QA Engineer at Vue School (full-time)

About us

Hello! We are BitterBrains, the company behind the popular learning platforms Vue School and Mastering Nuxt. We are also proud organizers of Vue.js events, including Nuxt Nation, Vue.js Nation, and Vue Forge. This year, we launched the Official Vue.js Certification program, in partnership with Evan You and the Vue.js team. Since 2016, we've had the privilege of helping over 160,000 students learn Vue.js and other web technologies and creating an online community of 500,000 developers. We take pride in making education accessible and available everywhere around the world. Our mission is to continue spreading knowledge and making developers’ life easier.

The position

We are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer to develop and execute unit, integration system and acceptance tests to ensure product quality.

You will have an in-depth knowledge of how QA works in the software industry, with great task management skills, attention to detail and be a pro-active problem solver. Able to help improve the processes to identify and maintain a set of requirements and standards.

You will design and implement tests, debugging and define corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts) and cross dependencies.

In addition you will create test strategies to make sure that the product development meet high standards. You will play an important part in the product development and customer support process.

Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs. If you enjoy providing end-to-end solutions to software quality problems, we’d like to meet you.

The position is 100% remote and you can apply from anywhere in the world, as long as you have availability to work full-time (8 hours), sharing around 4 hours with the office day of the CET timezone.

QA Engineer Duties and Responsibilities

• Liaise with product manager and developers to identify system requirements
• Review product specifications and technical documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Set the QA process objectives to support the fulfillment of all product requirements
• Create test plans, manage test activities, and monitor quality deliverables
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Conduct testing activities during appropriate development stages to eliminate bugs and flaws
• Be responsible for quality gate-keeping prior to product releases
• Document the testing results and analyze the errors to identify their root cause
• Work with product, developers, customer support and other stakeholders to support feature releases, integration flows, troubleshoot testing failures and bugs
• Communicate activities and progress
• Monitor performance and uncover system vulnerabilities through testing scenarios and bug tracking
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Understand system configuration and user personas to support end to end testing scenarios
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs across various products
• Monitor debugging process results
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions

Must have

• 4+ years proven work experience in software development
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Be accountable, trustworthy, and a good team collaborator
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Excellent communication skills (English).
• Experience in working and managing remote teams.
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments.

Nice to have

• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• Experience with deployment processes
• Knowledge of SQL and scripting
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience working for e-learning platforms.
• Experience working with data analytics

What we offer

• Work for a brand users love!
• Work with cutting-edge technologies.
• Full-time remote position on a long-term contract basis.
• Competitive salary and performance bonus structure.
• Flexible paid time off for work-life balance.
• Paid time off during your local bank holidays.
• Budget for training/equipment/conferences.
• Time to study and learn new skills.
• Company-wide target bonus of up to 12%.
• Participate in the annual company workcation trip. 🏝
• Be part of a small team of exceptional individuals based around the world.

How to Apply

• Complete this survey → Vue School | Quality Assurance Engineer Application
• Should you meet all requirements a member of the Vue School team will be in touch with next steps.

We look forward to hearing from you!