Intermediate Quality Assurance Engineer at Whip Around

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Quality Assurance, Automation Testing, Cypress, Postman, Agile, SQL, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Communication, Time Management, Attention to Detail, Problem Solving, Team Collaboration, Technical Debt, Design Patterns, Code Metrics

Industry

Software Development

Description

Whip Around was born in 2016, originally to help freight companies in New Zealand tackle their paper-based compliance burden. It was whilst working for some of the globe’s largest freight companies, that we saw first-hand how much time paper was costing fleet managers every day. Within a year, the US market was calling loudly as Whip Around met a clear pain point for businesses with fleets. Whip Around now services customers from coast to coast in the US and around the world. Team culture is at the heart of our success, with personal improvement being just as important as company outcomes. We now boast a senior leadership team with experience from numerous successful global businesses and continue to double down on our vision to bring simplicity and efficiency to fleet management and compliance. Our Values Each of us at Whip Around are committed to living and breathing our Values in everything we do. At Whip Around you will become part of a culture that’s committed to helping you become the best version of yourself. Whip Around is dedicated to our people! Be the Best You Be the Driver Always Bring Value Manaakitanga Why this role is important to us As an Intermediate QA Engineer at Whip Around your focus will be to create world-class solutions for our customers! Whip Around is quickly becoming the software platform of choice for business owners, fleet managers and drivers with dedication to workplace safety. Through a mixture of new features and improvements you will work with a team to deliver key solutions to our customers. What success will look like Liaise with product teams and the engineers to understand and communicate the scope of testing required to meet the needs of the project or desired business capabilities. Understand the system architecture, release and environment management, and contribute towards quality initiatives and overall process improvements. Test and write automation scripts using Cypress and Postman for our integrations as well as product features. Understand general concepts and fix issues that are applicable to our test automation framework. Collaborate with QA Lead and other engineers in the team. Build mastery in core technical tools. Understanding the concept of technical debt and its impacts to the system and why its important to pay down. Familiarity with common design patterns and their uses A familiarity with code metrics and static code analysis Accurately recording and managing defects and enhancements (JIRA). Peer review and testing of test cases, automated scripts and other work produced by other Test Engineers. Build strong relationships with our Engineers and cultivating a culture built around shared ownership of quality. Critical Competencies Excellent communication skills with a strong testing mindset. A strong communicator - we don’t expect you to know everything but listening to others and voicing your thoughts and ideas is key! Energy, drive and enthusiasm for excellent results. A genuine desire to be engaged and motivated by what Whip Around is all about! Strong time management and organisational skills. Attention to detail A positive, can-do attitude with a willingness to learn. Growth mindset, challenging status quo to find solutions and out-of-the-box ideas Experience 2-4 years but not relevant for the right candidate with the right attitude. Advanced testing or Agile certifications eg. BBST, ISTQB, CSM, CAST Knowledge of distributed source control systems such as Github and the ability to understand at a high level what changes have been made in MR. Database SQL experience. Knowledge of cloud based software products and how they use APIs, browsers and mobile apps. Good practical experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Strong testing experience with Postman is a must. Experience in building and maintaining automation testing frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, Jest, Jasmine, NUnit, xUnit, and JUnit. Cypress is preferred. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment. Previous Saas experience would be an advantage. Hybrid working & core hours with flexibility outside of core hours - we understand you have a life and family outside of work and we support that! Free parking Birthday leave - goes without saying, no one wants to work on their birthday! Monthly team lunches Twelve weeks additional paid parental leave Regular Team events and activities

Responsibilities

As an Intermediate QA Engineer, you will create world-class solutions for customers by collaborating with product teams and engineers to define testing requirements. You will also test and write automation scripts while contributing to quality initiatives and process improvements.