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QA Engineer - Web
2 years ago
Position Intro
Linden Research, Inc. dba Linden Lab develops platforms that empower people to create, share, and benefit from virtual experiences. Founded in 1999, the company first launched Second Life, the groundbreaking virtual world enjoyed by millions around the globe, in 2003, which has since gone on to boast nearly two billion user creations and a vibrant $500 million (USD) economy.
Tilia Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linden Research, Inc., and a licensed money transmitter in the U.S. Tilia enables publishers of video games and virtual worlds to create in-world economies and monetize user interaction. Built from the ground up to be robust, flexible, and secure, Tilia powers virtual economies of leading and cutting-edge publishers with hundreds of millions of dollars in circulation.
The QA Engineer role has a large impact, empowering our engineering teams at Linden Lab to maintain a high level of quality in our products.
Primary Functions
As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will design, develop, and deliver high-level test strategies and methodologies while taking a hands-on approach to see that they are implemented efficiently. Our team focuses on manual and automated testing, end to end testing, test strategy, and process improvements, while working in an embedded manner with cross-functional engineering, product and support teams.
Responsibilities
- Design detailed test strategies, scripts and test plans
- Identify software defects, run test suites, and verify fixes
- Enter and update bugs in our defect tracking system (Jira)
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and support to triage defects/issues found throughout the development cycle
- Contribute to the QA team’s development of automation of front and back end testing
- Evolve and define engineering and QA process improvements
- Leverage defect metrics to improve development and testing practices
- Ongoing monitoring of web systems using industry standard applications
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to work independently to triage issues and prioritize tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail, with an ability to multitask and meet deadlines
- Enthusiasm for learning new skills and problem solving
- Experience testing applications across multiple platforms
- Experience testing web applications/services with desktop client/server integration
- Experience using automated test tools such as Selenium, FunkLoad, or similar testing tools
- Experience with the following: Python, Ruby, Javascript, PHP, HTML5, CSS3
- Nice to have: experience with New Relic or other performance monitoring systems
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent academic training and experience
Experience
- 2+ years as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a background in functional, integration, and regression testing of web applications
Travel Requirements
No travel required.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use the computer and communicate with coworkers in an office environment. The employee frequently is required to stand or sit to complete work and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage.
We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status.
Linden Lab is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Fine Print :
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
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