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QA Engineer I 

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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

Ascentis offers easy-to-use human capital management software (HCM) consisting of web-based HRIS, recruiting, online payroll solutions, talent management and timekeeping management that support greater business efficiency and accuracy. Ascentis provides world-class customer service and continues to add software offerings to its portfolio of workforce and human capital management solutions. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with offices in Montevideo, Uruguay, Ascentis has attained industry recognition as one of the fastest growing private companies in the software industry.


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GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Quality Assurance Engineer will work as part of an agile team designing and executing test plans and test cases, in automated fashion when possible given technical and economical constraints. He/she will be passionate about delivering software products that meet or exceed the quality standards set for our solutions compliance, functional and performance requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Review user stories and requirements and provide feedback related to testability and effort estimate from a quality assurance perspective

  • Create test plans and test cases

  • Work as part of a team creating suites of automated tests covering the applications worked on

  • Identify, record, document and track bugs found internally and reported externally to the development organization

  • Collaborate with Senior QA Engineers and Software Engineers to ensure their interpretation of requirements is correct and their unit testing strategies are sound

  • Track quality assurance metrics, such as defect density and open defect counts, as required by Senior QA Engineers or Architects

  • Stay current as regards to new testing tools and strategies

 
Position Requirements

SKILL AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • High level of spoken and written English language

  • Experience with automated testing platforms and languages a strong plus

  • Experience writing test plans and test cases

  • Hands-on experience with white box and black box testing

  • Experience with Object Oriented design and development

  • Knowledge of TDD and/or BDD concepts is a plus

  • Experience with SOA architectures is a plus

  • Experience using code versioning tools such as Git and Mercurial is a plus

  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment is a plus

  • Self-starter and ability to think outside the box

  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

CULTURAL FIT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • The individual will be aligned with Ascentis Cultural Norms:

    • Chase It! Passionately pursue growth. Proactively seek opportunities to challenge yourself and grow personally and professionally

    • Crush It! Relentlessly deliver on commitments. Start with the goal, set the expectations and ‘grit it done’

    • Own It! Empower yourself to fail at full speed. Fail quickly, learn as you go, and reach for success faster

    • Sense It! Obsess over clients. Understand the core client needs and solve them more effectively than anyone else

    • Team It! Collaborate fearlessly. Zealously seek collaboration thorough open and honest dialogue, racing to the conflict to achieve the best outcomes

  • Generous. Natural tendency to be a “teacher” and mentor of less experienced engineers;

  • Open minded. Hungry for learning new things. Go wide and/or deep as the challenge requires;

  • Team minded. Software development is a team sport, we all win or lose together;

  • Self motivated. Work based on the challenges themselves no matter the level of direction received;

  • Resilient. Failures will happen. It’s unavoidable when moving fast. Stand up, learn from them and keep going.

EDUCATION:

  • Computer Science or equivalent degree

WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • 1+ years of experience working and delivering quality software products

 
Location Uruguay  
About the Organization The Ascentis mission is to create innovative products that are easy to use for the often under-served mid-market that cover the full Human Capital Management (HCM) suite. This full suite approach combined with an amazing team equals success!





We at Ascentis firmly believe that a product is only as good as the people behind it. Whether it's platform development, technology maintenance, client support, product management, sales or operations, all of our employees see the direct impact of their work. As a leader and one of the fastest growing 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) companies in the Human Capital Management space, Ascentis focuses on hiring talented and motivated people from diverse backgrounds. If you want to channel your ambition and drive for success, you belong with Ascentis!





Ascentis has grown tremendously over the last 3 years. Recently, we announced a majority recapitalization by global growth equity investor Summit Partners. Summit invests across growth sectors of the global economy and has invested in more than 440 companies in technology, healthcare, life sciences and other growth industries. These companies have completed more than 140 public equity offerings. So, needless to say, we are all extremely excited with where we are headed!







 

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