QA Automation Engineer

Perry Street Software is Jack’d and SCRUFF. We are two of the world’s largest gay, bi, trans and queer social dating apps on iOS and Android. Our brands reach more than 30 million members worldwide so members can connect, meet and express themselves on a platform that prioritizes privacy, security, and community. Our company puts user privacy first, and doesn't use third-party ad networks or tracking software. 

A 100% remote, 100% global team

Every day, the PSS product team comes together virtually from more than 18 cities in more than 12 countries. As a colleague at PSS, you can work from any timezone in North America, South America, or Europe. Benefits include:

• 11 paid holidays 
• One paid week off at mid-year (the PSS summer refresh week)
• Home office stipend - purchase furniture for your home setup
• Paid parental leave
• Paid travel around the world to meet and collaborate with colleagues (previous destinations include: New York City, Rio, and Berlin)
• Education and conference budget
• Healthy work-life balance and ability to be flexible in how you set your schedule

United States-based employees additionally receive the following benefits:

• 401k plan with 6% match
• Comprehensive, nation-wide healthcare coverage
• Flexible time off policy

We are looking for a junior to mid level QA Tester/Engineer interested in learning and becoming a QA Engineer to shape the SCRUFF and Jack’d mobile apps for a diverse global audience. This position is fully-remote.

This role will work with the product, development, and support teams, to ensure the delivery of high quality apps free of bugs. This position will involve working throughout the lifecycle of a feature and epic from creation and development through release. Initial focus will be on manual testing but will eventually work with developers to build and create an automated testing framework.

What you’ll do

• Assist in the creation and estimation of stories ensuring they are testable
• Run manual acceptance testing of all user stories in backlog
• Build and run manual regression test suites
• Eventually build and run automated testing suites using Appium in JavaScript, Kotlin, or Ruby
• Work with page objects created by the development team to create well structured and reusable tests
• Work with developers and product managers to debug and triage issues

Who you are

• 2+ years of experience with automated testing
• 1+ years of experience in manual testing
• Strong knowledge of and experience using dating apps similar to SCRUFF and/or Jack’d
• Good communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Experience with one or more of Cucumber, Gherkin, JavaScript, etc.
• Able to write clean and proficient tests using Ruby, Javascript, or Kotlin
• Previous experience in an Agile environment, including planning meetings, standups, and retrospectives
• Able to run simple HTTP requests using cURL, Postman, or similar
• Strong passion for technology
• Desire to learn new technologies and skills
• Experience with regression, charter, exploratory, smoke and other testing methodologies

Salary: $60,000-$75,000 

Perry Street is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, disability, marital status, caregiver status, pregnancy, citizenship, age, military or veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines