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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Summary of Position
SIGMA Assessment Systems is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to help us develop and manage the QA process for our next-generation assessment platform for administering high stakes psychometric/psychological testing to support organizations with selection, placement, planning and development decisions.
The ideal candidate is well-versed in manual and automated QA workflows and has substantial experience developing QA processes and strategies. Our platform requires QA coverage across our frontend and backend platforms and thus you should be experienced in full-stack technology.
You will be working closely with a related business and our agency partner over several phases of the project, with our Product Manager and growing development team. This is an exciting opportunity as this team is newly forming – become a founding member of our development team and help shape it!
Your initial focus will be on developing our QA workflows: Develop comprehensive software test plans and execute manual testing for UI, functionality, performance, and workflows. You’ll lead documentation for test cases and create test scripts for automated testing.
Key Responsibilities of Position
The successful candidate will:
- Oversee the entire QA lifecycle from test planning to execution for our assessment platform ensuring high-quality software releases
- Integrate QA measures into the Agile development process
- Implement and maintain manual and automated testing workflows and continuous integration processes using relevant software
- Plan and maintain regression testing workflows
- Execute testing and track defects using our development management tools
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and our external agency to identify and resolve quality issues
- Champion continuous improvements in the QA processes and methodologies
The successful candidate possesses knowledge and interest in:
- Tools for manual testing: Browserstack, Postman/Swagger, GitLab etc.
- Tools for automated testing: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress etc.
- Ticket tracking and documentation tools such as Jira, Notion, and Wrike, and internal communication platforms like Slack and Teams
- Python / Django
- React / JSX / JavaScript
- PostgreSQL
- Azure
- Github
- Linux
- HTML / CSS / Web-responsive framework
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a related field, or combination of equivalent training and experience
- Five or more years of experience in QA, preferably in an industry where a high degree of precision is required. (Banking, Testing etc…)
- Two or more years in a Senior QA position
- Full-stack development experience
- Proven track record of managing test planning, design, execution across full-stack
- Organizational and time management skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-development skills to keep current
- English proficiency, written and oral
Hours and Compensation
This is a full-time permanent position with the expectation of 37.5 hours per week. SIGMA offers competitive salaries, vacation time with additional time off the last week of December for the holiday season, a health spending reimbursement account, and flexible working hours to all employees.
This position offers room for advancement and promotion as we continue to grow, limited only by your drive and abilities.
What Makes SIGMA a Great Place to Work
- We hire smart, effective, and kind people. We treat them well and pay them fairly
- Many of our employees have been with us for more than 15 years, and most have advanced degrees
- A respectful and professional environment where your input is valued
- We’re family-friendly and provide an excellent work-life balance
- Time off during the winter holiday break
About Us
- For over 50 years, SIGMA has developed psychological assessments and offered related consulting services, with a focus on business applications of psychology, such as leadership development and employee selection. We work with executives, leaders, and other employees from a variety of industries, such as government, education, healthcare, retail, and hospitality.
- SIGMA offers the opportunity to work in an engaging, challenging, and growing business with other talented individuals. Our size and structure give us a degree of flexibility which is usually not possible in very large organizations. If you’re looking for a rewarding job opportunity, join our talented team of professionals.
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