Black Box QA Engineer
thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast, is hiring Black Box QA Engineers.
thePlatform helps content providers, broadband media sites, and mobile businesses solve their unique media publishing requirements. Our proven media management and publishing technology services scale with our customers' operations and support their business model with an open, versatile approach to providing an ideal technical solution for their needs.
Our Black Box QA Engineers are tightly integrated with development teams working in short, iterative development cycles. They ensure that quality objectives are well understood and that projects meet these objectives. With cutting edge approaches to software testing, empathy for the customer, and an eye for detail, thePlatform QA department has built a legacy of helping deliver stable, high-quality services that satisfy customer demand.
This position offers a tremendous opportunity to learn a broad range of new skills, technology, and processes in a growing company with one of the healthiest development organizations you'll find anywhere. We practice Agile methodologies, plan rational schedules, and our cross-functional teams build strong, collaborative relationships as partners in the delivery of quality products.
Experienced software testers and tech savvy college graduates are all encouraged to apply. Motivation, creativity and intuition are more important than hands-on testing experience for this great opportunity. With a foot in the door, the possibilities for career growth are determined only by one's ability and desire. Many of our QA engineers have become SDETs in our company, while others have taken on leadership roles in QA.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with project stakeholders to define product expectations and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with developers and other QA engineers to create test plans from functional specifications.
- Define and execute end-to-end test cases through dynamic user interfaces.
- Test service and client installers for functionality and compatibility.
- Help identify ways to enhance testing strategy with new tools, processes, or techniques.
- Provide stakeholders with concrete measurements of product quality.
- Represent QA in design and functional requirements reviews.
- Take ownership for the quality of the product that is shipped.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent industry experience.
- Self-motivation, a desire to learn how things work, and the dedication to master challenges.
- Strong problem solving, organizational, and communication skills.
- Understanding of Internet technologies including DHTML, XML, CSS, or Flash preferred.
- Experience with cellular and wireless data technologies including BREW a plus.
- Experience with streaming media and digital rights management a plus.
We're located in downtown Seattle and offer competitive compensation, benefits, and equity. Please email your resume to work@theplatform.com. We are an equal opportunity employer.