Posting Date : 1/3/2018

Job# : 1183815

Employment Type : Temp

Category : Product Engineering

Job Title : Software QA Engineer (Automation)

Location : Portland, OR

Sr QA Engineer - Product Engineering



Who you are...
You see the value in Quality Assurance. You enjoy digging into bugs, and finding out why something is failing. You're highly organized and can be successful even when given limited documentation.

You are a QA Engineer that enjoys working on multi-tier architecture products. You have a background in both Manual and Automated testing, but primarily you've focused on the automation end.

You see the big picture when looking at an application. You understand how the different components affect one another. If given a tight timeline, you're able to prioritize your own time to make the largest impact.

Must haves...


• Significant experience testing REST API's
• Background in Automated testing.
• Experience testing Web-based applications.
• Proficiency with Python when it comes to creating automation scripts, but general understanding of object-oriented programming
• Experience with database validation
Traits for Success...

• Passionate about the work, and quality of the results you produce.
• Looks forward to collaborating with co-workers on finding the best solution to a problem.
• Able to succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience...


• 3-5 years of experience in automation testing
• Experience reviewing requirements for testability and clarity
• Minimum B.S. degree in computer science or a related field; or equivalent work experience and/or education in lieu of a degree
• Experience with AWS is a big plus

About the Product Engineering Team....
Comprised of nearly 200 professionals, NWEA's Product Engineering team offers our employees the ability to work with cutting-edge technologies, on a platform that has one of the highest concurrency applications in the Portland Metro area, that assesses nearly 10 million students annually across the world.
Our Product Engineering group is made up of large-scale teams focused across many tech fields like infrastructure, applications engineering, business analysis, operations, QA, and solutions delivery.

About us....
Founded by educators nearly 40 years ago, NWEA™ is a global not-for-profit educational services organization known for our flagship interim assessment, Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®).
More than 7,400 partners in U.S. schools, districts, education agencies, and international schools trust us to offer pre-kindergarten through grade 12 assessments that accurately measure student growth and learning needs, professional development that fosters educators' ability to accelerate student learning, and research that supports assessment validity and data interpretation.