Senior Quality Engineer

Company Description

At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It’s what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.

Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer will be a member of NBCUniversal’s Video Platform Software Engineering organization, concentrating on Ad Sales applications.   This role will be responsible for both independently and collaboratively testing one or more applications at any given time, with a focus on automation.  The Senior Quality Engineer will build test cases from user stories and requirements, execute tests and communicate results to ensure successful product releases.

• Performs hands-on testing, programming and debugging
• Develops a deep understanding of the business objectives and requirements of NBCU’s products
• Conducts testing one or more projects, determining the appropriate automation approach
• Communicates with project teams to understand build features, requirements and releases
• Develops tests that meet functional and performance requirements and satisfy user acceptance criteria
• Works with the Scrum team to drive Test Driven Development where modules that are being worked on are tested right away for immediate feedback
• Follows existing testing tools and practices and provides recommendations for improvement
• Performs peer reviews of tests or scripts that other team members build
• Confirms user stories and requirements are met
• Ensures defects are quickly and clearly documented and communicated
• Tracks progress and provides daily and/or weekly status reports
• Anticipates and raises potential issues that impact quality or delivery
• Assists with troubleshooting production issues to determine if a potential defect exists
• Keeps current with new technologies and testing tools
• Collaborates with product to understand user stories, engineering to understand architecture and design, and operations on environments and deployments
• Guides and directs onshore and offshore consultants on the team when needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline
• 4+ years of experience with software testing
• Java programming experience
• Solid working experience with the automated testing of front end, microservices, and/or serverless applications
• Solid working experience developing test automation scripts (Java, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, and/or REST Assured)
• Experience testing REST APIs
• Experience testing relational databases and writing SQL
• Experience with issue and test management tools such as Jira, QMetry or TestRail
• Experience working with version control
• Experience integrating tests into a CI/CD pipeline
• Understanding of and experience testing in cloud environments, particularly AWS
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience within a media company
• Experience working with both remote onshore and offshore team members
• Hands-on experience with API mocking, such as WireMock
• Hands-on Performance and Load testing experience using Jmeter, or others such as Gatling and Scala
• Experience creating workflow diagrams and documenting testing plans and strategies

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $95,000 - $125,000.

Additional Information

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