Software Quality Assurance Engineer

September 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

Although this job is listed in Virginia, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $95k - $98k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Common App

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Higher Education • College Counseling • Admission and Enrollment • Applying to College

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1975

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

Description

• Reporting to the Director, Software Quality Assurance, • our Software QA Engineer works collaboratively with a team of quality assurance professionals to ensure constituents have a great user experience with Common App’s software products. • The Software QA Engineer is a member of the Quality Assurance Team, and will be expected to plan, develop, and execute comprehensive system tests, while working in an empowered and agile environment. • The Software QA Engineer performs a wide range of duties, including functional, security, accessibility, and compatibility tests. • The Software QA Engineer also identifies and confirms resolution of defects based on an established QA methodology. • This individual will also assist departments across the organization with activities related to quality assurance.

Requirements

• Candidates must live in the United States. • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science from four-year college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • 4-6 years of successful, progressive experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • In-depth understanding of QA methodologies & testing environments. • Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycles. • Strong consultative and analytical skills • Proficient in solving problems. • Highly experienced in developing end-to-end manual tests. • Ability to work independently and in a team based environment. • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills. • Ability to write new QA Automation scripts for existing manual test plans. • Ability to enhance and maintain existing QA Automation scripts and automated code. • Ability to debug and resolve any code merge issues or conflicts. • Solid understanding of web technologies (C#, Json, JQuery, HTML5, CSS, or similar technologies). • In-depth understanding and working knowledge of QA automation tools and environments (Selenium, NUnit, Jenkins, JMeter, etc.). • Capable of using source code repositories (Example: Git). • Working knowledge of Git commands.

Benefits

• Paid time off • Vacation Leave (starting at 10 days per year) • Sick Leave (15 days per year) • Paid Holidays (New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4th, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day) • Floating Holidays (9 days to be used at employee’s discretion) • Mental Health Days (12 per year) • Healthcare • Medical (2 plan options with Cigna including an option for 100% employee coverage) • Health Savings Account (HSA) with annual employer contribution starting at $1,500 or Flexible Spending Account (FSA), depending on plan election • Dental (plan with Cigna offering 100% employee coverage) • Vision benefits (plan with Cigna offering 100% employee coverage) • Short + Long Term Disability (100% employer paid) • Life + AD&D (100% employer paid) • Additional Voluntary Life + AD&D insurance available • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Added compensation • 403(b) Retirement Plan with 5% employer contribution + additional 5% employer match • Stipends (virtual office set up and monthly remote work support) • Future growth opportunities within the organization