As a QA Engineer, you'll develop test plans, execute test cases, write automated tests, and enhance project quality in collaboration with a cross-functional team.
Electric Mind, formerly Intelliware, is a business and technology consulting leader in providing innovative, practical solutions driven by engineering excellence.
Join our team to work on everything from front-end to server-side code and database architecture. We have an exceptional 30+ year delivery track record, deep technical expertise and disciplined delivery and technical engineering practices.
At Electric Mind you’ll build a wide variety of enterprise/consumer facing applications within a team-based Agile environment. The way we build software is strongly influenced by the values of Extreme Programming: feedback, respect, courage, communication and simplicity. We have virtual collaborative project rooms where you’ll work closely with a cross functional team including clients. You’ll find continuous opportunities to learn, share knowledge and teach within your team and within the developer community at Electric Mind via educational sessions, study groups and hands-on R&D initiatives.
Electric Mind’s niche is delivering custom software applications for complex business and technical challenges. Core development is done in Java, Spring and JavaScript, although the nature of our work allows project teams the opportunity to work with a wide variety of technologies. Recent projects we’ve delivered include technologies such as React, Angular, Moleculer, Node.js, MongoDB, Kafka, Hadoop, Kotlin, Cloud Foundry and AWS.
As QA Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work with a cross-functional collaborative team to identify issues, develop test plans and execute test cases, write automated tests, and contribute to the overall quality of the project.
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Facilitating discussions between leadership, clients and developers to identify and document functional requirements
- Developing and documenting test plans to ensure appropriate testing of the application code developed by the project team
- Developing, documenting, automating, and executing test cases to verify the application code developed by the project team
- Gathering and processing business information related to procedures, data and processes to clarify business issues/requirements
- Driving QA strategy and investigating, applying and evolving QA tools, processes and best practices including metrics and analytics
- Collaborating directly with development team to deliver projects on-time and on-budget to the client’s satisfaction
'Must Have' Skills/Experience
- Experience and expertise in automated testing methodologies, frameworks, tools, and best practices
- Programming experience in Java/JavaScript
- Experience testing APIs
- Familiarity with mocking external dependencies and exploratory testing techniques
- Exposure to and enthusiasm for Agile approaches to software development
- Proven client-facing, partnership and presentation skills
- Strong problem solving abilities
- Ability to consolidate diverse business requirements and facilitate realistic, common sense solutions
- Bachelor’s Degree in one of: Business, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or Physics (or equivalent education/experience)
'Nice to Have' Skills/Experience
- Programming experience in Java/JavaScript
- Experience testing APIs
- Experience testing mobile applications
- Familiarity with mocking external depedencies and exploratory testing techniques
For more info on Electric Mind, check out our Careers Page and Instagram.
Electric Mind is committed to diversity in the workplace. We are an inclusive employer and welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Applicants’ needs will be accommodated during our recruitment and selection process so please advise us if you require accommodation.
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