QA Engineer, Amperwave

Job Description

Overview

Known for our outstanding voices across the US, Audacy is the premier provider of local, spoken word, and premium audio content. For technical talent, we have created a team that leverages new toolsets, develops collaboratively with business stakeholders, and is pushing the boundaries of audio every day. We are looking for an innovative, passionate and results driven QA Engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team to help us build the future of radio and audio together.

You listen to Audacy content all of the time…and may not know how much more incredible audio content we offer including: podcasts, news & sports talk radio, and amazing music stations. As a leader in all-things-audio, Audacy is transforming the listening experience through innovation and interactivity–and you may be just the person to join our team to help us do this!

The Technology Team at Audacy is an organization that has leaned-in to hybrid work, having leaders and team members across the country.
Our technical centers of excellence are in some of the best cities to live in (Denver, Philadelphia, and Chicago) and we pride ourselves in building amazing products, participating in local service with Audacy, and keeping our culture at the heart of our employee experience.

You'll have the opportunity to contribute to new ideas, learn new technologies and design new features. We have fun doing what we do, and you will too.

If you love audio and building incredible software, then we are the place for you.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:
• Work closely with developers, project leads, project managers and UX designers for requirement analysis, development of test plans and automated regression tests
• Design, develop, and maintain test automation solutions for validating high-volume streaming media services
• Design, maintain and execute rock solid test plans for integration, functional, regression and load testing
• Work across various teams to meet quality goals and deadlines in an Agile environment
• Analyze test results and use proper channels to effectively communicate recommendations and escalations to the greater team
• Report defects in Jira and manage test cases through Xray

Qualifications

More About You:

Required & Preferred:
• 3+ years of QA experience in creating, maintaining and executing test plans autonomously
• 3+ years developing automated tests
• Experience with at least one of the following programming languages or similar: Ruby, JavaScript, Node.js or Python
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Watir, Cypress, JEST or similar
• Familiar with CI/CD tools and infrastructure such as Jenkins
• Working knowledge of MYSQL or SQL
• A proven track record of excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A passion for quality and the drive to provide the best possible customer experience

Additional Information

Pay Transparency:

The anticipated starting salary range for individuals expressing interest in this position is $80,000-$100,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity. This position can be located remotely or at one of Audacy's
offices in Denver, New York City, Philadelphia,
or Chicago.

Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Responsibilities:

What You'll Do:
- Work closely with developers, project leads, project managers and UX designers for requirement analysis, development of test plans and automated regression tests
- Design, develop, and maintain test automation solutions for validating high-volume streaming media services
- Design, maintain and execute rock solid test plans for integration, functional, regression and load testing
- Work across various teams to meet quality goals and deadlines in an Agile environment
- Analyze test results and use proper channels to effectively communicate recommendations and escalations to the greater team
- Report defects in Jira and manage test cases through Xray

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1j1my-3-137-221-163-42 in your application.