Caxy Interactive
Q A Testing Engineer
Chicago, IL | $0K - $0K
Qualifications
- A motivated, natural problem solver with a passion for finding problems before they exist
- A desire to stay ahead of the curve -- the problems, the opportunities, the security, the scaling -- if you are a future-forward thinker, you're made for this
- A passion for quality management and owning the quality of products
- A discipline for staying on top of mission-critical standards around testing
- An appreciation for hopping in and out of things as needed -- you like variety and you like to be able to step in
- An interest in technology, an interest in consulting, and/or an interest in building a variety of applications across industries (startups, fintech, higher ed, manufacturing, etc)
- This interest means understanding that different spaces and different sizes require different solutions -- and tailoring those solutions to them is a huge value
- An ability to make iterative progress -- understanding how to prioritize key needs and create a plan to tackle smaller needs later
- You're a strong communicator and have a high attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills to assess test results, detect issues, and track root causes
- Expert communication skills and troubleshooting skills
- Proficient to expert gathering product requirements for testing
- Proficient to expert setting up test environments, working within test environments and keeping environments in sync with respect to tests
- Proficient to expert multiple testing methods manual and automated: black box, white box, smoke test, automated testing, unit tests, functional tests, etc
- Proficient to expert with automated testing frameworks like selenium, playwright, puppeteer or similar
- Proficient to expert building automated test systems and managing the tests within them
- Proficient hands on experience with Quality Management Systems
- Competent - familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tooling (Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI, etc)
- Competent at working in version control (Git)
- Competent - writing test plans, managing test plans, and updating testing documentation
- Novice to Competent with project management tools like JIRA, Harvest, Github, etc
- Nice to have - familiarity with JavaScript unit testing frameworks (Jasmine, Karma, etc.)
- Nice to have - familiarity with a JS techstack (Node, React, GQL)
- Nice to have - familiarity with usability / accessibility standards, SEO, analytics
- Nice to have - working knowledge of React/Node
- Previous experience as a testing engineer or similar role
- You have experience managing testing suite and test plans of large-scale applications
- Knowledgeable with variety of testing methods /techniques
- Knowledge of Quality standards, regulations, and best practices
- Great troubleshooting skills and Analytical mindset
- Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communicat
Responsibilities
- In our QA Testing Engineer role, you will work with all different roles within the company and on rare occasions, you may engage directly with client technical teams
- You will be responsible for 1-5 projects at a time (depending on the size, needs, and available bandwidth) and may work as the sole tester or as one of a few testers as appropriate
- Some of the things you'll do in this role are address level 1 website issues as relevant to the role, setup testing suites on projects, support help-desk teams, build unit, functional, or automated browser tests (selenium, playwright, puppeteer, or similar)
- You may also contribute to general testing prep, writing test plans, executing test plans, or providing testing documentation and sprint deliverables as appropriate for the role
- Expert attention to detail, problem analysis and problem solving
- Expert with data collection, analysis and reporting - particularly with consideration to documentation and reporting of defects, regressions, and other quality concerns
- Respond to and resolve or coordinate resolution to issues reported in help desk as they relate to Testing Engineer role
- Active participation in planning, grooming, and other SCRUM ceremonies as it pertains to the role and the responsibilities of a given project
- Setting up testing suites on projects and establishing or supporting testing standards generally for caxy standards and tailoring more specifically as required for projects
- Writing and maintaining testing notes on test-tickets and feature work as it pertains to this role
- Writing tests in technologies and languages that support our larger stack (Node, React, GQL, TypeScript, Postgres/MySQL, NoSQL (mongo, dynamo, couchbase), and others)
- Building the framework and standards for automated browser testing (selenium, playwright, puppeteer or equivalent)
- Continued learning about testing technologies, standards, and best practices
- Involvement in project deliverables and goals, meeting defined commitments as it pertains to the role
- Communication, as needed, to the team and to technical client teams to own or share testing and quality control responsibilities
- Writing and maintaining testing documentation, training documentation, and other resources as required for ensuring good quality code
Benefits
- You are able to work during our working hours (9AM - 5:30PM Central)
- 11-50 employees
- Computer Software, Internet, Information Technology and Services, Marketing and Advertising, Design
- Privately Held
- Chicago, IL
- Company Specialties:
User Experience Design, Web development, Software development, React JS, Node JS, AWS, Digital Strategy, Technology Strategy, Product Development, and Product Strategy
Company information
Caxy is a Chicago based software consulting and custom software development agency founded in 1999. Ranked top 3 software companies in Chicago by Clutch. Our secret sauce is that we want to make life as a developer fun, rewarding and not a grind. We have a commitment we call "The Caxy Promise." Many jobs in software are characterized by clients or customers making unreasonable demands and managers making hollow promises that all tumble down to developers who are asked to stay up all night to work. We don't do that. Our promise is that you will work on interesting projects using current technology, your clients will get you and value the work, and your fellow team members will contribute just like you are. For our clients, the Promise means we're going to work with you to find projects and work to do that makes sense and supports and catalyzes your business. No more projects that go no where, don't do anything and are a waste of money. Together, this makes for a place that employees and clients stay for a long time. Many over 6 years, a few over 8 years. We'd like you to think this is the best team you've ever been on and stay for a long time.
