QA Manager

Our client is seeking Quality Assurance Engineers to work with our Product Development teams, as well as work on new groundbreaking applications designed for the hotel associates and guests. We are looking for passionate Engineers who strive to be an advocate for our customers, helping us to deliver the highest-quality product possible to our consumers. Terms like API Faade make you smile. You love open source and are willing to contribute back to the communities. You want to help software take over the world, and help provide Authentic Hospitality in the process. You want mobile apps to be first class citizens in the software world with capabilities equal to or better than WebApps. You like to laugh in the face of adversity. You are a maker and you are driven by the thought of seeing your creation in the hands of millions of customers. You like the challenge of simplifying complex systems, and you always consider the big picture even when acting locally. You are a pleasure to work with and value a great company culture. This position is within the Office of the CTO in the Global Operations Center at corporate offices located in downtown Chicago.

The position responsibilities outlined below are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide comprehensive quality review for all feature development, and strive to provide automation for all aspects of the quality review process.
• Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements.
• Work closely with the Product Development group to plan and negotiate iterative development cycles in an agile environment.
• Collaborate with the Operations team to build infrastructure and care for associated properties in production, as Tier 3 support.
• Apply DevOps tools and culture to deliver software to production early and often, with highly automated and reliable procedures.
• Work closely with development and business teams to communicate problem impacts and to understand business requirements.
• Track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize results.
• Use creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness.
• Communicate cross-functionally across management levels in formal and informal settings.
• Use testing web technologies, services, and physical devices with an understanding of Java technologies, XML, JS, CSS, and HTML to automate and deliver robust test suites.
• Write quality code for testing in high level languages (e.g., Java).
• Enjoy Agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery.
• Build upon platforms composed of loosely coupled, contractually obligated services.
• Mentor more-junior developers, while often receiving guidance from more experienced mentors.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Jenkins, OpenStack, and more.
• 5+ years overall QA/Development experience.
• Demonstrated experience in test planning, test design, test strategy, and test execution.
• Demonstrated use of tools or harnesses to enable more effective script creation and execution.
• A history of working closely with Developers and Engineers to implement these designs.
• A history of providing recommendations for improving how systems are designed and tested across an organization or company.
• Skilled and passionate about development
• Eager to expand your influence in surrounding areas.
• Software craftsman who values quality over quantity, but you are not a zealot or perfectionist.
• Experience in Clouds and everything SaaS. You like to build upon platforms composed of loosely coupled, contractually obligated services.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

EDUCATION:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience

Salary/ Rate: $70/hour (depends on experience level). This is a contract position with candidates expected to work 40 hours/ week.