QA Automation Engineer

Description

As a QA Automation Engineer at Awesome Motive, you’ll join the WPForms team, where you will collaborate with awesome team members and tackle a wide range of responsibilities.

We are looking for an Automation Quality Assurance Engineer to help us test the Software, all the plugins, and its add-ons by ensuring that everything works as expected and according to our documentation.

This role plays an important part in our company’s product development process. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for writing and maintaining end-to-end tests to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client and internal needs. Ultimately, you should have the experience to monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards.

Interested in applying?

Please read/follow the next steps outlined in "How to Apply" at the bottom of this listing.

To love this role, here’s the type of person you are:

• You’re a self-starter who loves taking the initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion.
• You’re an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. We believe communication is critical, and there is no such thing as over-communicating.
• You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work rather than just doing it to get it done - with attention to detail.
• You love mentoring your peers and helping them “level up” just as much as testing code.
• You are comfortable giving critical feedback to peers (respectfully and productively) and don’t take the feedback personally.
• You’re happy working on tasks of all sizes.

Common responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Produce thorough, stable and clean tests conforming to our standards.
• Maintain our suite of tests.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs.
• Extend our documentation.
• Liaise with internal teams to identify system requirements and improve development procedures.

Requirements

• Proven work experience in web-software quality assurance, 3+ years.
• Experience with automated browser testing frameworks, 2+ years.
• Solid Experience with WordPress.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Good knowledge of software development methodology and software lifecycle processes
• Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!)
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Experience in automation and manual testing and can integrate manual with automation.
• Experience with Git and working with different branches.
• Experience in writing code or tests with PHP.
• Experience with testing APIs.
• Testing 3rd-party integrations (payment and marketing providers)
• English at the upper intermediate level or higher
• Personal Computer with Internet Access
• Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between 9am and 5 pm ET.

Bonus points if you also have:

• Experience with Codeception.
• Experience with Continuous Integration (preferably GitHub Actions).
• Experience with performance and/or security testing.
• Knowledge and practical experience with MySQL and database structure.
• ISTQB certificate.
• Previous remote work experience.

Benefits

Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped company is a rare opportunity, one we consider a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. Our positions are challenging, but also come with amazing advantages and fulfillment for those who earn them. Here’s what we offer.

• Competitive Salary.
• Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment for all full-time team members during their employment.
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance benefits for full-time U.S. employees.
• Health Insurance benefits for all employees in India, Pakistan, Brazil, Philippines, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Nepal, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain & Jamaica.
• Work from your home. We’re spread out all over the world – United States, Canada, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and more.
• Flexible PTO after 90 days of employment. We encourage employees to take the time they need for a vacation, stay healthy, and spend time with friends and family.
• Holidays (based on your location)
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning.
• We cover all costs of company travel (including our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups).
• Additional Perks include AM Welcome Box for new team members, Yearly Anniversary Gifts, and Technology Stipend each work anniversary.
• We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a difference.
• Ability to work with some of the best people in the business through frequent, if not daily, interactions.
• And in case you were wondering: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks.

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Inclusion Statement

How to apply?

Please clearly include the following in your cover letter:

• What type of projects have you worked on?
• What kind of testing have you done?
• Which bug took you the most time to identify and replicate?
• Tell us a bit about yourself and why you should be considered the top candidate for this position. Details about your experience, qualifications, personality, etc., are very helpful.
• Other profile links if available (Your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

Also note, don't forget to proofread before submitting. Check spelling, capitalization, etc. This is your chance to make your application stand out :)

We won’t be able to individually respond to all applications, but if we feel you’re a strong match, someone will be in touch shortly.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!