[Hiring] Software Test Engineer @Wycliffe Bible Translators USA

Role Description

We are seeking full time and volunteer professional Software Test Engineers. We have product teams that work in various frameworks and platforms including:

• Bloom - C#, Typescript + React, CSS, SQL, and Java
• Paratext - C#, React, Net development, XML/HTML/CSS

A Software Test Engineer is responsible for designing and implementing software testing. Testing software products as early and often as possible is proven to improve the resolution of the quality picture and thus enable the software development team to objectively improve the quality of the software. The test cases for our software products are developed by the people with the most knowledge of the product. The output of the effort is a list of procedure-based test cases encompassing the desired test coverage. This position is intended to execute the test cases daily and at release milestones.

Major Responsibilities:

• Manually execute scheduled tests as written, on time
• Participate in reviews for new test cases developed
• Report issues found into issue tracking systems
• Report status at team standups
• Manually perform Ad-Hoc testing
• Work with Software Test Manager to collaborate, review, and deliver high quality software testing
• Participate as an integral and enthusiastic part of the team, exhibiting ownership, follow-through, initiative, awareness, and effective communication with peers and management
• Work with the team around a cohesive team roadmap

Minor Responsibilities:

• Participate in regular project status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings
• Be available to travel to software development team meetings as needed
• Be available to travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference
• Participate in professional meetings

Qualifications

• A servant heart attitude
• Demonstrated knowledge of QA process: different levels, types and methods of testing: unit, functional, negative, integration, performance, reliability, stress, user scenario, visual
• Demonstrated knowledge of Black, Grey, and White box testing
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Good interpersonal skills of communication
• Good organizational skills
• The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
• The ability to generate multiple solutions to the problem
• The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
• The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively

Requirements

• Software Test Engineers should have experience in software engineering and a good understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent software testing work experience is preferred, but we care more for a heart and mind that are always learning

Training and Orientation

• Will complete the initial IT Software Department training program and relevant portions of IT Orientation

Weekly Hours

• 40