Software Qa Engineer

Job Duties: 

• Responsible for quality assurance (QA), testing, and support of web and mobile applications for our online test delivery platform. 
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures to adequately test products throughout the software development life-cycle and that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability. 
• Develop and enhance automated testing infrastructure for existing UWorld projects from an end-to-end perspective including front-end UI (user interface), middle-tier services, and back-end data providers. 
• Develop functional, integration, system, and structured test cases using system modeling techniques. 
• Coordinate testing across multiple modalities (phone, tablets, desktops), platforms (Android, iOS, Web), and environments (Windows, Mac). 
• Integrate automation scripts in the development process to ensure low error rate and faster testing. 
• Learn, use, and enhance in-house test automation tools to produce large volumes of automated functional test scripts. 
• Develop and execute automated and manual test. 
• Perform complex bug verification, release testing, and test prioritization for sprints. 
• Perform white-box and black-box testing activities in multi-tier solutions. 
• Work with other QA engineers and software development teams to ensure quality and reliability of all apps by process of continuous improvement. 
• Test, validate, and document issues with data integrity, optimization, presentation, and visualization. 
• Create and validate data using SQL to verify the input data is being stored properly. 
• Run Postman scripts to validate the REST services functionality for user input data. 
• Run product specific test cases for data retrieval and saving of information. 
• Use built-in tools in code editors to monitor memory consumption. 
• Review UI screens after test runs to ensure consistent data presentation across all devices. 
• Analyze platform specific issues and document the limitations for software development. 
• Understand the cross-platform functionality support so all apps provide consistent user experience. 
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers. 
• Document, maintain, and monitor software problems, end user technical issues, and changes to code. 
• Coordinate with customer care team to reproduce and document reported problems. 
• Assign priority of documented issues and coordinate with Sr. Software Engineer for a timely fix of said issues. 
• Review app store feedbacks on a continuous basis to ensure early detection of user concerns as well as gauge product quality and popularity. 
• Leverage test case management and defect tracking solutions. 
• Participate, and collaborate with other IT and subject-matter teams in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems. 
• Participate in test design meetings. 
• Serve as a technical resource for others within the organization that require test automation understanding. 
• Work with a team of software engineers to achieve quality and on-time releases. 
• Recommend strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes. 
• Use of Selenium, Appium, Telerik, Katalon Studio, Postman, JIRA, Confluence, REST & SOAP Web Services, C#, Visual Studio, Xcode, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, JSON, Bootstrap, Groovy, MySQL, SQL Server, and Windows.

Requirements

• This position requires a Master's degree or foreign academic equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.  Plus 1 year of experience in the job offered or 1 year in a related occupation including QA Analyst or related experience. 
• Will accept a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of experience in lieu of the required education and experience. 
• Position requires 1 year of experience with test cases, regression testing, Java, and JIRA. 
• Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience as per the requirements cited herein.  40hrs/week.

Application Instructions:  To apply, please MAIL resume to the following address, ensuring to indicate the position reference code (Ref# SQA1124AKM) for which you are applying.  Mail to:  UWorld, LLC, Attn:  Raven Bellard - HR Business Partner, 9111 Cypress Waters Blvd., Suite 300, Dallas, TX  75019.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (contingent on experience)
• Paid time off (based on sliding scale according to hire date and work hours)
• A generous paid holiday schedule that includes the entire week of Christmas off
• Onsite work environment, 4 days with 1 day remotely each week
• Comprehensive benefits package (medical, vision, dental, life, disability)
• 401(k) plan for retirement with 5% employer matching (eligibility after 90 days of employment)
• On-site group fitness classes & a relaxed work environment

At UWorld, we believe strength is derived from the talents, ideas, and experiences of a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected class. UWorld is proud to be an equal opportunity employer providing a drug-free workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.