Software QA Engineer

Business Area:

Business Ops & IT

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description: 

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Cloudera is looking for an experienced, motivated, team player and driven Software Quality Assurance Engineer for the Customer Applications and Technology (CAT) Team who delivers word-class solutions that includes web applications and microservices to our valued customers.

As an SQA Engineer you will be working in a distributed team (US, Hungary, Costa Rica). If you are a person who wants to develop solid business, interpersonal, and technical skills in an open, collaborative and transparent environment aimed to deliver the highest quality software to our valued customers, we want you in our Team! 

As Software Quality Assurance you will:

• Actively participate in the whole quality chain: from the business understanding up to the test execution and reporting.

• Apply different testing techniques from both Static and Dynamic approaches.

• Perform analysis and refinement process over business requirements.

• Design and document test plans, test cases, test runs.

• Perform test executions from a component level to an end-to-end layer.

• Report and document bugs, and communicate proactively if required.

• Bring visibility over possible risks.

• Triage bugs: perform root cause analysis, pattern analysis, and side effect impact analysis. 

• Support the QA Team transparency and confidence by following processes.

• Open to learn and share knowledge. 

• Participate and assist in the improvement of the QA methodology and operations.

• Work with team members in a world wide operational environment.

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.

We're excited about you if you have:

• Relevant studies / BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

• 3+ years of experience in the testing quality field that includes: analysis, design, document, execution, report, investigation 

• 3+ years of experience in testing software solutions than can include: web, api, integration, performance, security, functional, data, and database verifications

• International certifications in Software Quality such as ISTQB or related

• Advocate to processes, continuous improvement, and transparency 

• Experience with tools that support the QA process and operation such as: Test Management tools, Jira, Selenium, Github, Helpdesk, and other solutions

• Knowledge/Experience with test frameworks

• Strong knowledge of SDLC in agile environments

• Great analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to details

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English

• Solid interpersonal skills conducive to a distributed team environment

• Ability to work effectively both, independently and as part of a distributed team

• Ability to identify critical weak spots in software systems

• Self-driven & motivated personality

You may also have:

• Hands-on knowledge of Salesforce is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Security Testing

• Hands-on knowledge of AWS is a plus. 

• Hands-on knowledge of Qase is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Gherkin is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge of Selenium or related is a plus.

• Hands-on knowledge on Security testing is a plus.

What you can expect from us:

• Generous PTO Policy 

• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

• Flexible WFH Policy 

• Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

• Access to Continued Career Development 

• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Employee Resource Groups

Cloudera is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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