QA Automation Engineer Jobs In Downtown Manhattan, NYC

Immediate full time permanent position open at a Downtown Manhattan Interactive Agency. The company is now using phone booths & other public property as digital advertising space & is creating a huge buzz all over New York City. They have 500+ employees & are looking to hire a senior QA Automation Test Engineer who is very strong in testing & scripting with automated tools & automating them process as well! 

Based in New York City, we have a full-stack of expertise, ranging from business consulting, user-experience design, software development, and engineering. Our clients include leaders in Civic, Real Estate Development, Technology, Hospitality, Institutional, and Retail industries.

The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for:

• Help create, shape, and monitor test plans for scalability, security, functionality, and usability
• Planning the testing strategies, methods for projects and customizing the testing as needed.
• Implementing, executing and capturing results of test plans/test scripts/test cases.
• Work and collaborate closely with Engineering and Product teams.
• Contributes to testing tool suite

Essential Job Functions

• Test products to ensure that they meet requirements, conform to design specifications, and perform according to quality standards
• Create, run and manage load, functional, and stress testing of new product features and products
• Regression testing of existing functionality
• Plan, write, execute, review, and update test plans, test cases, and scenarios to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified standards, development specifications, and client requirements
• All varieties of testing, including manual, automated, integration, security, front-end, and back-end
• Report bugs and track status through various test tools suites used
• Build and maintain test tools and test applications to perform functional, load, and performance testing
• Work closely with other QA Engineers, Developers, Designers, DevOps, and Product Owners to ensure we deliver quality products to clients
• Act as a client and/or user advocate when appropriate and treat every project like it’s your own. QA for us is not just about confirming that the user can use it, but also about making sure the user would want to use it
• Think strategically and share strategic insights with Product Owner, Scrum Master, and team
• Be awesome

Required Qualification

• 5+ years as a Quality Control professional, or 2+ years in Quality Control along with 3+ year in another technical position (e.g., Sysadmin, Engineer, Architect, etc.
• Demonstrable web, mobile, embedded, or physical installation project experience
• GitHub (or similar) account for code review of patches and projects
• A good reputation and references in prior engagements
• Experience with at least a few of the following: PHP & Yii; (J) Ruby & Rails, Python & Django, iOS, Android, HTML, CSS, Java
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Watij, Watir, Appium
• Experience with Test-Driven, or Behavior-Driven design methodologies
• Understanding and appreciation of adaptive development methods (agile/scrum and lean)
• Excellent time-management and task/effort estimation skills.
• Experience with LINUX command-line environments (preferred)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as interpersonal skills

Why it’s Great to Work Here

• We were voted one of Crain’s Best Places to Work in NYC.
• We work in a diverse, open office atmosphere where sharing ideas is encouraged.
• It’s a chance to work in a forward-thinking company that conceptualizes and builds awesome stuff out of technology.

For immediate consideration, please apply now or email a MS WORD version of your resume to alex@jmd-partners.com AT THIS TIME NO SPONSORSHIP OR VISA TRANSFER WILL BE AVAILABLE.

$140,000

Job City: Downtown Manhattan