Quality Assurance Engineer - Alexa Voice Service

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Interested in Amazon Alexa and the future of voice-powered connected devices? Come work on it! We’re building software solutions to enable Alexa's capabilities everyone and working with industry leaders to bring delightful voice experiences to third party speakers, sound bars, televisions, smart displays and more! We’re working hard, having fun, and making history!
We're looking for individuals that are passionate about greenfield engineering and seeking the opportunity to deliver delightful experiences to millions of customers. You will have the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality experiences that define how customers interact with Alexa. You’ll own your work from test strategy, design to execution, scale it and ensure its operational excellence in production.

QA Engineers test code through a variety of methods, which include: manual test cases, writing test automation, and use of various tools. Our QA Engineers use black box, gray box, and white box testing techniques; they are able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, and write automated tests and/or user-level test automation tools. Software QA Engineers work with Software Development Engineers to understand features and technical implementation. Software QA Engineers also work with groups such as Product Management, User Experience Design, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests. Software QA Engineers are also responsible for driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Ability to design and architect test solutions for various ambiguous quality challenges
· Ability to prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities.
· Ability to write complex test scripts that are portable, re-usable, and maintainable
· Hands-on, detail-oriented, and organized
· Excellent problem solving skills
· Communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to review requirements, describe software product features, test plans and product strategy
· Working with cloud architecture, web services, and web sites
· Testing mobile and web applications with Java and JavaScript
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
· 2+ years relevant work experience
· Experienced in industry standard testing methodologies and tools
· Programming experience in at least one programming language, such as Java, JavaScript or Python
· Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality
· Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects, driving quality in every aspect