What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Engineer position at BLEN Corp?
About BLEN
BLENers are passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems. For over 20 years, we've been helping government agencies and businesses transform their digital experience. We bring fresh perspectives to every project, from modernizing legacy systems to building cloud-native applications to experimenting with technology that's just around the corner. We value building long and enduring partnerships to solve complex challenges by putting humans at the center of all the experiences. Our team thrives on turning tricky problems into solutions that are practical, accessible and performant.
About this position
QA Engineers at BLEN play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software solutions. They combine comprehensive testing methodologies, technical expertise, and a deep understanding of business needs to validate our products from conception to deployment. Our QA team collaborates closely with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to design and implement robust testing strategies, identify and resolve issues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes. They are instrumental in maintaining our high standards of software quality and enhancing user satisfaction across all our solutions.
What we would like from you
- Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of the business, how practices interact, and what customer problems we're solving
- Estimate, design, and develop test cases as well as manual and automated testing with little feedback and guidance from your team
- Lead the development of a variety of test suites and partner with the team on including them in the software development lifecycle
- Anticipate coverage needed for automation tools and frameworks and proactively provide it
- Proactively write boilerplate and exploratory test cases that cover unique or new functionality / technology
- Extend program testing strategies to provide plans to teams for new functionality / technology
- Participate in planning sessions, demonstrating understanding of overall testing strategy for the program, CI / CD delivery models, etc.
- Actively participate in design and ensure building systems that are testable from the outset
- Support recruiting efforts by evaluating homework assignments and potentially assisting with interviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship high-quality software
- Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs
- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
- Monitor debugging process results
- Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
- Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
- Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
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What you should expect from us
100,000 - $110,000 a year
The salary range represents the compensation we expect to offer candidates who can perform the core responsibilities with minimal additional training. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as skill set, level of experience, and scope of responsibility. Our recruitment team is available to discuss your specific salary requirements and to provide more information about how we determine compensation. We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices and encourage open dialogue about our compensation structure throughout the application process. We look forward to learning more about your qualifications and how they align with our framework.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).
Salary : $100,000 - $110,000
