Quality Assurance Engineer

A2Z Development Center, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies, is looking for a talented quality engineer to join us in revolutionizing the digital music customer experience. Our team works on Amazon's leading digital music products on Android, Kindle, and other platforms. We have a strong focus on quality, so we like continuous integration and automated test frameworks. We love to work with smart people who have a strong sense of ownership. Join us in bringing awesome music products to millions.

Position Overview:

You will be responsible for all testing of an application across all supported mobile platforms (example: Android, iOS, web based, etc.).
You will develop, maintain, and execute test plans and test cases.
You will develop and maintain test automation scripts and tools.
You will ensure comprehensive test coverage by working closely with the product team to prioritize testing execution and report on test execution progress and results.
You will work closely with the engineering team.
You will participate in design and specification reviews, and use this information to design test plans and test automation.
You will promote QA productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices.
You will promote a culture of quality throughout the organization.
You will interact and collaborate with the other development groups at A2Z Development Center, Inc. and affiliated companies.

We are located in downtown San Francisco, CA, easy to reach by bike, bus, MUNI and BART.

A2Z Development Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience:

5+ years in Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering
Working knowledge of black box and white box testing, and a strong understanding of and experience with SQA methodologies, techniques and approaches
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Strong desire to deliver an excellent customer experience
Exposure to testing client/server software
Track record of building and maintaining excellent working relationships with peers
BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Ability to manage small projects: organized, independent, and results-oriented.
Good scripting skills and experience in Shell, Perl, or equivalent.
Experience using JIRA, Perforce, Ant or similar tools.
Superb analytical skills, excellent communication, strong team ethic, and attention to details - be meticulous!

Preferred Experience:

Experience working in a related technical integration capacity (build/integration engineer)
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
Demonstrated competence documenting product information and communicating it to others.
Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners.

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