Software QA Engineer
DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Wayne • United States
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About the role
- Ensure the quality and reliability of DMA’s software solutions through the design, development, and execution of manual and automated testing processes.
- Collaborate with development teams and stakeholders to validate functionality, performance, and compliance with business requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts and support agile delivery practices.
- Design, execute, and maintain test cases, test data, and test scripts for manual and automated testing.
- Perform functional, non-functional, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Participate in sprint planning, QA reviews, and project meetings.
- Assist with documenting and reporting defects and enhancements using Jira or similar issue tracking tools.
- Collaborate with developers and business analysts to understand requirements and create targeted test scenarios.
- Assist in risk analysis and quality assessments for project releases.
- Assist with establishing realistic estimates for tasks.
- Mentor and provide guidance to team members.
- Assist with diagnosing and triage of software issues; determine and document root causes.
- Support the generation and accuracy of QA documentation and reporting.
- Ensure adherence to approved development and testing methodologies.
- Contribute to QA documentation and process improvement initiatives.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of automation tools such as Selenium.
- Provide oversight to ensure quality standards and best practices are followed across projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in QA, testing web-based applications, or programming.
- Experience with Jira and Selenium is highly preferred
- Familiarity with financial or business process applications is a plus.
- Intermediate understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Experience with automated testing tools.
- Basic familiarity with Agile development and QA methodologies.
- Experience with GitLab and Chrome.
- Basic understanding of relational databases, object-relational mapping, and distributed systems.
- Basic understanding of web development and related technologies.
- Intermediate attention to detail and analytical thinking.
- Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work effectively in a team environment.
- Intermediate time management and organizational abilities.
- Intermediate listening skills.
Benefits
- Employee stock ownership program eligibility begins on day one of employment (ESOP contribution is targeted at 6% of your annual compensation)
- Company paid parental leave
- Generous time off package
- Multiple benefit plans, eligibility begins on day one of employment
- Culturally focused on work/life balance, and the overall wellness of our employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
manual testingautomated testingfunctional testingnon-functional testingregression testinguser acceptance testingtest case designtest script executionrisk analysisquality assessment
Soft Skills
attention to detailanalytical thinkingverbal communicationwritten communicationtime managementorganizational abilitieslistening skillsmentoringcollaborationproblem-solving