Senior QA Engineer

What you'll do:

• Lead projects within Agile teams across multiple geographical locations, helping to ensure the most comprehensive test coverage, execution and timely delivery of product
• Be a subject matter expert - have a deep understanding of a particular process, function or technology and provide mentorship on the subject to junior engineers
• Take a leadership role at the feature definition stage by working with Product and Engineering organizations  to ensure that JIRA stories are well defined, have clear acceptance criteria, and correctly estimated
• Create and execute test plans and test cases based on user stories and technical design documents, escalate urgent issues to QA leadership on a timely basis
• Identify gaps in functional requirements/specifications and suggest improvements
• Create, execute and maintain automated test suites and tools within Mercari’s automation framework
• Collect, analyze and report team and project Quality metrics
• Participate in all phases of SDLC including requirements gathering and definition, design, development, testing, delivery, and support
• Perform manual exploratory, functional, regression, integration, and acceptance testing
• Enforce software engineering best practices to ensure continuous improvement in the software development process.
• Report high-quality issues with reproducible steps, screenshots, and relevant information
• Prioritize and escalate top incoming issues, while also prioritizing backlog issues to reduce technical debt and improve UX

What You'll Need:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
• 7+ years experience with QA methodologies and software testing techniques and tools
• Demonstrated experience with one or more object-oriented programming languages (Java, Python, Objective C, etc…)
• Solid experience with Selenium Webdriver automation with Java, Python or other object-oriented languages
• Extensive manual testing experience with Android or iOS and familiarity with respective platform UI standards
• Experience with testing and using REST APIs
• Experience with Git or other source control tools and good understanding of Version control, merging, branching
• Experience with Jenkins/CircleCI or other continuous integration and deployment tools
• Experience with JIRA, TestRail, Fabric, IntelliJ or Eclipse and Slack
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
• Demonstrated experience in leading QA effort on large-scale software projects or deliverables
• Thorough understanding of software development, project management and QA methodologies
• Ability to document and troubleshoot issues
• Strong customer focus and interest in delivering great customer experience
• Must be a self-starter, able to work collaboratively in a team environment and mentor others
• Must have a passion for improving user experience
• Ability to lead by example, negotiate and persuade effectively
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience with buying and selling on a user-driven marketplace
• Able to provide thought leadership on emerging quality assurance methodologies and best practices

Perks:

• Competitive ‌medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401k match
• Life & disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• New parent paid leave
• Rocket Lawyer legal services
• Fond perks and rewards
• Time when you need it - unlimited vacation days