Klir is on a mission to make water better. Our customers are global leaders in water management.
We are looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer that can help us build-in quality to every aspect of our platform.
In this role, you ensure the team achieves built-in code quality. You develop QA test plans, and drive the testing strategies and quality metrics that help us deliver a solid enterprise solution. You set quality standards and provide feedback to help us meet our goals. You build upon experience in software testing tools and frameworks to help us implement automation to deliver a validated release with minimal delay. You advocate quality policies that guide the entire team, and collaborate with management on estimation, resource planning, and team development.
Responsibilities
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Collaborating with developers to solve application faults.
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Planning test
schedules and test strategies to meet team
delivery objectives
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Creating and
maintaining company documentation,
such as quality manuals
and quality procedures.
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Engaging all team members
within Klir in quality improvements and testing.
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Instructing and mentoring
team mates as a leader in QA practices, with support
and oversight.
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Providing feedback
and constructive advice to develop and grow
capability within the team.
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Meeting with the
software design team to plan test coverage and
verification methods.
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Identifying software application weaknesses and
target areas.
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Prioritizing and
planning bug-fix efforts.
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Planning and
delivery of initiatives to automate
testing and tools that support QA
goals.
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Writing automation
scripts and implementing software applications.
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Troubleshooting automation software and finalizing
system procedures.
Requirements
Essential:
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Minimum
5 years of
experience in a Software QA, with at
least 2 years leading a QA team.
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Broad
experience on-boarding and using test
automation tools and platforms.
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Expertise in principles
and methods for software testing.
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Agile
QA and test-driven development (TDD) practices.
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Customer
advocacy and customer focus.
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Effective verbal and
written communication.
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Estimating and
prioritizing work.
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Previous
experience in creating test strategy and test plans on
major projects
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Strong
SQL query-writing skills (SQLServer, Oracle )
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Experience
in an
early-stage start up or
proven
track record
operating in earliest
stages
of a product.
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Excellent organizational
and problem-solving skills, with a broad base of
knowledge in the areas of technology and communications
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Work in
GMT -4 timezone hours
Desirable:
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Proficiency with
automation tools like Selenium, Playright and Testproject.io
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Proficiency with test
management tools like Azure DevOps or JIRA
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Experience
navigating and understanding code, using software
languages like C# and Javascript
Personal attributes:
The ideal candidate:
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You thrive equally in strategy and execution. You are
inventive and resourceful and can turn your ideas
quickly into implementations. We move fast, but we are smart about it.
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You are
entrepreneurial at heart, but methodical in your approach.
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You love
to learn about your craft and your own personal development.
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You get
a rush when you’re super busy and getting a lot
done. You get a super rush when your efforts land a win.
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You would rather just try a new idea than spend days
talking about it.
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You believe in collaboration and enjoy adding value and
getting value by engaging with every department that
touches the customer experience.
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You’re
probably your own toughest critic and have an
internal drive to succeed and help others do the same.
You never want to be the weak link, but the strongest.
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You are passionate about water and ensuring that the developed
world has enough safe and secure water needed to
sustain our species for generations to come.
Benefits
Why work at Klir?
Our Commitment to you:
- We remunerate you well with a competitive salary and
benefits for your market. Operating at your best,
you can't worry about your quality of life at home.
- We commit that you have an opportunity to use your
talents to leave a factual lasting legacy for our
species for generations to come.
- By working with a Y-Combinator market leading company,
we commit that you have an opportunity to challenge
yourself to be the best you can be.
- We commit to give you the opportunity to work in a
team that understands life is far too important to take
seriously. Obviously, we are doing a crucial job
but we have fun while doing it.
- We commit to giving you the opportunity to work with a
group of people that value honesty and audaciousness, that
stand up straight & stick together no matter
what and aspire to be the difference between good
and great.
- We are committed to doing our best to make you
successful. The leader's sense of purpose is to help
you to be the best version of yourself. We achieve
this with fearless feedback, focus on growth and transparency.
