Web Quality Assurance Specialist

Web Quality Assurance Specialist

A Little About Us

Swanson has been dishin’ out vitamins and supplements straight from the heartland for 55 years and counting. We offer grounded, realistic approaches and remedies for healthier living that have been passed down longer than grandma’s not-so-secret recipes. We’re looking for folks to help us leave the world a little bit healthier than how we found it, and in return we’ll offer a satisfying career that ensures a solid work-life balance, competitive benefits package for full-time employees and some nifty rewards for all employees through our Wellness Program.

About the Role:

The primary function of this position is toexecute the end-to-end testing efforts for all Swanson website applications so as to minimize bugs or risks to the Swanson customer experience, buying patterns and website performance.

Essential Responsibilities:

Competencies Required:

• An innate love for bug bashing; finding them, understanding why they occurred, assisting with troubleshooting efforts, etc.

• Ability to work independently and make decisions as needed.

• Extreme curiosity for searching out and finding areas of digression and ability to prioritize keeping the user experience at the forefront.

• Meticulous attention to detail, self motivated, commitment to producing quality work, and deadline conscious.

• Capable and comfortable multi-tasking between concurrent tasks with changing priorities and deadlines.

• Process oriented yet flexible to go ad-hoc when needed.

• Strong information gathering and analytical skills with ability to concisely summarize data, draw conclusions and develop actionable recommendations; able to communicate findings to a team of various levels of knowledge; excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Possess an understanding of internet technologies such as Responsive Design (RWD), HTML, Javascript, Java programming language, etc.

• Knowledge of AS400, Database and IT-related technology a plus.

• Ability to mentor, advise and train peers.

• Have an understanding of usability best practices and methodology and user-centered design principles as related to eCommerce.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field with a minimum of 2 years in a previous Quality Assurance role.  Or; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and duties of the job as listed above.  Experience in managing a testing environment of web-based applications across multiple operating systems, browsers, mobile devices and tablets.  Knowledge of test automation best practices and ability to carry out test cases.

Equipment and Software:

• Mac and Windows operating systems, computers, mobile devices, tablets, etc

• AS400 Computer Systems

• Bug and project tracking software

• Test Automation software

• General office equipment