What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software QA Engineer position at DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.?
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As a Software QA Engineer at DMA, this position will be responsible for testing our software solutions. This role is to support software development through planning, designing, developing, and executing various software quality processes. This role requires technical skills, including the ability to create, document, and execute test strategies and test plans.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- 2024 Great Places to Work Certified
- Employee stock ownership program eligibility begins day one of employment. ESOP contribution is targeted at 6% of your annual compensation.
- Company paid Paternity & Maternity Leave.
- Generous time off plans
- Multiple benefit plans, eligible day one of employment.
- "Live and work like a DMA Employee-Owner”: We focus on work/life balance, mental health, and the overall wellness of our employees.
- This position will be hybrid out of our Fort Wayne, IN. The requirement is to work in the office two or more days per week.*
As a Software QA Engineer at DMA, this position will be responsible for testing our software solutions. This role is to support software development through planning, designing, developing, and executing various software quality processes. This role requires technical skills, including the ability to create, document, and execute test strategies and test plans.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Create, execute, and maintain test cases, test data, and test scripts for manual and automated testing
- Learn DMA’s tax, accounting, and business subject matter to create targeted test cases
- Participate in projects following the approved Development and Testing Methodologies
- Maintain and report results using the approved methodology
- Perform Functional, Non-functional, UAT, and Regression testing on projects as needed
- Understand the QA process and participate in continuous improvement
- Consistently strives to improve the way tasks and activities are accomplished meeting quality objectives
- Contribute to the planning and scheduling of testing
- Utilize Jira (issue tracking system) to monitor and report enhancement and defect tickets
- Participate in the generation and accuracy of all QA documents
- Provide oversight to ensure that the project team follows quality best practices and standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 2 - 5 years of QA, testing web-based applications, or programming experience. Appropriate college curriculum (computer science courses) considered as 1-year experience
- Previous experience with issue tracking software Jira or similar
- Experience with automation tools like Selenium or experience with Java is highly desired
- Experience with Financial or Business Process applications is a plus
- Ability to manage multiple issues simultaneously
- Proficient with software development life-cycle
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent listening skills
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position does not qualify for employment-based sponsorship.
