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Sr QA Engineer

Boston | Norwalk | Rochester

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description:

You will report to the Manager of Quality Assurance. This is located only in Norwalk, Rochester, or Boston. 

Does This Describe You:  

You’re a highly skilled, technical problem solver; a team player; and have a passion for software quality and customer advocacy.  You have an understanding of full technology stack and enjoy digging into code.  You enjoy working in a fast paced environment utilizing the latest technology.  

A Look Inside the Job:  

  • Participate as a quality ambassador, engineer and eyes of the customer as a member of an agile software development team
  • Identify creative ways to break the products, uncover and report defects as well as validate solutions
  • Identify test strategies that transition into detailed test specifications for existing and new features
  • Ensure/advocate for delivery of automated tests as part of the development lifecycle as well as participating in the implementation of automated tests
  • Participate in release processes for your assigned projects
  • Drive effective and open communication regarding test timelines, schedules and status reports, issues, risk, and product quality across all levels of the engineering and product organizations
  • Provide mentorship with your peers in QA, Engineering, and Product on testing and QA; Partner with them to set product quality measurements and goals
  • Ability to maintain a dynamic, complex, and ever-changing test environment
  • Bring a fresh perspective by recommending improvements to the QA methodology

About You:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or Software Engineering; or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance with the ability to read and understand code, and verify acceptance criteria
  • Highly technical, with a proven commitment to quality and a solid understanding of test concepts, practices, and procedures; ability to document robust test procedures and bugs
  • Strong root cause analysis and troubleshooting skills
  • Experience identifying opportunities for automation and implementing automated test cases, Python and Pytest Framework experience preferred
  • Experience working in an agile environment
  • Experience with software configuration management and version control (GitLab a plus)
  • Experience testing APIs (cURL, Postman, etc) and implementing API automated testing
  • Proficient with Linux and shell scripting (equivalent Windows/Powershell knowledge a plus)
  • Able to write and understand basic SQL queries
  • Knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and concepts
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Able to find opportunities for improvement and tackle them without external direction
  • Ability to think outside of the box
  • Dedication to collaboration
  • Deep understanding of software product lifecycles
  • Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, KVM and containers

Bonus Points:

  • Patience is key
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming concepts
  • Experience with data visualization tools such as Kibana
  • Experience with monitoring services such as Datadog and Grafana
  • Knowledge of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, Multicast, Unicast, VLAN, OSI, etc.)
  • Knowledge of infrastructure (e.g., firewalls, iptables, ipsec, hypervisor, storage, monitoring, security, etc.) and have experience working with a cloud solution
  • Familiar with coding style standards such as PEP8
  • Experience interpreting Windows crash dumps and strong understanding of storage filter drivers

Note: We are looking only for candidates willing to join us directly as W2 employees (No 3rd party candidates)

At Datto, we believe our employees are our greatest asset and offer all full-time employees a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

  • Comprehensive health-care benefits
  • Free lunch every Friday
  • Flexible paid time off policy
  • Free food, drinks, and fresh organic fruit
  • Fitness reimbursement
  • Charity match program
  • Education reimbursement
  • And more!

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Datto is an equal opportunity employer.

Sr QA Engineer

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