About The Weather Company:
The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).
Job brief:
As a QA Automation test engineer at The Weather Company, you’ll be working directly with our scrum teams to develop automation requirements, test plans, and tools for our products. You'll execute these tests, document results, and then work with development teams to address automation and performance shortcomings. You’ll be assisting team members in the planning, execution, and retrospectives of user stories related to new features, technical debt & defect verifications. The role will also include getting familiar with our suite of products and obtaining domain knowledge of how they work and function so you get to learn how our customers use the products.
The impact you'll make:
- Work closely with Development and QA leadership teams to develop automation test approaches and strategies for cloud-based and on-prem software applications
- Log and track defects using the designated tracking system and tools.
- Participate in peer code reviews and help organize and execute a larger test strategy.
- Mentor and collaborate with other testers in test procedures and performance test tools
- Flexibility on testing tasks and assignments in a changing environment.
What you've accomplished:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, or a Related Technical Field required.
- 2-5 years of related experience.
- Verbal/written communication skills in English.
- Strong Experience with test automation and performance test tools (JMeter, SQL tools, open source tools).
- Experience with TestNG, MS Build, and Selenium.
- Strong Experience in Scripting languages (Perl, Python, Shell, etc.).
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins).
- Experience with diagnosing and testing UI, API, and database bottlenecks.
- Experience with load and stress testing is required.
- Strong ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
- Working knowledge of cloud-based technologies and platforms.
- Experience in Agile/Scrum/DevOps development methodology.
- Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and testing process.
- Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases is a plus.
TWCo Benefits/Perks:
- Progressive family plan benefits
- Benefits effective day 1 of employment include competitive 401K match with no vesting requirement, national health, dental, and vision plans
- Variety of medical insurance options including a $0 cost premium employee coverage
- An opportunity to work for a global and industry-leading technology company
- Impactful work in a collaborative environment
- Hybrid work model
- Flexible time off
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