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We are looking for a lead software test engineer who is passionate about delivering high quality software, collaborates effectively with business and technical folks, and embraces agile methodologies and values. This role has a strong emphasis on writing and maintaining automated acceptance/regression tests against web applications.
- Lead a team of software test engineers to create a robust test framework
- Define and implement test suites for various aspects of software testing (e.g. things like functional, operational, performance, 'smoke', 'sanity', load and stress tests, etc)
- Collaborate with other team members (both Tech and non-Tech) to clarify business requirements, define acceptance criteria, and create test cases
- Conduct white-box and black-box testing of web applications to verify functional and non-functional requirements
- Verify, reproduce and document defects; assist in defect triage and root-cause analysis
- Improve testing strategy and practices throughout the entire organization
- Educate, teach, and mentor other team members on testing practices and tools
- Help define and measure metrics for tracking the quality of our application code base
- Support and improve development infrastructure including our continuous integration server and automated testing infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of software testing practices
- Strong understanding of JavaScript, the DOM (including CSS selectors and XPATH)
- Experience with automated software testing tools ( e.g. things like Selenium, Watir, Twill, etc.)
- Knowledge of Agile software development practices (experience working in an agile environment is a plus)
- At least one year of experience with a scripting or programming language (Ruby or JavaScript a plus)
Election Media is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any individual, employee, or application for employment on the basis of race, color, marital status, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, handicap, or any other legally protected status recognized by federal, state or local law.