About the Job
As Zendesk expands its software engineering team, we're seeking a seasoned QA Engineer who will play a crucial role in driving our backend processes and products to new heights.
Operating on a global scale with over 130,000 customers, Zendesk leverages a vast suite of technologies in a large-scale distributed system. Our tech stack includes JavaScript ES6, TypeScript, Node.js, and Cypress. Experience with K6 or any other performance testing framework is viewed as a bonus.
What You'll Be Doing?
As a Senior QA Engineer, your duties will include:
- Defining and implementing a comprehensive testing strategy, including manual and automated testing.
- Proactively monitoring and identifying bottlenecks in system performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Writing reusable, testable, and maintainable test code using best practices, design patterns, and company standards.
- Reporting change logs between releases.
- Identifying, defining, and improving strategic processes related to testing and quality assurance
- Conduct smooth deployments to the product by acting as a release manager.
- Building relationships with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and customer-facing teams.
- Contributing to broader initiatives within their tech group and sharing testing knowledge with the team.
- Contributing with the product team to validate requirements and elaborate on potential test cases.
- Reviewing quality specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
- Implementation of appropriate testing methodologies
- Estimating, prioritizing, planning, and coordinating quality testing activities
- Review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics
- Coordinate fixes with the development team on identified issues and regressions to reach a stable release
- Perform software testing in all phases of the design-develop-test-release-maintain software life cycle
- Plan testing coverage and proactively contribute with new ideas and processes to reduce regressions
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What Would You Bring to the Team?
Ideal candidates should have:
- 4+ years of professional experience as a QA engineer, with at least 2 years of professional experience working with automated testing.
- Proven experience with JavaScript, Cypress, Docker, CI/CD tools, and Node.js.
- Desired experience with K6.
- In-depth understanding of programming best practices, distributed system concepts (eventual consistency, timeouts, partitioning, circuit breaking, etc.), and the SDLC.
- Exceptional communication skills - you can clearly express your ideas and actively listen to others.
- Experience with various development methodologies, such as Agile and Scrum, and software testing platforms or environments
- Adaptability and an open mind - you excel in managing changes.
- A passion for learning, mentoring other engineers, and driving continuous improvement.
What Will You Get from Us?
By joining our team, you can expect:
- The opportunity to grow by tackling challenging problems and driving complex software projects.
- Collaboration with a team of passionate individuals who enjoy what they do and are always willing to assist.
- A high level of flexibility that allows you to adjust your workday to fit your needs and circumstances.
- A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
We can't wait to hear from you as we continue to grow and uphold our commitment to bringing the best to our employees, our products, and our customers.
Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.
Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.
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