Company Description

Daxko powers health & wellness throughout the world. Every day our team members focus their passion and expertise in helping health & wellness facilities operate efficiently and engage their members.

Whether a neighborhood yoga studio, a national franchise with locations in every city, a YMCA or JCC--and every type of organization in between--we build solutions that make every aspect of running and being a member of a health and wellness organization easier and delightful. 

Job Description

As a Software Test Engineer, you will collaborate closely with small cross-functional teams to deliver high-value features in short iterations. You should be able to contribute to the sprint planning meeting by locating high areas of risk. 

The Software Test Engineer reports to the Software Test Manager.

You will also:

• Work autonomously to effectively test features and document test results in an Agile environment
• Collaborate with team members to quickly deliver customer value and learn from customer feedback
• Come up with creative and innovative solutions to complex testing problems
• Evaluate and help define acceptance criteria for user stories
• Analyze and break down large user stories into smaller, more testable ones
• Effectively plan for all testing activities required for the selected user stories each sprint
• Develop effective testing strategy and execute exploratory tests based on acceptance criteria
• Develop and maintain manual test cases or documentation for complex testing scenarios
• Assist with building and maintaining testing environments
• Attend project meetings and provide technical expertise as required
• Identify and communicate obstacles
• Serve as subject matter expert on the product and related technologies
• Research new testing technologies and tools

Qualifications

• Associate degree (or another 2-year degree) or Coding Bootcamp with education in Information Technology and Computer Science
• One (1+) plus year(s) of relevant experience
• This team member also has at least one specialization they are working towards:
  • TestAutomationContributor o ReleaseTrainConductor
  • Security/PenetrationTester o Load/PerformanceTester
  • API Tester
• Friendly attitude and collaborative spirit
• Strong passion for quality and excellence
• Solid understanding of technologies that are used on our projects and how they work together
• Solid understanding of Software Quality Assurance processes and tools
• Highly organized, methodical, terrific problem solver, and great communicator
• Passionate about software testing and technology
• Skilled at finding defects!
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate them when appropriate.

Bonus points for:

• Bachelor's Degree MIS, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience testing web-based applications
• Experience testing mobile applications
• Exerpence contributing to a test automation suite
• Experience working on Agile teams
• Experience with JavaScript, .NET, C#, or Java
• Experience with Session-Based or Exploratory Testing techniques
• Experience with performance, load, and stress testing

Additional Information

Daxko is dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to diversity in the broadest sense, including thought and perspective, age, ability, nationality, ethnicity, orientation, and gender. The skills, perspectives, ideas, and experiences of all of our team members contribute to the vitality and success of our purpose and values.

We truly care for our team members, and this is reflected through our offices, benefits, and great perks. Some of our favorites include: 

• Flexible paid time off 
• Affordable health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Monthly fitness reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• New-Parent Paid Leave
• 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years
• Casual work environments