QA Lead and Engineer
Gliffy is seeking a full time Quality Assurance Engineer who will lead QA efforts at our small software company.
Skills & Experience
- 3-5 years experience testing web-based software products
- Experience working with source control systems (git, subversion, or similar)
- Command line / Unix skills
- Some programming experience with Java and/or Javascript
- Experience writing junit and selenium tests
- Understanding of full web software stack (web tier / application tier / database tier)
- Experience with load testing
- Experience with client side testing tools or methodologies (ie Selenium)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively work independently often with little direction
- Big plus if you have:
- Experience with automated continuous build systems
- Experience with automated deployment systems like Capistrano
- Experience working with Maven / Ant
Responsibilities
As the QA lead, your primary role will be to ensure the processes we use result in high quality software.
- Use automated testing when appropriate, including creating new automated testing resources
- Conduct manual testing by using our existing test cases or create new test cases as needed
- Deploy new builds to QA environments to prepare them for testing
- Work with and manage outsourced QA resources
- Help us find bugs earlier in the development cycle
- Act as an advocate for customers with regards to long standing bugs
- More than anything, we need your direction to help us build the highest quality software possible
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Why Gliffy?
As a member of our small but growing team, you'll have an opportunity to make a big impact on the growth of our business with each decision you make. Founded in 2005, Gliffy has been bootstrapped and profitable since day one, and is focused on building a sustainable business model around our net-native drawing tool.
- We use tools and philosophies to work smarter and more efficiently
- We are a small team and we work hard, but try to have fun while we do it
- We're constantly pushing the bounds of what web applications are capable of, keeping the job challenging and interesting
- We're excited about what we're working on, and we hope you will be too!
Benefits! We share the love with our employees
We care a lot about our employees and we want them to be happy working at Gliffy. Happy employees are more productive and help us build great relationships with our customers and partners.
We offer:
- 401K plan
- Profit sharing
- Health care benefit
- Company credit card so you can buy those little things that make your job easier
- Developers all have 30 inch monitors and work on the operating system of their choice
- Fancy Dot Com chair, awesome desks, and a sunny office
- Stock options
- Competitive salary
- Company paid lunches about once a week
- Smart phone and service plan - If you don't have a smart phone, or need to upgrade yours, we'll pay for it.
Submitting your Resume
Qualified candidates should email their resume in PDF format to jobs (at) gliffy (dot) com. We don't work with recruiters or agencies, so please send us your resume directly.
