Quality Assurance Tester (Front-end)
Job description
Ready to take a different path? Passionate about Technology? Love horse racing? Eager to work in a rapidly growing industry? Fascinated by the world of gambling and casinos? If you answered YES to any of these questions, the 1/ST TECHNOLOGY Group could be the right fit for you!
1/ST TECHNOLOGY is a global group of Technology, service, and wagering companies that provides B2B and B2C wagering and betting infrastructure for the horse racing and casino industries. Our companies and products include AmTote, Xpressbet, 1/ST BET, and PariMAX, and we are always eager to add enthusiastic and knowledgeable members to our growing team. Whether you’re a railbird, gamer, or you’re just passionate about Technology, and we’d love to find out if there’s a spot where you can thrive in the 1/ST TECHNOLOGY Group.
At 1/ST Technology, innovation drives us to create dynamic digital experiences in the horse racing and gaming industry.
We are seeking a Quality Assurance Tester (Front-End) who will provide support in functional areas such as developing test plans and executing exploratory tests to ensure product quality. This role designs and implements tests, documents issues and reproduction steps and performs regression tests on releases. Additionally, this role reviews systems requirements, designs test cases and uses tools such as Postman to test Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The QA Tester (Front-End) monitors all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. This position researches and implements modern approaches to test case development and test plan design to build quality artifacts necessary for business operations. The position works autonomously with moderate instruction or guidance and is expected to provide feedback on status and needs of the QA team.
** Base Work Location – Position based in or near Hunt Valley, MD, Washington, PA or Beaverton, OR. Position classification as “Remote Work” is available. **
Serves as the quality expert and enforces quality assurance/control processes and procedures as an embedded tester on a cross-functional product team.- Creates detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans for front-end features (predominately React websites, with some mobile web/progressive web application support as well).
- Vets designs for usability and compliance pre-development. Wears the end user hat and asks intelligent questions/writes solid test cases.
- Estimates, prioritizes, plans and coordinates testing activities, including assisting the team with development estimates and release cadence.
- Performs manual testing of an application across multiple devices and browsers.
- Identifies, records, documents and tracks bugs from inception through release.
- Stays up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.
- Documents issues with reproduction steps in a clear and concise manner for Developer to be able to fix.
- Works autonomously with moderate instruction or guidance.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in QA
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
- Demonstrated skills sets and experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
- Ability to work productively in an Agile development process
- Proven work experience in software QA, specifically testing web applications and iOS applications
- Effective, consistent and impeccable communication (verbal and written)
- Exhibits a “test to break” mentality as usability, security, stability and compatibility are guiding principles for the Development Front-End team
- Self-starter, self-motivator, detail-oriented (unrelenting attention), highly organized. Motivated to excel, competitive in nature and does not confuse “efforts” with “results”
- Must be able to work effectively and efficiently in a fast paced environment including stressful situations
- Individual must be open to learn about and understand ‘niche’ industry
- Demonstrates and maintains flexibility and adapts to changes within industry and company
Preferred Experience and/or Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field and two (2) years of experience in QA
- Experience testing mobile websites and applications
- Experience using Atlassian stack (Jira/Confluence) and Testrail
- Experience with UI/UX testing/vetting; a background in design is a plus
- Experience with Google Firebase
- Experience with Sauce Labs a plus
- Experience or desire to learn automated testing a plus.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Requires travel less than 10%, including travel outside of the local area and can include overnight stay. Approximately 2-3 weeks on an annual basis.
- Base Work Location – Position based in or near Hunt Valley, MD, Washington, PA or Beaverton, OR. Position classification as “Remote Work” is available.
- Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes competitive base salary and benefits
We are 1/ST Technology - A fully integrated racing and gaming technology company providing solutions that drive pari-mutuel and fixed-odds wagering world-wide. A leading technology and services provider to the North American pari-mutuel wagering market, with services that include the horse racing industry’s most comprehensive and user-friendly wagering website/platform allowing customers to wager from a computer, phone, or mobile device. Ongoing commitment to the growth and success of the global racing industry through B2C and B2B product innovation, extensive professional services offerings, the broadest integration of hosts for commingled pari-mutuel, and fixed odds and the continued evolution of the preeminent totalizator systems in the world.
1/ST Technology is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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