QA Specialist

Job Description

What we do
We're looking for a QA Specialist within the Social Overlay team to help us make the future of our products strong! You will work to develop and implement test plans, execute testing, and utilize tooling to expand the breadth and depth of our QA coverage in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. As a QA Specialist, you will also help to support the team's efforts around testing approach, execution, and risk assessment.
What You'll Do
As a QA Specialist, you will work directly with our designers, engineers, producers, etc., on a regular basis. You will develop and implement test plans, execute testing, and utilize tooling to expand the breadth and depth of our QA coverage. We are looking for a teammate who is passionate about testing and will be responsible for owning the test process, risk management, and quality evaluation of the project features. You are expected to work closely with other team members and vendors on a daily basis.
In this role, you will
• Work with QA Analysts, QA Engineers, QA leadership, SDETs, product owners, and developers to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, plan test coverage, and execute against the plans.
• Build and drive test strategies and test plans to cover multiple features in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Examine gaps in test plan and approach, collaborating with geographically distributed teams to deliver the highest quality version of the product, possible.
• Coordinate functional, qualitative, and performance testing efforts.
• Use a mix of manual and technical testing skills to execute a variety of testing techniques across the product.
• Analyze the quality of the product while troubleshooting reported defects and internal issues.
• Track and Report on quality data and use that data to drive conversations around product quality and development health.
• Verify fixes are implemented correctly throughout the product life cycle.
• Effective and on-time completion of related test documentation.
What we're looking for
• 5+ years of web software testing experience in a fast-paced environment with an ability to juggle multiple projects
• Experience working embedded in SDLC
• Expertise in creating/modifying end-to-end test plans of high complexity across multiple iterations/development cycles
• Experience utilizing Xcode for iOS and ADB for Android - for native mobile application development and testing. Including tools utilized for over-the-air installations - such as Android Debug Bridge or Google Play Console and TestFlight
• Experience testing and debugging native builds for gaming consoles - Playstation, Xbox, Switch, etc.,
• Past experience testing web-based features for frontend and backend services and creating detailed test plans and test cases
• Experience using tools such as Charles, Android Debug Bridge, and other testing tools to help facilitate troubleshooting and testing
• Problem-solving experience especially in technical environments utilizing debugging tools to investigate and report on results (Chrome Debug tools, Firebug etc)
• Solid understanding of test methodologies, including automation, functional, qualitative, and performance against consistently iterative development
• Strong communication skills and ability to confidently collaborate with senior dev engineers for day-to-day testing requirements and collaboration.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-royek1-18-117-127-127-42 in your application.