In HeartFlow we are dedicated to raise the bar for our software quality in order to help build life saving innovative solutions for our customers. The senior software quality assurance engineer will be responsible for working closely with our software development teams with the goal of building and maintaining a culture of quality. The candidate will be a part of a growing team that will aim to make a direct impact on our testing processes, test automation architecture and software development life cycle. 

Job Responsibilities

• Build test strategies and test plans for business-critical cross-functional programs 
• Leading cross functional software quality initiatives for improving test coverage and automation coverage on various levels of testing pyramid. 
• Educate software development teams on best practices in software testing and help foster a culture of quality first.
• Developing testing tools and release processes to streamline software testing in various teams.
• Continuously review, assist and monitor release test plans and participate in test case reviews to help developers build effective, efficient and maintainable test cases.
• Actively pursue opportunities for improvement in practices, policies, and procedures and prioritize based on current regulatory environment, guides, and regulations.

A Day in the Life

• Actively contribute in execution and automation of various software testing activities.
• Build and execute non-functional tests to ensure the scalability and reliability of various frontend and backend web applications. 
• Develop test strategies, test plans, and test schedules for new projects and software releases as well as reviewing other developers’ testing activities.
• Participate in the release cycle by reviewing test plans to ensure teams have necessary test coverage and assist the release verification and validation process when necessary. 

Educational Requirements & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related technical degree
• 6 years of software quality assurance engineering experience. 
• 4 years of experience in test automation
• Experience in testing of image processing software application is a plus
• Prior experience in an FDA/Medical Device regulated environment is a plus
  • Familiarity with IEC 62304 and other standards impacting medical software.
  • Strong working knowledge of design controls and quality systems

Skills Needed

• Strong understanding of software testing principles 
• Knowledge in cloud based micro service functional and non-functional testing
• Experience in building automated test frameworks for functional testing of frontend and backend applications.
• Strong Background in programming languages preferably in:
• Python
• Typescript
• Javascript
• C
• C#
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins and Jira
• Familiarity with Linux, Unix and Windows systems and/or scripting languages in operating systems
• Agile software development practices (Scrum/Kanban)
• Must be able to multi-task and adapt to the ever-changing requirements of a dynamic company.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

This position has an estimated base salary of $100,000 - $163,000, a cash bonus, and stock options.