Senior Software QA Engineer
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Cricut is seeking an experienced and versatile Software QA Engineer who will be responsible for testing and qualifying Web, Mobile, Native, API and Hardware for product releases. You will be responsible for testing new hardware products & applications and communicating with development teams. You should be able to represent QA concerns in cross-functional team meetings and provide valuable end-user feedback to improve the customer experience.
This position requires deep understanding of the software development life cycle, experience with a variety of testing techniques, and strong written and organizational skills.
The successful candidate should be able to develop and execute an organized test plan to release high quality products to market on schedule.
Qualifications
Note: I have listed the following criteria in terms of their order of importance. Please be sure you have all the knock-out and required items clearly before applying
🛂 Knock Out Criteria:
- Minimum of 10 years of post-grad software testing experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
- MUST be living in or willing to immediately relocate to Salt Lake City, Utah
✅ Required (Baseline) Criteria:
- Testing user stories, APIs, and regression testing.
- Hands-on experience with web-based and mobile application testing.
- Expert-level knowledge and practical experience in creating test plans and writing test cases.
- Hands-on experience executing and analyzing results of automated test suites using Selenium or other automation tools.
- Hands-on experience testing, analyzing, and troubleshooting communication between front-end applications and APIs/Web Services.
- Experience analyzing logs and debugging using browser developer tools.
- Experience testing web-based software.
- Experience testing iOS and Android mobile applications (a plus).
- In-depth understanding of QA methodologies and best practices.
🙌 Preferred / Ideal Criteria:
- Prior experience managing QA teams or leading others is a plus.
- Experience testing software interacting with hardware is beneficial.
- This role requires a highly hands-on approach.
- Testing tools, API debugging, communication skills, organizational skills, troubleshooting.
- Experience in testing user stories / features, API and doing regression testing.
- Expert level knowledge and hands-on experience in writing and executing test cases and test plans.
- Hands on experience with testing, analyzing and troubleshooting communication between front-end and API / Web Services.
- Experience in analyzing logs and debugging using browser debugging tools.
- Experience with testing web-based software and Mobile apps.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to work under firm deadlines and within a rapidly changing environment.
- Thorough understanding of QA methodology and best practices
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
🤩 Good to have skills:
- Experience in testing Software interacting with hardware.
- Experience in Testing and Qualifying Consumer Electronics Products
Additional Information
WARNING:
⛔️ DO NOT APPLY unless YOU ARE:
- Physically living in or willing to immediately relocate to the Greater Salt Lake City, Utah area.
- If you are already in the United States, you may relocate. You must relocate prior to beginning work.
- All relocation expenses will initially be at your own cost. Some is eligible for reimbursement. Details will be provided, but you may have to pay some relocation expenses on your own, without reimbursement.
- Able to work as a w-2 Employee for ANY employer without restriction.
- Willing to work IN OFFICE all five (5) days per week (Monday - Friday) normal business hours.
- You meet each of the required qualifications listed above.
- Clearly, by your adherence to the above, able to and willing to follow detailed instructions.
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