Software QA Engineer

•  A team of 60+ people in USA and Romania that like to build great software platforms
•  We enjoyed tremendous success and growth in recent years, MIT, NASA, Cisco and some of the biggest companies in the world used the software we created. We want to keep this going and need your help for it.
•  We value the team concept and foster an environment where people can grow together.

We would like the candidate to have knowledge of:
- QA methodologies.
- Software application development and defect life-cycle.
- Testing principles and methods.
- SQL (average level) and concepts of relational databases.

We would like the candidate to be able to:
- Learn new business domains and business processes.
- Review business requirements with clients/users.
- Review functional and non-functional specifications.
- Create test scenarios that can be used by both the business and technical team.
- Communicate in English at an advanced level (speak and write).

Experience - minimum 3 years in doing most of below:
- Communicating concepts/ideas to business and technical audiences.
- Reviewing requirements with business clients/users.
- Creating testing strategies and test plans/test cases.
- Reporting/documenting/reproducing defects.
- Testing web & mobile applications, using different types of testing (Functional, Regression etc.).
- Using issue tracking/reporting tools (like JIRA).

Education and certifications:
- Studies in Computers Science, Mathematics, Business IT, or related discipline.
ISTQB certification would be a big plus.

Non-technical skills and values:
- Mindset that a quality product can be built based on accurate customer needs only.
- Strong interest in software quality.
- Focus on self-improvement.
- Good troubleshooting skills, attention to details, proactive attitude regarding identifying and fixing issues.
- Capability to work in virtual teams and/or with remote clients.

Development:
- Estimate user stories and tasks
- Design the solution architecture
- Write code
- Review code from others
- Write unit-testing when necessary

General:
- Work closely with other developers, PM team and QA team.
- Work in coordination with the development team for troubleshooting and resolving issues.
- Report progress on current activities.
- Train/coach more junior people.
- Perform activities according to Agile/Scrum and traditional methodologies.
- Follow/improve development standards.

You’ll have the chance to:
- Work for international clients to solve challenges and get valuable experience, by collaborating with colleagues in local teams to feel more comfortable at the same time.
- Grow and build experience on technologies you are most interested in (that is influenced by available projects). You can get guidance when you need help.
- Get opportunities to contribute with innovative ideas to build outstanding solutions, even for other projects than your own.
- Learn many new things in a short period of time, and you will not be stuck in an obsolete technology
- Influence/change architecture and/or design of solutions, not just implement what others planned for you.

You’ll get:
- Competitive salary.
- To work in a centrally located office at Victoriei Square.
- Medical Insurance (Regina Maria - Business).
- Flexible schedule and relaxed working atmosphere. We don’t have rigid structures and you can juggle with the working interval.
- Relaxation room: gaming console, comfy couch, board games and a lot of fun.
- Team building travels.

Company details:
- Clarisoft Technologies is a custom software development company that offers dedicated digital business solutions to small, mid and large-scale enterprises.
- We have our headquarters located in the US, in Scottsdale Arizona and Pittsford, New York, and we outsource our software development services to our office in Bucharest (Victoriei Square), Romania.
- Our Romanian team has 40+ people including developers, QA, and project managers.
- For 15 years we built enterprise software and multiplatform applications that helped our clients better engage their customers and scale their business.