• JOB TYPE: Direct Hire Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• LOCATION: United States - Remote
• SALARY: $104,000/yr
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40hr/week

Job Description

Payscale is looking for a QA Engineer who is motivated, energetic, and detail-oriented. If you thrive by working in a fast-paced environment utilizing the latest internet technologies, consider this opportunity as the next level in your professional development.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create and execute functional test plans and test cases

• Assist with root cause analysis for defects and performance issues

• Perform project and defect tracking for assigned areas

• Work constructively with the Payscale development team to solve tough challenges efficiently in an always-changing environment.

• Contribute to continuous process improvement within the QA team

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years in a software Quality Assurance role

• Experience devising test strategies, creating test plans and test cases

• Hands-on experience testing web/SaaS applications

• Have worked with SQL and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, MSSQL, etc.)including creating and executing queries

• API testing using postman or similar tools• Agile/SCRUM experience

• Issue/Project Tracking tools (such as JIRA)

•Application Performance Monitoring tools (such as New Relic, and Sentry)

• Great verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently and within a team environment

• Ability to prioritize and address multiple tasks in a dynamic work environment

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience

Experience and knowledge desirable:

• Experience with TestRail or similar testing tool

• Automation testing experience

• Experience working with Selenium

• Performance/load testing

• Understand public cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS)

Additional Information

Benefits & Perks – The Highlights:

All around, an awesome culture where we strive together to:

• Pursue excellence every day

• Create customer value

• Compete to win (and lose!) as a team

As part of our culture of transparency and commitment to employee engagement, we have several programs and resources such as:

• Regular virtual company meetings

• Coffee chats

• Table for 4 Executive conversation

• Spirit Week

• Pulsing tools for continuous conversations to drive performance and career growth

• Strengths-based tools designed to help employees engage with peers and managers, supported through a program called StandOut

• Access to top-notch learning courses for all employees through LinkedInLearning

• As well as constant re-evaluation of what our employees need to be successful at work!

Our more standard benefits include:

• Flexible Paid Time Off program – most employees average around 3 weeks per year

• 14 paid holidays including Independence Week, Juneteenth, and World MentalHealth Day

• 3 comprehensive health plans to fit your unique needs; plans have up to 100%company-paid premium coverage for employee Medical, Dental, and Vision

• Access to Premera’s Healthcare Services including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 24-hour Nurse Hotline, Telehealth (Doctor on Demand), Talkspace, and other virtual care options

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for pre-tax employee allocation towards Medical, Dependent Care, Parking, and Transit               

• Company Paid Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance

• Comprehensive Paid Parental / Adoption Leave program

• 401k program with fully vested, immediate company match

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ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform.  If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we'll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.  

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.  

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.