Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $85k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Catalist

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Marketing • Data Analytics

Catalist is a partner-driven organization that focuses on strengthening the progressive community through data-driven initiatives. With a commitment to civic engagement, Catalist compiles, enhances, and updates a national database containing information on over 256 million voting-age individuals. They provide innovative software and services designed to help progressive organizations effectively target messaging and mobilize voters, ensuring that their data is used solely for civic purposes.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end testing efforts across sprint cycles, including functional, integration, regression, and performance testing • Work with Client Services, Data, and Technology teams to understand and shape functional software requirements toward verifiability • Create comprehensive test plans and test cases from product requirements and technical specifications • Create and maintain automated regression test suites for Catalist software products • Develop and maintain test documentation • Provide feedback on software product quality to drive production releases • Identify, log, prioritize, and track bugs using project tools such as Jira • Collaborate directly with development teams toward quick bug resolutions • Adjust working schedule for occasional evenings and weekends as workload demands • Work independently and pursue thorough bug discovery • Report to the Director of Tools Support & Integrations • Work closely with Client Services, Data, and Technology teams

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with test automation and quality assurance for JVM and/or web-based software products • Experience with web application testing and web-based API testing • Experience with at least one RDBMS, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or MS SQL Server • Hands-on experience developing test automation scripts for web applications, Java applications, and REST APIs • Conversant Python scripting and coding skills • Strong experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or WebdriverIO • Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured • Ability to write automation test code for functional testing of JVM applications • Conversant understanding of Java and JVM application architecture, including build and deployment processes • Experience testing on multiple browsers and platforms, including Chrome, Safari, and Firefox • Familiarity with validation, regression, and smoke testing lower in the application stack • Sufficient SQL knowledge to query databases directly and provision test scenarios • Demonstrated ability to organize and create test cases and test plans, show coverage, and track progress and project health • Background check required • Preferred: knowledge of AWS, GCP, Docker, columnar or NoSQL databases, cloud-based performance testing tools, modern web application architecture, React, Jenkins or Bamboo, and Red Hat/CentOS Linux platforms

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage for eligible staff and eligible dependents • Catalist pays 85% of the Medical plan premium • HDHP plan with HSA eligibility • Dental and Vision coverage at no cost to employees • Group Term Life Insurance at no cost to employees • Long-Term and Short-Term Disability coverage at no cost to employees • 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan with a 3% Catalist contribution from the date of hire • Pre-tax or post-tax 401(k) salary contributions up to IRS legal limits • Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Transit benefit FSA program with pre-tax contributions and a company match • Up to $750 yearly reimbursement for professional development / education • Up to $500 reimbursement for remote work expenses • Student Loan PayDown and College SaveUp benefit • Generous vacation benefits • 15 Paid Holidays (16 in Presidential Inauguration years) • Personal Days • Sick Leave • Parental Leave • Office/Remote Hybrid or full Remote status for eligible positions