Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW NBME ® is currently seeking a
Senior Software Quality Engineer . The Software Quality Engineer will work independently or under the guidance of a senior colleague, supporting an agile team in analyzing, designing, building, and testing high quality and reliable systems. The Software Quality Engineer will review functional requirements and user stories from business partners; design test plans, write test cases, and perform testing for assigned applications. The Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for following best practices for quality assurance within a scrum team, including test case documentation, functional, regression and smoke testing, platform testing, performance testing and automated script creation. The Software Quality Engineer will submit and verify defects, maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and software modifications, analyze test results to certify functionality and integrations and recommend corrective action upon failures.
This role has been designated as primarily remote which means it generally does not require onsite work more than an average of 2-3 times per month and may require additional prescheduled onsite work. We're open to considering candidates in the following states: PA, NJ, DE and MD.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement At NBME ®, we continue to innovate and improve how we fulfill the evolving needs of the health care community. This commitment starts and ends with the people at NBME. By recruiting and empowering talented individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds, which includes professionals with diverse life experiences, abilities, and perspectives, NBME can take a well-informed, robust approach to advancing medical education and assessment for years to come. We also continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, workplace culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community and the broader medical education landscape.
RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead the planning and execution of all phases of the quality assurance process for large-scale and complex software applications, working independently and collaboratively with one or more teams.
- Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution.
- Work closely with developers to identify and resolve bugs.
- Apply appropriate testing methods to ensure the systems will meet expected load and performance criteria.
- Ensure successful deployment of products into the market.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of systems/applications, their interrelatedness, and role in achieving business objectives as evidenced by designing and executing end to end tests that replicate user journeys across multiple applications.
- Lead eliciting, documenting, analyzing and confirmation of a subset of user stories.
- Review product user interfaces for conformity to design guidelines and functionality across various browsers.
- Mentor and coach other team members including developers on quality process and share business process knowledge to help other team members with testing. Delegate and oversee test execution and defect verification by other NBME staff or vendor resources.
- Lead test automation targets for the team by managing test automation planning and leading test automation strategies within domains.
- Provide 1st level of support on use and process of QA tools (ie. Jira, Zephyr, etc...) to other scrum team members as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS Skills and Abilities - Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and technologies.
- Well-versed in industry-standard testing frameworks and test automation tools.
- Proficient in various testing techniques, such as functional testing, performance testing, and regression testing.
- Knowledge of programming languages, databases, and operating systems to effectively test the software.
- Strong understanding of integration points between Cloud and On-prem applications to effectively test the software.
- Impart functional and testing expertise to less experienced team members.
Experience - 5+ years of experience in quality assurance.
- 2+ years of experience testing Salesforce applications.
Education Bachelor's degree in related major or equivalent experience.
About NBME: NBME offers a versatile selection of high-quality assessments and educational services for students, professionals, educators, regulators and institutions dedicated to the evolving needs of medical education and health care. To ensure our assessments meet the highest standards of quality, stay relevant and align to the current curriculum in medical schools and training programs, we rely on a wide network of collaborators. These include the volunteers who help develop our exam questions, the committees and panels who represent various groups within the medical education community, external researchers and health profession organizations.
We are committed to meeting the needs of educators and learners globally with assessment products and expert services such as NBME® , , s, the and . Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards, NBME develops and manages the , which measures the ability to apply knowledge and skills that form the basis of safe and effective patient care. Our Competency-based Assessment unit is focused on new methods as well as the optimization of assessment in the workplace and education.
As a result of leadership in ongoing research, innovative measurement practices and the exploration of forward-thinking assessment modalities and improvements, NBME advances assessment science. Our grant and funding opportunities further support this dedication to medical education and assessment science. We help develop the next generation of assessment professionals through our . Through the , and , researchers and educators can continue to improve the assessment of health care professionals around the world.
NBME views diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as foundational and enduring to our strategy and vision. We continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community and the broader medical education landscape. Our commitment manifests in our hiring and staff development, recruitment for committees, grants programs, design and review of our assessments, and involvement in our local and national communities.
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The NBME offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a rewarding work environment. Excellent Benefits include: Healthcare, Dental, Prescription, and Vision plans; 401(k) w/match, Tuition Reimbursement Plan, Commuter Benefit: Public Transit or Parking options. Remote Friendly Workplace.
NBME is an equal opportunity employer as defined by the EEOC.
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