QA Automation Engineer

Company: Tagboard
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Who we are Tagboard is a distributed and diverse B2B SaaS growth company that serves the exciting verticals of news, sports, and entertainment. Our platform enables media producers all over the world to create live and interactive stories, with graphics, social content, and polling in real time to be used across broadcast television and connected screens across events (virtual and in person), venues, web, and mobile. You have likely seen Tagboard in action a million times and didn't know it- from hundreds of local news stations to national programming on FOX Sports, CNN, NFL Network, and more- producers all over the world are creating award-winning programming using Tagboard.At Tagboard, you'll work with a strong team of smart, driven, and fun people who come to work every day passionate about changing the way stories are told, committed to nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace, and collaborating in our industries with some of the most passionate and creative storytellers in the world.About the role We are looking for an experienced QA engineer who can take initiative, work independently and be a self-starter, in a dynamic startup environment within an organization and can bring flexibility, speed and expertise to our team. You should have a solid background in the fundamentals of testing automation, web development and deployment as well as a deep understanding of best practices in various languages and technologies. You should be passionate about and take great personal pride in building tools for other developers to use in order to improve their efficiency. Your day to day journey at Tagboard will provide adventure, excitement, and some of the below: Improving the quality of our product through the design and implementation of automated unit, integration, and functional tests. Integrate automated testing frameworks into build and deployment pipelines. Define, inform, and educate the team on best practices for test driven development, automated testing methodologies, development workflow improvements, continuous integration/deployment and release management. Write detailed, high quality bug, issue, and regression reports for issues encountered during testing. Develop internal tools to support the engineering team. Create root cause analysis reports for customer affecting issues. Write high quality documentation of your work as well as testing practices and procedures. To succeed, you will need most of these qualifications: 4+ years industry experience in software development for test automation. Superb verbal and written communication and collaboration skills. Self-motivated and results-oriented engineer with superb trouble-shooting skills and passion to learn. Programming experience in JavaScript. Knowledge in web technologies and web frameworks Experience with at least one testing automation framework such as Selenium, Puppeteer, etc. And a few perks of working at Tagboard: Competitive salaries 100% Paid Health insurance for all employees and their dependents Work remotely - live and work from wherever you'd like in the US. Tech Stipend of $100 per month for internet and phone. Summer Half-Day Fridays - From Memorial Day to Labor we take a half-day on Fridays. Home office setup - A laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse! Minimum vacation policy - take at least 2 weeks per year for vacation (we track it to remind you to actually take it off)+ encourage mental and physical wellness days. Parental Leave- Highly encouraged 12-week flexible leave for all parents; birthing, foster, and adoption. Tagboard is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not simply accept difference, we celebrate it- we are empowered by it (one of our values is Empowered by Diversity). We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at jobs@tagboard.com or you may call us at +1-425-522-4484.

Keywords: Tagboard, Seattle , QA Automation Engineer, Engineering , Seattle, Washington