QA Manual Tester

Job Description

Don’t just dream about What’s Next – build it!

Nexient specializes in bringing a “Product Mindset” to our work, using small, nimble teams, Agile thinking and other techniques from product development to build great custom software people love to use.

And as America’s leading 100% US, 100% Agile software services partner, we’re building it here instead of sending tech jobs offshore.

People are noticing.

Our clients include some of America’s favorite brands in retail, healthcare, financial services and more – but also some very cool product companies you may not have heard of yet. We’re recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HfS Hot Vendor and the only 100% US tech company in the World’s Top 100 Outsourcers. You might have read about us in The New York Times .

The Software Quality Engineering Analyst is a critical and respected member of the team, responsible for improving products. Quality Engineers are assigned to ensure that new products, platform enhancements, and upgrades delight our clients’ customers. This person will work as part of a distributed software engineering team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze user stories to determine reasonability, test ability, resource requirements and sequencing
• Provide work estimates for testing user stories
• Develop test cases from business requirements
• Evaluate and maintain existing test cases & procedures
• Identify and log defects, work with development to resolve, and verify fixes when implemented
• Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement in process and standards for the entire team
• Interpret test results and prepare comprehensive test reports
• Participate in project-wide reviews of requirements, system architecture and detailed design documents
• Manage and maintain physical, ritualized and simulated test environments
• Provide hands-on assistance to identify and resolve issues that arise when integrating the application software with other software components
• Assist in reviewing and determining amount of code coverage of unit tests

Experience & Skills:

• Strong manual testing experience
• Proficient level of understanding of basic database structure concepts
• Proficiency with Java, and/or JavaScript, C#/.NET, or C++” with the ability to do basic programming
• Understanding of Agile and/or Scrum and how QA is performed within such a project is a plus
  Great written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas, thoughts, and constructive criticisms
• Highly inquisitive and analytical.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to decompose a complex technical problem and formulate a strategy to solve it
• Ability and initiative to work independently. Highly self-motivated and self-managed
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent knowledge and experience with test methodology, QA process and the SDLC
• Highly collaborative and able to give/receive critical feedback

Benefits & Perks:

• Company sponsored health, dental, vision insurance and flexible spending account (FSA) for employees and their families including domestic partners
• Paid Vacation Time and company holidays
• 401K plan
• Lunch & Learn
• Passionate, collaborative and awesome co-workers
• World class training and career mentorship