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| Position Type: | Full-time |
| Location: | London, ON |
| Date Posted: | Jan 24, 2024 |
Job Description
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Description
Join Team CARFAX as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Isn't it time you bragged about where you work? At CARFAX, we do, every day. We pride ourselves on being mission-focused on helping to grow a brand built on accuracy and integrity. We care deeply about our products and our customers. We’re more than just a company: We help millions of consumers make more-informed decisions every day. We know that our teammates are our most valuable asset, and we value a balanced life while tackling challenging projects in a fast-paced environment. One last thing: Our four-day week continues in Summer 2024!
We’re looking for a self-starter who is equally comfortable in not only building up the automated test infrastructure in the cloud, but also training our team on the systems that they put in place. Our ideal hire understands the different types of automated tests and knows which type is best used in the different stages of the development pipeline. In addition, we are looking for someone who is flexible, vocal, and loves to learn!
This role has an expectation of 2 days in the London, ON office per week, subject to change based on future business needs
What you'll be doing:
- Liaising with internal teams, i.e. developers, analysts, and product managers to identify system requirements
- Diving into the application codebase to understand how to test it
- Designing, developing and executing automation scripts
- Developing and applying testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
- Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
- Analyzing and automating manual test cases
- Deploying and maintaining automated test infrastructure
- Researching the best automated test platforms available
- Estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating testing activities
- Performing thorough regression testing
- Monitoring all stages of software development to identify system malfunctions to meet quality standards
- Monitoring quality assurance metrics such as defect densities and open defect counts
- Staying up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
What we're looking for:
- BA/BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience with quality assurance standards, test planning and design
- 3+ years of experience with automation and scripting test tools, using multiple browsers
- 3+ years with API/Web Services testing
- 3+ years of experience in developing test automation using tools such as Insomnia, TestRail, Selenium, Postman
- Strong knowledge of SQL, regular expressions, and Java
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance standards, test planning and design
- Experience testing ETL, web, and client/server applications
- Excellent troubleshooting skills with both technical and non-technical issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong work ethic and creativity
Bonus Knowledge:
- Familiarity with current open-source automation and scripting test tools
- Familiarity with AWS platform
- Familiarity with Machine Learning concepts
- Familiarity with Agile software development including Test Driven Development and Pair Programming
What’s in it for you:
- Competitive compensation, benefits and generous time-off policies
- 4-Day summer work weeks and a winter holiday break
- 401(k) / DCCP matching
- Annual bonus program
- Casual, dog-friendly, and innovative office spaces
Don’t just take our word for it:
- 10X Virginia Business Best Places to Work
- 9X Washingtonian Great Places to Work
- 9X Washington Post Top Workplace
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Places to Work
About CARFAX
CARFAX, part of S&P Global Mobility, helps millions of people every day confidently shop, buy, service and sell used cars with innovative solutions powered by CARFAX vehicle history information. The expert in vehicle history since 1984, CARFAX provides exclusive services like CARFAX Used Car Listings, CARFAX Car Care, CARFAX History-Based Value and the flagship CARFAX® Vehicle History Report™ to consumers and the automotive industry. CARFAX owns the world’s largest vehicle history database and is nationally recognized as a top workplace by The Washington Post and Glassdoor.com. Shop, Buy, Service, Sell – Show me the CARFAX™. S&P Global Mobility is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
CARFAX is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of CARFAX to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, CARFAX will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We maintain a drug-free workplace. We are a participant in E-Verify.