Quality Assurance Tech I #: 21-01442

Company: TalentBurst, an Inc 5000 company
Location: Seattle
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Job DescriptionPosition: Quality Assurance Tech IBuilding Location: Virtual until June 30 (Seattle, WA)Duration (Months): 6 monthsRemote Possibility: YesDaily Schedule M-F; Core Hours Number of Openings: 1Job DescriptionWe are seeking a talented and highly motivated Quality Assurance Technician (QAT) for a contract position.The ideal candidate has great communication skills, can remove roadblocks, detail oriented, and has a knack for finding customer impacting issues.QAT's regularly work with Developers, Product Managers and other Quality Engineers to ensure the proper operation of the production environment.During the development cycle, QATs identify use cases, create test cases, execute tests on different devices, and report results to the team.Deliverables include test suites, test cases, test logs, and results.Milestones will be aligned to the release cadence where they will be placed between 2/15 to 10/13.Story Behind the Need - Business Group & Key ProjectsGroup: part of Client photos:Team of 22 QA engineers, developers, QAMsWorking with automation and taking it to the next levelClient Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories.The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Tablet & TV.The service is also integrated into Client devices.Client Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Client Music and Client Video offerings.We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a phenomenal product.Reason/motivation For RequestClient Photos QA will continue to make progress on automated testing in 2021 by moving from the current 8% to 40% automated test coverage across the product suite.As we don't have enough HC to cover the work needed, our plan is to leverage contract QAT resources to free up staff QAEs to focus more of their time on automation.We started this process in the fall with three contract QATs and it has been successful so we'd like to extend them through 2021 and expand to additional QAT.Plan For Ending This EngagementManual testing for the planned releases up to 10/13 have been successfully completed.Typical Day in the Role* Start ASAP - targeting Feb 15* Mon-Fri, core hours, no overtime* Remote workInteraction With Team* Lots of interaction with team and QAMsWhat Makes This Role InterestingThe group, making a differenceRequired SkillsBS in Computer Science or equivalent experience 2 years industry experience testing software, including website applications.Experience with Mobile UI (Android and iOS), Web UI testing is required.Experience in defect management, creating and executing test cases # Understanding of mobile automation is highly desired.Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential. # Proficiency working in a product and agile environment.Experience with QA process and Software Development Life CyclePreferred Skills2 years of experienceTesting experienceMobile testing experienceDetail orientedManual testingPassion for and knowledge of Photos domain and digital entertainmentDisqualifiers / red flags: They don't want to see managers - must be hands on doing the work, not delegating the workLeadership Principles* Deep Dive* Ownership* Deliver ResultsTop 3 Must-have Hard SkillsManual Testing experience2+ years of experience working as a Quality Assurance EngineerDeveloping high quality test strategies and test plans, test casesJob #: 21-01442

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