QA Engineer

NameMedia  is hiring! Join a cutting edge technology company that has created the world’s largest domain marketplace.  NameMedia produces some high traffic sites, including Buydomains.com and Afternic.com.   NameMedia is a fast-paced, fun and technically challenging environment:  we demand a lot of each other, and ourselves. Driven by a partner network that includes 8 of the world’s 10 largest registrars, we receive over 20 search requests per second.  At NameMedia you’ll enjoy the opportunity to work in an open source environment. This is a casual work environment with flexible schedules and great benefits.

Namemedia is looking for QA star to assist in delivering high-quality, high-visibility, high-traffic customer facing web sites and company-internal 24 x 7 web applications. The successful candidate will have a passion for designing, building and executing automated and manual tests against Java and Web applications. The individual will work with the team to identify and implement best practices to ensure the software performs as expected and will be an integral part of all team deliverables. This is a fast paced, high energy environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining testing framework
• Developing and executing automated and manual test scripts and effectively communicating test results
• Partnering with development on component level testing
• Bug tracking and validation basing upon project goals and priorities/criteria
• Verify usability, function, performance and scalability

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years experience providing QA Automation services for high-traffic, mission critical, Internet applications
• 3-5 years experience in testing web applications required
• Experience testing AJAX-enabled applications
• Expert in automated testing of dynamic web sites and applications based on Java/ Linux/MySql technologies.
• Extensive automation experience with functional, regression, and performance testing tools (SilkTest, Selenium, SilkPerformer, JUnit, WAPT…).
• Experience with Behavior (or Test) Driven Development frameworks.
• Must be well versed in QA methodology and quality metrics.
• Experience with Java, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Expert in cross-browser testing (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome).
• Experience with RDBMS is preferred; MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, clearly, and persuasively on technical issues and their alternatives is required.
• Self-motivated, thrives in an intense, dynamic environment.
• Candidate should also possess the ability to work under pressure with extreme deadlines, prioritize projects, and maintain focus and sense of humor.
• Should be innovative, a creative and quick thinker, a fast learner, take pride in a work, assertive with a commitment to product quality, and a team player.
• We are looking for an individual with strong analytical ability, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a positive attitude.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Contact Us for more information:

Send your resume today to jobs@namemedia.com