and problem reporting
• Helps maintain a standard development methodology, including requirements, test plans, and quality criteria
• Helps maintain defect tracking and test plan repository systems
• Assists with product specifications i.e. wish lists, future development, new ideas
• Tests across multiple products on multiple OSes and browsers
• Reproduce field problems and help support as needed
• Monitor customer forums and respond as appropriate
• Collect and analyze data to help characterize problems
• Manage day-to-day tasks productively without management direction
• Learn new applications and new tools in support of testing efforts
• Coordinate Alpha or Beta trials for the product release

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years experience on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems
• Experience and understanding of Software QA methodologies
• Experience with developer automated test tools such as Selenium, xUnit or similar
• Scripting (Perl, PHP or Python) for test automation
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and on a team
• A strong attention to detail

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