QA Engineer [Talents Bench]

Metal Toad is an award\-winning AWS Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Services provider company based in the USA. We help our customers with their cloud adoption by providing architecture, migration, optimization, machine learning, and even 24/7 support. We are a professional services firm providing services in software engineering and the cloud. We do Technical consulting, Programming \& Quality Assurance, DevOps, Applications, UX, Product management, and Project management. Metal Toad is a fully remote company, offering all team members the ability to work from home. For this opportunity, the selected candidate must be available to work Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time (PST). Although Metal Toad is a remote company, we are currently seeking contractors residing in Brazil for this position. Compensation will be made in Brazilian Reais (R$), in accordance with the local currency of the country where the position is located. Due to legal limitations, we are unable to sponsor any type of visa. To apply for this position, please submit your resume in English as a PDF. This is a temporary role that may become permanent in the future. **Job Description** As a QA Engineer, you will ensure high standards of quality and own all QA offerings and services by leading the quality initiatives and ensuring their marketability. You will escalate risks and known issues promptly and frequently, deliver quality releases to our clients, and collaborate with teams to guarantee the success of the project. **Responsibilities** * Collaborate with development team, Project Managers, and Technical Consultants to create and implement testing plan, mitigate bugs, and maintain project standards * Write and maintain automated tests for user stories and features throughout a project’s life cycle * Manual QA of developer work * Proactively communicate risks and issues as they become known, to both clients and team * Work independently, and have ownership over testing decisions and results * Advocate for solutions, and determine bugs’ severity * Ability to thrive working with Agile / SCRUM methodologies * Shares knowledge with company and community through blogging and/or meetups * Ensures tests adhere to accepted best practice guidelines, whether code\-specific or framework\-specific EXPERTISE * Researches new techniques, technologies, and ideas * Shares knowledge with development team, helping them understand testing strategies and general concepts * Makes recommendations and collaborates with colleagues (QA Engineers, Director of Technology) **Qualifications** Required * Agree with our Corporate Values Statement. * Believes in the company mission: To help people * 3\+ years of experience with quality assurance * Ability to create and implement testing strategies for a variety of projects * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Experience with full\-stack testing * Working knowledge of CLI * Understanding of Git workflows and practices Nice to have * Experience working with SCRUM methodologies * Experience with automated test suites like Cypress * Experience using / creating a Continuous Integration process Please note that Metal Toad will never ask for payment or financial information during the hiring process. If you are asked for such information, it is a scam. Report it immediately.