Job Details


Requisition Number 09-0024
Post Date 6/30/2009
Title QA Analyst - Manual
City Seattle
State WA
Description We are seeking a Server Side Test Engineer (SSTE) to join our technology organization. Reporting to the QA Manager, the Server Side Test Engineer will develop, maintain, and execute tests for our proprietary application servers. The candidate can distill disparate business and technical requirements into effective software tests to improve and drive overall quality. In addition, the SSTE will document test cases, expand load and regression testing, build the necessary frameworks to support integration across application server platforms, and help create testing policies.
Requirements Core Responsibilities:
• Build test library and write frameworks for testing our environment
• Develop load tests
• Help ensure that all new server software submitted has functional tests; PEAK6 is currently using FIT and FitNesse
• Develop clear reporting methods for test results
• Write test cases. Work with customers to maintain test cases
• Maintain bug/defect database and ensure that our testing infrastructure includes tests for these bugs
• Work to have automated testing frameworks covering critical components of our architecture within 3-6 months of start date

Desired Candidate Attributes:
• Must professionally communicate with and gather requirements from users, technology managers and directors
• Must be detailed-oriented
• Ability to manage multiple, simultaneous testing projects
• A thorough and demonstrable understanding of testing techniques
• Hands on problem solving in a Windows environment
• Trading environment experience helpful
Technical knowledge and Experience and Educational Requirements:
• At least 3 years experience in a structured testing environment
• Experience with a variety of testing methodologies, having created and managed software testing practices
• JSP, Ruby, and PHP programming experience required
• Perl, VBScript, and HTML skills a plus
• Experience with issue tracking, continuous integration, and WIKI technology recommended
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