QA Manual Tester
$ 20k USD/year $ 10 USD/hour
40h/week
Remote Position
Long-term
Does the thought of using cutting edge techniques and tools to empower quality assurance excites you? Do you wish to be the part of a team responsible for the technical delivery of a multi-million dollar revenue per year enterprise software product? If so, this role is for you.
Why Crossover?
Be a part of the fastest growing private equity portfolio in the world. Join our rapidly expanding partner network. Support an expanding global network of clients. A key benefit of Crossover is that all our roles are location independent. Live and work anywhere: work from home, a coffee shop or at one of the many co-working spaces Crossover partners can access and collaborate.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
INTERESTED? APPLY NOW!
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Crossover is looking for quality assurance software testers to work on multiple products, technologies, and environments, documenting and recording high quality test cases.
Our software testers are expected to be able to walk through features or products and identify problems, file bugs in product with a detailed description of the path of arrival to the bug as well as the bug itself.
You will be part of a team responsible for the technical delivery of a multi-million dollar revenue per year enterprise software product. That team is responsible to ensure that the customers are blown away by the technical differentiation and quality of the product.
We are empowering quality assurance and creating higher quality applications by using the latest technologies and toolsets. We are excited about using data to make decisions, we are bringing big data and analysis to software testing. We are on the cutting edge of quality assurance, and we innovate improvements on the newest technologies and techniques. We want people who are adaptable and can learn new things, and can use new ideas and concepts to solve business problems.
This position is 100% remote.
BOOTCAMP PROGRAM
To be considered for this position you are required to take part in a mandatory training series and tests included in our 4-week Bootcamp program.
After grading your tests, you will be eligible to take the Bootcamp which is usually held within a week of obtaining your test results. You will be paid the full-time rate for 40 hours per week for four weeks.
Once the Bootcamp tests are complete, we will be able to evaluate you for the position correctly. Bootcamp is a very tough training program, and only an average of 50% of attendees can finish it. Taking the Bootcamp doesn’t guarantee that you will be hired, but it is a requirement as part of the hiring process.
To be considered for this position you are required to take part in a mandatory training series and tests included in our 4-week Bootcamp program.
After grading your tests, you will be eligible to take the Bootcamp which is usually held within a week of obtaining your test results. You will be paid the full-time rate for 40 hours per week for four weeks.
Once the Bootcamp tests are complete, we will be able to evaluate you for the position correctly. Bootcamp is a very tough training program, and only an average of 50% of attendees can finish it. Taking the Bootcamp doesn’t guarantee that you will be hired, but it is a requirement as part of the hiring process.
ONLINE HIRING EVENT
A hiring event is a scheduled online event where all our relevant testing relating to a role is conducted on the same day. Submissions received during the event are graded the following week, and successful candidates notified if they have progressed to the next round which is an online interview with a Hiring Manager.
A hiring event is a scheduled online event where all our relevant testing relating to a role is conducted on the same day. Submissions received during the event are graded the following week, and successful candidates notified if they have progressed to the next round which is an online interview with a Hiring Manager.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIESWrite industry standard defect reports
Defect classification and issue severity rating
Black box and gray box testing
Integration, system, and regression testing
Use case analysis and test case writing
Exploratory testing
Creation and executions of test plans
Agile methodologies e.g. SCRUM
Defect management tools such as JIRA
Customer use cases
Test documentation
Familiarity with ISO 9000, IEEE 730-2014, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119, CMMi or in another Total Quality Management (TQM) program is a plus
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTSBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
3+ years of QA experience – manual testing execution and test case documentation
Experience designing and updating test campaigns based on formal/informal requirements
Team player, methodical, pragmatic, self-starter, process-driven and results oriented.
Familiarity with test writing tools like TestRail, HP ALM/QC, TestLink, Confluence
Experience of bug tracking tools like Jira, Bugzilla, HP ALM/QC etc
Experience in Features testing, Bugs testing, Regression testing, System Testing, Performance Testing for web based enterprise applications and products
Awareness of testing techniques like Equivalence partitioning, Boundary value analysis, Decision table testing, Exploratory testing
Comfortable “working virtually” with teammates and customers around the world. We do a lot of Skype and video conferencing
Good proficiency in English language
WHAT CROSSOVER MEMBERS SAY ABOUT THIS ROLE
CAREER PATH
YES - YOU WON'T STOP HERE!
YES - YOU WON'T STOP HERE!
| Job Title | QA Software Engineer | QA Software Architect | QA Chief Software Architect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation | $15/hr (~$30k/yr) | $30/hr (~$60k/yr) | $50/hr (~$100k/yr) |
| Role Type | Test Engineer | Senior Test Architect | Test Automation Chief Architect and responsible for implementing technology decisions; testing new frameworks and taking decisions on architecture framework |
| Total Organizational Size | $15/hr (~$30k/yr) | $30/hr (~$60k/yr) | $50/hr (~$100k/yr) |
| Job Title (at typical previous job) | Junior Developer Developer Software Engineer Software Tester |
Senior Developer Architect Lead Developer Senior Tester |
Chief Architect Senior Technical Architect Chief Automation Engineer |
| A good fit for... | 3 + years hands on testing experience.
3+ year test automation experience Strong in one technology but willing to learn new technologies Strong communication skills (listening, questioning, talking to the point, fluent English) Good knowledge in Engineering practices (CI, CD, Branching strategies, Testing types) Good knowledge in application's architecture (3-tier app, SOA, Caching, AWS, Docker) Inclination to get things done based on clear/aggressive goals setting and improving on productivity metrics |
5 + years of hands on development experience with 3+ years in an architect or similar position.
3+ years test automation experience Adept at various technologies and test automation tools Participated in teams on test automation technical strategy Strong communication skills (listening, questioning, talking to the point, fluent English) Very good knowledge in Engineering practices (CI, CD, Branching strategies, Testing types) Very good knowledge in application's architecture (3-tier app, SOA, Caching, AWS, Docker) Inclination to get things done based on clear/aggressive goals setting and improving on productivity metrics |
8 + years of hands on development experience with 3 + years in an architect or similar position.
3+ years test automation experience Adept at various technologies and test automation tools Recent experience in heading test automation technical strategy Strong communication skills (listening, questioning, talking to the point, fluent English) and ability to communicate with business stakeholders Firm belief in well defined processes and workflows, ability to establish them and make sure they are executed by everyone and without exceptions. Excellent knowledge of Engineering practices (CI, CD, Branching strategies, Testing types) Excellent knowledge in application's architecture (3-tier app, SOA, Caching, AWS, Docker) Inclination to get things done based on clear/aggressive goals setting and improving on productivity metrics |
| Core Deliverables | A team member of a central test automation engineering function delivering value to all products across the organisation.
Responsible for delivery of new automation tests based on well defined manual test specifications and meeting weekly/ quarterly goal targets |
A team member of a central test automation engineering function delivering value to all products across the organisation.
Responsible for delivery of new automation tests based on well defined manual test specifications and meeting weekly/ quarterly goal targets |
Responsible for a test automation framework, overall test architecture and health, day to day and strategic technical decisions and technical product team leadership |
| Architect-level Technical Experience | NO | YES | YES |
| Communication Requirements | $15/hr (~$30k/yr) | $30/hr (~$60k/yr) | $50/hr (~$100k/yr) |
| Management experience | NO | PREFERABLE | YES |
| Management experience | $15/hr (~$30k/yr) | $30/hr (~$60k/yr) | $50/hr (~$100k/yr) |
| Interviews, Trains, and Coaches resources. Reviews work and makes decisions simpler and more clear. | NO | NO | YES |
THE HIRING MANAGER
carreer growth opportunities
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Learn
Learn and Use Disruptive Technologies: Crossover is your chance to learn cutting-edge new technologies in AI, Machine Learning, Big Data analysis, NLP, Cloud services etc and also know how and when to use them.
Experience the Scale and Intensity : Crossover gives you an unprecedented visibility to the top technology companies throughout the globe and gives you an opportunity to work on multi-million dollar revenue products processing millions of transactions using revolutionary and radically differentiated processes in a high intensity environment.
Continual Improvement: With our culture of setting SMART goals, you will receive candid feedback weekly instead of waiting for quarterly or annual reviews to help you take timely corrective actions for your overall learning and development.
