QA Engineer

The Quality Assurance program and team at UpKeep was thoughtfully designed with scalability in mind. As our teams have grown, we’ve increased the number of QA engineers as well as building out our test plans, release procedures and automation frameworks.

As we continue to grow, we strive to provide our Customers with an even better experience, build our product better, with even more confidence and innovate faster. With agility in mind, there is always room to help the team at large embrace and participate in the Quality Program, build a more robust automation framework and processes while continuing to evolve quality at UpKeep.

The QA Engineer will contribute to the entire purview of technical assets and QA programs: web app, mobile apps, internal apps, API, integrations, manual testing, feature testing, regression testing, production push testing, automation, and data focused testing and development strategies.

• Maintain technology expertise, research, and apply state-of-the-art software testing standards, tools, and practices.
• Develop and execute manual software testing and procedures.
• Design, develop, and administer usability test scenarios.
• Conduct testing and prepare reports on progress and regression results.
• Analyze test results and present issues to the development team.
• Participate in daily team scrums and reviews of product design and testing.
• Interact with support teams as required to refine usability requirements.

• Minimum 3 years of Quality Assurance in software development
• Solid understanding of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process including comprehending business and functional requirements, developing automation and implementing testable solutions when needed
• Experience in a mature Agile environment with a full understanding of Agile processes and iterations
• Able to ask the right questions and challenge, when appropriate
• BS/BA degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related fields with equivalent experience

• Cypress or similar automation suite
• NodeJS
• API Automation Testing
• CI/CD Pipeline
• Browser Automation
• Jira/Atlassian or similar project management software
• Web and mobile application testing

DESIRED BEHAVIORS 

• Strong sense of ownership and pride in your own work
• Receptive to change – is flexible. Seeks and adopts improved approaches and processes.
• Initiates action – is results oriented, takes responsibility for actions and outcomes. Meets commitments and strives for high performance.
• Manages the workload - makes timely decisions, prioritizes effectively, solves problems, monitors results and takes remedial action where necessary.
• Technically proficient – able to apply the technical knowledge and skills required in the job role and responsibilities in order to achieve the expected outputs. 
• Takes responsibility for own learning - knows personal strengths, recognizes development needs, and takes action to improve. Is open to feedback and always seeks to learn. 
• Communicates ideas – respectfully exchange information and proposes a way forward. Listen to views of colleagues and take in diverse perspectives. 
• Works collaboratively – shares knowledge and information, fosters teamwork and contributes to a positive work environment where people want to come to work.  
• Display ethical character and competence - acts with integrity and intent, is accountable for own actions, behaves according to the company values. 
• Act as a good citizen of UpKeep.