Lead Software Quality Engineer
Redwood City, CA

Job Description

About the Opportunity:

As a Lead Software Quality Engineer, you will work with a dynamic and hard-working team to help improve the quality of our flagship systems biology products, Variant Analysis, QCI and services. You must lead, observe and constructively work towards improving the overall product quality, testing and risk management process. You will work closely with QA, developers, product management, customer service and other internal groups to proactively seek product information, develop in depth test plans, derive practical use cases, and author appropriate test cases. You will also perform functional black box testing as well as white box and test automation where applicable, develop and maintain the automation framework.

Key Tasks/Responsibilities

* Lead and drive the following processes: feature scoping/estimates, evaluation of resources, distribution of feature ownership, creation and review of test plans, bug review meetings; provide status and risk items at scrum of scrum meetings; responsible for release readiness.
* Develop test automation scripts using Java based automation tools (Selenium, Silk4J, FitNesse, TestNg, etc).
* Interpret requirements and specifications to develop test plans, test cases and test documentation.
* Conduct functional-level testing including both GUI and back-end tests.
* Involvement with Agile iterative software development process - test-driven development, continuous integration testing, rapid automation to efficiently build the best industry software.
* Think from a customer perspective, and creatively solve real user problems.

Position Requirements

About You:

* Experience in both white and black box testing, performance/load testing web apps.
* Proficiency with Java or other object-oriented programming languages.
* Proficiency in Unix and Windows operating systems.
* Experience with testing web-based and java-based standalone applications.
* Experience developing test plans, designing, implementing, executing and analyzing test cases, writing bug reports, and assessing risk.
* Familiarity with SQL and database design, with version control software like CVS or Subversion.
* Experience in test automation using Selenium, Silk4J, TestNG, FitNesse, Sikuli, AutoIt, working experience with SVG, Flash/Flex, JSON and XML objects.
* 5+ years' experience in software testing.
* 3+ years' experience in test automation.
* Experience leading people on projects is required.
* B.S /M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
* Excellent verbal and written communication, time management, organizational and multitasking skills.

Personal Requirements

- Great organizational skills

Type: Direct Location: Redwood City, CA, USA