QA Tester
Burbank, CA

Job Description

Ref#: 34281

CBS Business Unit: CBS Interactive

Job Type: Full-Time Staff

Job Location: Burbank, CA, US

About Us:

CBS Interactive is the premier online content network for information and online operations of CBS Corporation as well as some of the top native digital brands in the entertainment industry. Our brands dive deep into the things people care about across entertainment, technology, news, games, business and sports. With over 1 billion users visiting our properties every quarter, we are a global top 10 web property and one of the largest premium content networks online.

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Description:

Division Overview:

Looking for a fast moving, creative environment where you can use your expertise to bring cutting-edge interactive OTT products to market?

Role Details:

CBS Interactive is seeking a QA Tester to act as a core member of the app development team focused on QA for our Android products. As a QA Tester, you are expected to think critically about the level of testing required in each stage of the SDLC. The result of testing should be valuable feedback to engineers and product managers concerning the severity of the defect and confidence level of remaining QA tasks.

Your Day-to-Day:

* Execute test plans across all supported Android and Amazon platforms
* Help prioritize incoming issues and document steps to reproduce, as well as observed and expected system behavior
* Actively participate in daily standups and sprint planning, with an emphasis on optimizing testing cycles/resources with product and development teams to deliver shippable features
* Coordinate with the rest of the QA team to analyze and improve the QA process
* Review requirements, specifications, and design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
* Maintain the bug tracking database (Jira)
* Participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including analyzing requirements, developing test plans, test cases, and execution of test scripts

Key Projects:

* Provide feedback on continually updating designs to give users the best possible customer experience
* Develop more efficient ways to complete full regressions across several builds
* Determine how to best test functional cases that rely on REST APIs and CMS entries

Qualifications:

What you bring to the team:

You have -

* Work with support teams to triage issues
* Track and update issues in issue management systems
* Experience with agile methodology
* Create test cases with and without product requirements
* Estimate QA effort for each task/feature
* Prioritize Workload based on release dates and business priorities

You might also have -

* Complete understanding of HTTP and REST API's
* Technical Background and or Technical Degree in Computer Science or related field
* Work experience in software quality assurance for 2+ years
* Superb communication skills
* Experience working within software development lifecycle

EEO Statement:

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled