QA Engineer

Gumband is hiring a QA Engineer to pioneer and lead quality assurance initiatives for our groundbreaking platform.

This unique role offers a broad and influential scope, overseeing quality across our hardware, firmware, and software domains. As a dedicated QA Engineer, you will not only have the opportunity to shape and implement robust QA methodologies, but also to lay the foundation for a scalable and efficient QA practice within the company.

Gumband is an award-winning SaaS platform used by global tech and retail brands to manage and measure their interactive experiences or environments in real time, from anywhere. With Gumband, physical spaces become measurable marketing assets that are as easy to control, manage and quantify as a website. Our mission is to unlock impactful in-person moments that connect brands and customers. We’re looking for people who are curious, collaborative, inventive and impactful.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Director of Engineering, ensuring alignment of QA activities with overall engineering goals and objectives
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, from in-code unit testing during code reviews to automated end-to-end bench testing against a prod-like environments
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using testing software, tools, and frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, etc
• Review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts)
• Identify, record, document, and track bugs to resolution
• Debug issues, isolate problems, and provide detailed reports for the development teams
• Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure consistent project execution
• Research and apply the design of best practice, high-quality test automation
• Monitor debugging process results and provide reports and documentation
• Ensure compliance with standards and industry best practices in all QA processes
• Support the implementation of Gumband with clients
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies, following industry trends
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, CE, EE, or a related technical field involving QA engineering or a minimum of 2-4 years of practical, hands-on experience in the field
• Experience with QA automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, etc
• Experience with IoT technology, microcontrollers, and hardware peripherals (Arduino, Particle.io, and related microelectronic components)
• Knowledge in software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Understanding of modern web development process and tech stack such as Node.js, React, PostgreSQL
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Familiarity with both white box and black box testing
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• Proficient in debugging and root cause analysis
• Familiarity with network analysis tools like Wireshark is a bonus
• Comfortable handling challenging problems and systematic solutions
  
  

Location:

Candidates should be local to Pittsburgh, PA.

Benefits Include:

• Competitive and comprehensive health care coverage
• Flexible retirement plan with employer matching
• Paid vacation time and winter break
• Profit sharing
• Flexible work opportunities
• Family and pet friendly policies
• Fitness and public transportation subsidies
• Community service flex time
  
  

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