QA Engineer

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.

Junior QA Engineer

TestComplete

As a Junior QA Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Assist in performing software testing activities, including manual and automated testing, under the guidance of senior team members.

• Contribute to the quality assurance efforts for our TestComplete product, ensuring its reliability and functionality.

• Gain exposure to various testing methodologies, tools, and best practices while working with a supportive team.

Product intro:

All businesses today interact with their customers via an app, and the wide range of use cases and configurations available in the market today makes it extremely hard to deliver high-quality apps at speed. And end-users today do not have the time nor patience to interact with apps that are buggy. This amplifies the need for tooling that promotes rapid test automation, and TestComplete is well suited to accomplish that.

Go to our product page if you want to know more about TestComplete. You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊

About the role:

As a Junior QA Engineer at SmartBear, you will be an integral part of our quality assurance team, assisting in ensuring the quality and reliability of our TestComplete product. Under the guidance of senior team members, you will participate in manual testing, contribute to test automation efforts, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software defects. This role offers an excellent opportunity for an early-career professional to gain hands-on experience in software testing.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior QA engineers and stakeholders to understand testing requirements and objectives.

• Assist in executing manual testing procedures, including functional, regression, and exploratory testing.

• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of automated test scripts using TestComplete or similar tools.

• Participate in the identification, logging, and tracking of software defects using JIRA or similar platforms.

• Contribute to test planning, test case creation, and test execution activities.

• Collaborate with development teams to analyze test results and provide feedback for improvement.

• Continuously learn and stay updated on emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in software testing.

• Contribute to the overall improvement of testing processes and methodologies.

We are looking for you if you have:

• 2+ years of experience in software testing or a related field.

• Solid understanding of software testing concepts and methodologies.

• Familiarity with manual testing techniques and tools.

• Basic knowledge of test automation principles and tools like TestComplete, Selenium, or similar.

• Experience with bug tracking tools such as JIRA or similar platforms.

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Proficiency in English at least at a B1 level.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in software testing with industry-leading tools and technologies.

• You will work alongside experienced QA engineers, learning from their expertise and benefiting from mentorship opportunities.

• You can grow your career at every level.

• We invest in your success and the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.

• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.

• We are guided by a People and Culture organization – an important distinction.

• We think about our team holistically – the whole person.

• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.

• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.

• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India.

• We’ve won major industry(product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status.