Amazon Quality Assurance Engineer Alexa Communications 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

214482862

We are looking for talented Quality Assurance Engineers (QAEs) who are not pure black box testers; they are able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, drive testing at the appropriate levels and write automated tests with scripts and/or user-level automated tools. They work with Software Development Engineers(SDEs) and Business Owners to understand technical implementation of features and develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments. QAEs drive the software development process towards quality focused methodologies, always seeking to avoid defects or find them earlier in the process.In this role, you will:*Review requirements/user interaction designs to ensure we are delivering top quality customer experience
*Work with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how each feature is implemented. Understand performance impacts over the product.
*Build test strategies, create test plans and test cases
*Automate tests using internal and open source tools & infrastructure
*Review product/user interface for conformity to design guidelines
*Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution
*Interpret and report testing results, and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development processSeattle, WA, USA

- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
- Experience in manual testing
- Experience in automation testing
- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium
- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality
- Bachelor's degree