Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold and read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings, enabling them to reach audiences like never before. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language less than in sixty seconds. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads.

Quality Assurance Engineers at Amazon test products at the user level and code level, both manually and using automated tools. Our QAEs are not pure black box testers, they are able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, and write automated tests with scripting and/or user-level automated tools. QAEs at Amazon are excellent individual contributors capable of taking up tasks from start to completion with minimal help. QAEs would be responsible for understanding the domain and the product in detail and coming up with the test strategy/planning, coming up with the test cases, driving the test case sign-off processes with the stakeholders, contributing to code level Unit tests, test execution and reporting.

Key job responsibilities

As a Quality Assurance Engineer (QAE), you will join the team of hands-on, pro-active, self-motivated and seasoned SDE and QAE professionals. In this role, you will:

• Expert knowledge of QA methodology and industry-standard testing and bug tracking tools
• Ability to understand technical specifications and analyse log files.
• Ability to author complex test plans and test cases.
• Works with Software Development Engineers and influences test architecture and engineering best practices.
• Successful in driving quality through process, instrumentation, requirements and testing. - Uses domain knowledge to drive test strategy.
• Provides quality and risk assessments for related areas and teams.
• Defines quality and operational metrics within a project.
• Has detailed knowledge of test strategy for product architecture(s). Makes quality trade-offs between short-term team and long-term business needs.
• Enthusiasm to dig into technical specifications and troubleshoot problems
• Strong organizational skills, ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings

About the team

Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold and read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings, enabling them to reach audiences like never before. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language less than in sixty seconds. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in manual testing
• Experience in automation testing
• Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep hands-on technical expertise - Experience with at least one automated test framework
• Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality
• A deep understanding of automation testing by leading engineers who can write automation scripts/programs that will aid in automated testing
• Experience in at least, one modern programming language such as Python, Java or Perl
• Experience with performance and scalability testing

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