Quality Assurance Tester

Bidscale is accelerating government innovation.
Bidscale is betting on a future fueled by government innovation. Internet, space travel, and GPS - many of the most important technological innovations arose out of the public sector. We believe that Federal agencies will again foster the next wave of innovations by harnessing the scale, reach, and purchasing power of the government. In the current environment, this ambition is an uphill battle. Existing procurement processes are not responsive to need; agencies face numerous policy bottlenecks that stall innovation. Acquisitions are often driven more by compliance than by strategy. Something needs to change. Bidscale is committed to driving digital transformation to support our country's Contracting Officers and specialists. This mission has far-reaching consequences. From combat helicopters to scientific research to clerical services, contracts underpin the operational effectiveness of the country. An America able to buy quicker and smarter is a stronger, more prosperous America. We at Bidscale are driven by the importance of our mission. Our impact may seem narrow at face value, but we believe that our work acts as a major force multiplier for the efficacy and efficiency of the Federal government. We are Americans supporting the development of a more innovative America. Bidscale is accelerating government innovation. If this type of work interests you, we'd love for you to join us!
The Quality Assurance Engineer works closely within our engineering department to ensure our products meet defined specifications. This team member will work with senior engineers to build out a robust, scalable, and automated framework for conducting testing, quality control, and quality assurance across a number of software systems.
Position details & benefits:

• Total compensation up to $135,000 commensurate with qualifications
• US citizenship required; full-time, salaried, exempt only
• 90-100% remote
• Unlimited PTO
• 90% - 100% company coverage for leading options on Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-Term Disability
• 100% match up to 6% of 401k contribution, vested immediately

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in automated software testing across backend, frontend, and cloud infrastructures.
• Experience creating and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts to run in various environments for new and future products
• Experience creating and maintaining extensive test suites for regression of web applications and APIs
• Experience working with DevOps to automate the test suite with CI/CD Work closely with developers to investigate bugs and issues with new/existing features
• Experience manually testing and approving new developed features as part of the sprint
• Experience tracking and investigating bugs for root cause analysis
• Experience reviewing and providing feedback on test cases written by other team members
• Experience performing database operations to test environments in order to test features
• Experience participating in true agile development including ceremonies such as scrum, weekly sprints, and demos
• Experience defining tests determined by story acceptance criteria (including functional, load and performance tests) and applicable project standards
• Experience partnering closely with Product Owners and developers to help align team members to testing criteria
• Experience understanding common testing strategies (TDD, BDD, ATDD) and integrating appropriate elements
• Experience participating effectively in work estimation using the Scrum framework, planning, cost-of quality, and quality risk analysis
• Experience participating in project-wide reviews of requirements, system architecture, and detailed design documents
• Experience collaborating with other cross-functional teams as required during product development
• Experience scripting automated test frameworks in CI/CD/CT environment
• Working knowledge with GIT Background in Agile/Scrum work culture
• Familiarity with languages, such as C#, JavaScript, Python, Bash and others
• Familiarity with RESTful web services
• Familiarity with Jira or other bug and test case management tools
• Familiarity with AWS, Docker. 3+ years industry experience as a software quality engineer (QA, SDET, etc.)
• Familiarity designing, implementing and executing automated tests Familiarity in Agile QA and Shift Left Approach
• Familiarity in UI test automation for high availability web applications leveraging tools such as SpecFlow, Selenium Webdriver, Cypress
• Familiarity with system integration
• Familiarity with Web API test tools like Postman, SOAPUI and ReadyAPI
• Demonstrated passion for testing computer software and working within collaborative team-based approaches

Bidscale team members operate with the following values:

• #MissionFocus: We operate knowing that our work is critically important.
• #MasterCraft: We work together to become masters of our respective crafts.
• #WorkBackwards: We see the future, strategically envision our end state, and work backwards with intent.
• #DoBeautiful: We believe that if it's worth doing, it's worth doing beautifully and elegantly.
• #Perseverance: We overcome the impossible through brilliance, grit, and class.
• #CelebrateUs: We celebrate triumphs, differences, and balance.
• #OneTeam: We are one team and we play to win big.