Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

DESCRIPTION:

Role Details:

Quality Assurance Engineer will work collaboratively with engineering, project management, product managers, design, business intelligence teams. The ideal candidate should have a development or engineering background and education. This role will be part of CBS News digital engineering's QA group that manages a wide array of products on Web, mobile apps, OTT apps, Smart TVs, Game Consoles and backend feeds, and video streaming.

Your Day-to-Day:
• Perform thorough testing of CBS News Digital products across multiple platforms including Web, iOS app, Android and Amazon App, Roku, tvOS, AndroidTV and FireTV, Xbox, PlayStation, Vizio, LG, Tizen, Chromecast, and etc.
• Work with product owners, engineers, and team stakeholders to review new features and create comprehensive test plans with the QA team
• Communicate clearly and frequently with all team members, stakeholders, and product owners impacted by test and troubleshooting results
• Actively participate in daily standups and sprint planning, with an emphasis on optimizing testing cycles/resources with development teams to deliver shippable features
• Provide regular, detailed status report on project progress, including test cases executed, bugs discovered, and bugs fixed
• Create test plans and test cases (automation experience is a plus) and use tracking tools to file, monitor, and resolve issues
• Be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process
• Work closely with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how each feature is implemented

QUALIFICATIONS:

What you bring to the team:

You have -
• 3+ years of software QA experience
• 3+ years using test case management systems and defect-tracking tools (Jira is a plus)
• Knowledge of SDLC and QA methodologies
• Must be knowledgeable of ticketing, logging, and network capture software, such as Charles, Fiddler, Wireshark, etc. that can be used with a wide range of mobile and OTT devices
• Experience with Android Studio, ADB, Xcode, curl
• Strong desire to master emerging technologies and share experience with other team members
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities with experience working with several departments and teams
• Great attention to detail and a results-driven approach
• Initiative and self-prioritization to complete various day-to-day and long-term tasks
• Ability to be a self-starter and to multitask
• Stay up to date in QA by studying trends in and developments in quality assurance
• Experience in determining issues caused client-side versus server-side
• Experience in scripting languages and automation is a plus

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj6jj2-18-216-190-167-42 in your application.