Remote Quality Engineer at Costco - Unlock Your Career Potential

Join our dynamic team at Costco as a Quality Engineer and be part of one of the world's best companies to work for! We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to fill this remote-based position, with a competitive salary of $20-30/hour. As a Quality Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of our products and services, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.

Job Responsibilities

• Define the testing strategy and approach to validate new or upgraded functionality implemented by teams
• Collaborate with colleagues to break down functional and non-functional requirements into test scripts and scenarios
• Determine test conditions, including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team conditions, and communication processes
• Create and execute manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the user stories and product backlog
• Identify opportunities impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborate with teams to plan mitigation strategies
• Execute smoke, functional, integration, and non-functional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle
• Collaborate with teams to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts
• Create defects with detailed information relating to the failed test/script with supporting documentation
• Collaborate with teams to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities
• Share feedback with teams relating to the quality of sprint expectations during reviews
• Manage the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and create supporting quality reports that are communicated to stakeholders

Requirements

• 2 years of current and relevant experience as a SDET in API/UI
• 2 years of automation and testing experience with XML and web services
• At least 2 years of development experience in any scripting language
• At least 2 years of experience in Microsoft SQL and/or T-SQL
• At least 2 years of experience in backend testing, writing SQL queries, and testing stored procedures
• Proficient with Agile testing methodologies and best practices in a SDET role
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a close team environment
• Computer science and engineering skills and equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps
• Experience working with Azure, Git, JDBC, Splunk
• Experience in Unit Testing frameworks like Junit/TestNG
• Experience with UI automation tools, ideally Selenium Web Driver
• Testing and automation experience with MS VSTS technology stack, including TFS, MTM, and Lab Center
• Tomcat/Apache knowledge
• Travel industry knowledge
• Computer science degree or experience working in IT Quality Assurance and Test Automation

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