Monday, May 14, 2012

Software Test Engineer NYC


 
Job ID: Job-0786
Job Title: Software Test Engineer
location: New York City
Jobtype: Permanent
Rate: $80K - $90K
Description: Deliver consistent and sound test strategy. Work will present challenges in the areas of web applications, backend services, mobile devices, and many other areas/fields. 
QA Engineers work side by side with product developers, product managers, and UI designers. You will be asked to think critically about your own work and about everyone else's work - regardless of their department. Quality is everyone's responsibility, but you are its champion - both in practice and by example. 

Contribute to a growing test system that needs to constantly evolve and expand in order to allow our products to evolve and expand. Use your knowledge of software development and testing to create a system that validates our products while maximizing reliability, specificity, and speed. Use your experience in concert with development 

Collaborate with product management and engineering teams, in an agile environment, to develop a comprehensive set of tests for our web-based application 
Assist product and engineering teams to define requirements 
Run manual test scripts and maintain automated testing scripts 
Analyze failed tests and manage defects using the bug reporting tool 
Perform extensive functional, integration, security and UI testing 
Collaborate with engineering to validate bugs and get them fixed 
Qualifications 
Strong coding and design skills: You should be proficient in at least one programming language, and have led or contributed to large software projects 
Test Strategy skills: While team members are given flexibility in strategy style, you must have demonstrated the ability to develop a strategy that incorporates the business scenarios, technical approach, and risks 
Experience using tools for automation – selenium preferred. (Canoo, Watir, or WatiN acceptable) 
SQL experience 
Strong communications skills, both written and verbal 
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or related Science/Business field 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

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