Senior Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer writes automation scripts utilized in a CI/CD pipeline. They will work on dedicated product teams and are part of the engineering team made up of Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers and Quality Engineers. They work directly with scrum masters, product owners, and UX designers to give students and student mentors an excellent education experience. The Senior Quality Engineer builds and implements automated UI/API test validation and load tests as an essential part of that effort. Additionally, they will analyze failures and make recommendations in an objective, open-minded way.

Job Duties

• Performs functional, system, and integration tests for new and existing features.
• Improves communication and collaboration to enable rapid product development by serving as the liaison between the development and testing automation teams.
• Increases application/system testing by anticipating and correcting operational issues before their occurrence via testing tools.
• Creates more stable application environments by continuously improving the application quality and ensuring automation testing can easily be invoked and is scalable.
• Works under light supervision with wide latitude for independent judgment.
• Serves as a mentor by conducting training sessions and assisting less experienced peers.
• Leads in root cause analysis methodologies, remediation, and prevention.
• Presents 1 to 2 QA training sessions and/or workshops annually for internal stakeholders to help drive new initiatives.
• Responsible for finding, tracking, and prioritizing high-value bugs and driving toward their resolution.
• Writes and maintains various forms of tests ranging from unit tests to automated end-to-end tests.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.