Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Company: The Hawthorne Gardening Company
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: April 1, 2021

Job Description:

Hawthorne Gardening Company, a Vancouver, WA based subsidiary of Scotts Miracle Gro, is looking for a Software QA Engineer who will join our Web Development Engineering team to support our Web Platform. The Software QA Engineer role is to develop and advocate for quality Software Testing practices throughout the entire SDLC. You'll be an active member of the Web team reviewing Requirements, assessing Risk, determining Test Coverage scope and executing testing on deliverables. You'll also help improve our Automated tests (Unit Tests, Integration Tests, Front-End Selenium Regression Tests) in order to ensure software product quality. ---
What you'll do in this role:

• Advocate for quality throughout all aspects of the SDLC by consistently participating in QA process enhancements to improve functionality, security and usability.
• Document, research, and communicate defects and issues discovered during test execution.
• Review browser and application console logs to help debug and identify errors.
• Collaborate with individuals and teams to determine testing risks, formulate plans to improve their test coverage applying industry best practices.
• Develop test strategies based on the requirements to efficiently and comprehensively test the features.
• Understand and contribute in product requirements, architecture and design.
• Execute tests to validate non-functional requirements, such as: performance, scalability, reliability & load.
• Perform cross-platform testing to ensure robustness across all user scenarios (Web & Mobile).
• Mentor Junior QA personnel of various disciplines.
  What you'll need to be successful:
  
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in a QA role
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the Web Development Stack
  • Conceptual & Functional working knowledge of one or more high-level programming languages (Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, PHP etc.). Comprehension of logic flows, syntax, Methods/Functions, Data Types (Dictionaries, Array's, Lists), if-statements, operands etc.
  • Create, update and maintain Automated Test Coverage (Unit, Integration, and Front End. Selenium Tests) and verify expected results as desired.
  • Create, update and maintain Manual Test Coverage (Test Scenarios & Test Cases) and verify expected results as desired.
  • Create, update and maintain quality assurance metrics that enable stakeholders to make informed decisions, omit risk and release deliverables ahead of schedule.
  • Proficient with one or more bug tracking and test management tools (preferably JIRA)
  • Working knowledge and experience with CICD Test Automation Tools (TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins).
  • Working knowledge of one or more Relational Database Management Systems (AWS's RDS, MySQL, SQLite etc.)
  • Productive with Windows OS and Microsoft Tools (Visual Studio, SSMS)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills - must be able to work effectively as part of a project/program team
  • Ability to work either independently or in a team environment, depending on the task
  • Self-directed - able to set and maintain priorities
  • Stays current with rapidly changing technology and applies it to business needs
  • Must be able to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical individuals
  • Display initiative and accept responsibility--be accountable
  • Desire to pursue personal development and continually grow as a professional
  • Permanent work status in the United States
  • Fluency in written and verbal English
    --- What we do for you (just to list a few cool ones):
    • A place on an engaged team of passionate colleagues in a growing and dynamic industry
    • Offer extremely competitive benefits including: Health, Dental and Vision coverage
    • First day of hire, 401K match (up to 7.5%) and discounted stock purchasing program (15% discount)
    • 13 paid holidays and generous vacation policy
    • Fitness Club Reimbursement ($350)
    • Nutrition reimbursement program (up to $200 per associate and per spouse)
    • Our commitment to diversity and inclusion includes employee resource groups: Scotts Women's Network, Scotts Black Employee Network, Scotts Veterans Network, GroPride Network, and Scotts Young Professionals

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