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Quality Engineer - Hybrid
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Oakland, California |
About this job
Job Description
To accurately measure the cost of providing workers' compensation benefits, the WCIRB performs a number of functions, including collection of premium and loss data on every workers' compensation insurance policy, examination of policy documents, inspections of insured businesses, and test audits of insurer payroll audits and claims classification.
The WCIRB employs approximately 175 people. The home office is located in Oakland, California.
The Role
WCIRB seeks a quality engineer who is passionate about ensuring the highest standards and committed to delivering innovative automated testing solutions. As a Quality Engineer, you will be pivotal in implementing, maintaining, and executing comprehensive quality strategies. Your contributions will directly impact our software platforms' quality, accuracy, reliability, and performance, ensuring exceptional user experience for our user base.
The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, high-tech, detail-oriented, innovative, self-motivated, and self-reliant. Take advantage of this opportunity to make a meaningful impact on software quality and workers' compensation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute automated test solutions using modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium
- Analyze user stories and requirements to create comprehensive automated functional/system, integration, component, and regression tests
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and design test solutions, resolve defects, and test code changes
- Collaborate closely with Business and Quality Analysts to better understand coverage, impacts, data, and acceptance criteria
- Analyze and validate non-functional requirements such as load, performance, and security
- Assist in the design and implementation of continuous integration and delivery pipelines, including integration of automated tests
- Generate test reports/dashboards and document software defects and defects trends
- Work with development, product, and program management teams to ensure software testing requirements are met
- Continuously improve software testing methodologies and processes
General Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in software quality engineering
- A minimum 2 years of experience in .NET and C#
- Hands-on experience in Visual Studio
- Experience in testing APIs and using tools such as SoapUI, Postman, Fiddler, etc.
- Experience in .NET technologies, Azure DevOps, and modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium
- Experience in unit test frameworks such as NUnit, XUnit, MSTest
- Knowledge of modern development principles such as SOLID, Occam's Razor, TDD, iterative lifecycle process, etc.
- Experience in cloud testing, Microservice architectures, CI/CD, and Azure environments
- Experience in SQL to conduct database testing and data validation
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies
- Strong analytical skills with a passion for quality and detail
Nice to Have
- PowerShell scripting
- Hands-on Non-Functional Testing Experience (i.e. Performance, Reliability, etc.)
- Knowledge of non-functional testing such as load, performance, and security
- Production support, analysis, debugging, troubleshooting, overlaps/Splunk tool usage, etc.
Physical Demands
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described in this section are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Steady stream of analytical work, telephone work, meetings, decision-making and research.
- Work requires attention to detail, follow-through and analysis of collected information.
- Frequent interaction with fellow IT employees, Program manager, QA Manager, and other WCIRB leaders.
Perks & Benefits
Our employees enjoy a state of the art, energy-efficient, open work environment that nurtures collaboration and creativity. At the WCIRB, we go the extra mile to keep our employees happy and healthy. Our perks include:
- Hybrid work environment (40% onsite 60% remote)
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- Competitive PTO Program
- 401K and pension plan
- Annual incentive plan
- Social activities
- Community volunteer involvement
Disclaimer
Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. As such, the job description may be revised depending on the WCIRB’s needs. Further, this job description is a general summary of responsibilities and requirements and is not intended to be all-inclusive of the responsibilities and requirements of this position.
Please note that the WCIRB has enacted a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all employees. Proof of full vaccination or an approved exemption or deferral is required of all employees, including new hires.
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