Monday, April 23, 2012

[JimsJobs] Ancestry.com bases in San Francisco, Ca seeks QA Software Engineer

 

Ancestry.com is the world's largest online resource for family history.
We have helped pioneer the market for online family history research,
taking a pursuit that was expensive and time-consuming and making it
easy, affordable and accessible to anyone with an interest in their
family history. The foundation of our service is an extensive collection
of billions of historical records that we have digitized, indexed and
put online over the past 13 years.

Key company facts:

· Number of digitized genealogical records: 6 billion

· Number of family trees: 20 million

· Monthly page views: 1 billion

· Number of employees: 850

· Annual Revenue: $400M

With over 1,000 employees around the world, we are committed to hiring
the very best talent. We are known for our cutting-edge technology,
phenomenal innovation, and we offer a compelling and rewarding workplace
where you will thrive. We seek out passionate people to join our
mission of helping people discover, preserve and share their family
history. We invite you to explore and discover the many opportunities
that await you at Ancestry.com.

QA Software Engineer - San Francisco Based

Job Description:
The Test Engineer will help his/her team to own quality, create
light-weight test plans, review the automation of tests, prioritize
bugs, and work closely with product managers to create acceptance
criteria for development stories. This person will become a domain
expert in their assigned area, and must develop and maintain excellent
working relationships across multiple groups (developers, product,
marketing, etc.). The Test Engineer also identifies, recommends and
creates improvements to processes/tools to increase the team's ability
to own their quality.

Key Responsibilities / Performance Requirements:

* Help plan, scope, schedule and implement testing activities for
projects of varying size and complexity
* Contribute to daily Scrum standup and related meetings (planning,
retrospective, sizing, etc.)
* Partner with the team and test automation engineers to determine
which tests to automate
* Enable the team to implement cleaner features by working with
product owners to evaluate their stories and acceptance criteria for
completeness ahead of the sprint
* Prevent bugs by helping to move quality upstream in the product
development processes
* Manages bug flow, owning bug triage processes and promoting the
fixing and validation of bugs
* Facilitate earlier bug detection
* Responsible for communicating status, metrics, and trending of
quality for the team
* Manage off-shore and contractor testing resourcesHelp identify and
drive changes and improvements (i.e., not just a passive participant)

Required Experience and Skills: solid experience in Web based Testing

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
* 7+ years of software test experience (preferably with web-based
applications)
* Working knowledge of testing methodologies, testing techniques and
approaches
* Working knowledge of Scrum (Agile, XP, etc.), project planning and
execution
* Passionate about quality and software testing
* Demonstrated self-motivation and self-management, and ability to
prioritize the testing workload
* Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and analytical
tendencies
* Ability to take the customer perspectiveAbility to quickly learn
new areas, and identify and prioritize the related testing work
* Ability to multitask, adapt and thrive in an environment of change
and evolving processes
* Exposure to / familiarity with JSP and HTML
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ancestry.com is a profitable, growing company with a positive,
high-energy environment. Together, our dedicated teams are harnessing
the power of technology and using it to simplify the way people connect
with their families and their unique legacies. Our work environment is
fast-paced and challenging, but also extremely exciting. You'll work
with a team of passionate, engaged individuals. We offer excellent
benefits and a competitive compensation package. Please send your
information to herbnj@gmail.com

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