Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description.

1.      Cloud experience (Any cloud is fine although AWS is preferred. If non-AWS cloud, then the experience should reflect familiarity with the cloud's common services)

2.      Good grasp of Scripting (in Linux for sure ie bash/sh/zsh etc, Windows : nice to have)

3.      Python or Java or JS basic knowledge (Python Preferred)

4.      Monitoring tools

5.      Alerting tools

6.      Logging tools

7.      CICD

8.      Docker/containers/(k8s/terraform nice to have)

9.      Experience working on distributed applications with multiple services

10.  Incident management

11.  DB experience in terms of basic queries

12.  Understanding of performance analysis of applications

13.  Idea about data pipelines would be nice to have

14.  Snowflake querying knowledge: nice to have

The person should be able to :

Monitor system issues

Create strategies to detect and address issues

Implement automated systems to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Write and review post-mortems

Manage infrastructure for multiple product teams

Collaborate with product engineering teams to ensure best practices are being followed.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced QA Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in manual and API testing for full-stack web applications, with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience. You should be detail-oriented, have a passion for quality, and possess excellent problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manual Testing: Perform comprehensive manual testing of full-stack web applications, including functional, usability, and regression testing.
• API Testing: Conduct thorough REST API testing using tools such as Postman, cURL, or other relevant tools.
• Authentication & Authorization: Test various authentication types (e.g., OAuth, JWT, API keys) and authorization flows to ensure secure and correct access.
• Data Validation: Validate data in both JSON and XML formats to ensure accuracy and integrity.
• Database Testing: Perform database-level testing to verify data storage, retrieval, and manipulation.
• SaaS and Integrations: Explore and test integrations with various SaaS products, including Webhooks.
• Advanced Web Concepts: Possess knowledge of and be able to test features involving GraphQL, WebSockets, Cookies, Local Storage, and user login sessions.
• Communication: Communicate effectively and professionally with clients in the US, Australia, and the UK on a daily basis.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a Quality Assurance role.
• Mandatory experience in REST API testing.
• Proficiency with API testing tools like Postman or cURL.
• Solid understanding of different authentication types.
• Strong knowledge of JSON and XML data structures.
• Experience with database testing and SQL.
• Familiarity with common web concepts such as Webhooks, GraphQL, WebSockets, Cookies, and Local Storage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills (Optional but a plus)

• Experience with automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of performance and security testing.

• 3-7 years of experience of professional experience with proven track record of designing world class products
• A stunning portfolio with detailed case studies
• Focused on the customer and has experience using design research methodsto learn about the customer
• You love to solve problems, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are always up for a challenge. Ready to work in an agile environment and willing to try new things all the time
• Being able to think about product strategy at a high level and clearly break it down into design deliverables
• A good grasp of the UX methodology and lifecycle across all major channels and platforms
• Assume full responsibility for the design process and participate in it as an independently led member of a design team
• Strong aesthetic sense and attention to detail; Excellent knowledge of clean user interface design and Prototyping skills
• Should be well versed in best practises while designing in Figma and design to developer hand-off
• Strong command over developer guidelines across platforms and web
• Capable of gaining trust and managing your peers in order to provide a satisfying experience with the product

Key Responsibilities:

● Develop and implement HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations.

● Manage the recruitment process, including developing job descriptions, posting job openings, screening resumes, and conducting interviews.

● Develop and implement employee training and development programs to ensure that employees have the necessary skills to perform their jobs effectively.

● Manage employee relations issues, including grievances, conflicts, and disciplinary actions.

● Oversee the performance management process, including setting performance goals and providing feedback and coaching to employees. ● Manage the compensation and benefits program, including developing and implementing competitive compensation and benefits packages.

● Maintain HR records and ensure that employee files are up-to-date and accurate.

● Develop and implement HR metrics to measure the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives.

● Partner with senior leaders to develop and implement HR strategies that support the overall goals of the organization.

Requirements:

● Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field.

● Minimum of 5 years of experience in recruitment, team management, and employee relations.

● Strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations.

● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

● Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

● Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

● Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.

● Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Review and analyze system specifications
• Collaborate with QA engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans
• Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results
• Evaluate product code according to specifications
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Help troubleshoot issues
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• mobile testing android and ios is must.
• automation testing on  apium and selenium or jira is recomended

Company Description

Smarsh is the leader in communications compliance, archiving, and analytics. We provide compliance across the broadest set of communications channels with insights on what’s being captured. Smarsh customers manage over 500 million daily conversations across 80 channels and growing. Customers include the top 10 U.S., top 8 European, top 5 Canadian, and top 3 Asian banks. The Smarsh advantage is customers stay ahead of compliance and uncover patterns and relationships hidden within their data.

At Smarsh , we’ve been helping our customers manage new forms of communication since 1998. We work closely with regulators including the SEC, FINRA, IIROC, and the PRA and FCA, and with our customers, to ensure that they understand the capabilities of today’s technology and that our platform meets their most stringent requirements. Our products include Connected Capture, Connected Archive, Web Archive & Business Solutions.

About the team

Are you an SRE with excellent Observability, Containerization and Orchestration skills? As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in the Smarsh SaaS Operations team, you'll be part of a team who measures and improves production performance reliability through sustainable engineering practices for our suite of applications. Toil will be your number one enemy, observability your closest friend and your mission will be to drive operational burden as close to zero as you can.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for technical direction at the platform solutions level. Is able to weigh the pros and cons of various solutions and credibly argue for the best path
• Work closely with Product Management and the rest of the engineering team to define features and their implementations with careful attention to quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Can break down complex technical solutions into abstractions that the rest of the team and understand
• Can investigate and solve complex bugs, performance, and scalability issues
• Collaborates with multiple agile teams to ensure their solutions integrate effectively
• Track work in ticketing system (JIRA)
• Participate in Pull Request reviews. Provide and receive feedback to continuously improve.
• Other duties as assigned.

Desired skills & experience

• A minimum 10+ years industry experience
• Masters in CS or equivalent
• Must have experience in Azure or AWS, either running some large-scale app there or migrating to Azure/AWS. 
• Experience operating Cloud Foundry in production environments 
• Experience managing CI/CD systems (Concourse, Jenkins, TravisCI etc.) 
• Experience deploying and/or operating ELK stack 
• Experience with container technologies and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry) 
• Experience working with monitoring and observability tools (We use Datadog and New Relic) 
• Familiarity with working with PostgreSQL and MongoDB 
• Background working in a multi-platform environment (Linux, Windows) 
• Experience with running on a cloud platform, AWS preferred (S3, RDS, SQS) 
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum/Kanban methodologies 
• Familiarity with programming/scripting languages (ie. Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, etc.) 

Additional Skills

• Expert programming skills in relevant languages
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture
• Deep domain knowledge of the industry, platform, and existing processes
• Fault-tolerant design & maintenance
• Knowledge and understanding of modern software programming/engineering.
• Product delivery lifecycle - requirement refinement through ops

Why Smarsh?

Ready to join a thriving tech company that’s redefining digital archiving and business intelligence?

Smarsh is the leading comprehensive archiving platform. Recognized as one of today’s fastest growing companies in the U.S., Smarsh delivers innovative cloud-based solutions that help organizations manage and enforce flexible and secure records retention and compliance strategies for electronic communications, including social media and enterprise social networks (Yammer, Chatter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more).

Our motto is ‘People First. Inspire Confidence. Embrace the Impossible.’ We hire lifelong learners who have a passion for their discipline and a track record of excellence. To learn more about us, visit www.smarsh.com/careers

Responsibilities :

• Manage product milestones, deployment cycles & overall product roadmap 
• Understanding of the threading limitations of AngularJs, reactjs, and multi-process architecture 
• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies like AWS 
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns 
• Sound knowledge of Databases Postgres is a must including Performance Tuning, Designing and optimized Postgres databases and queries 
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audience 
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application 
• At least 3-5 years of experience in consumer product engineering and architecture, with proven track record of architect impactful products in the internal CRMand consumer domain. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git 
• Ship great products under stringent deadlines and in the face of ambiguous requirements and changing business priorities 
• Maintain Code Quality, Implement Standards & improve overall understanding

What lands you in this role :

• Exceptional leadership skills and proven experience in shaping team culture
• Strong grasp of full-stack networking, scalable web back-end, and all genres of platforms
• Must have Bachelor degree in computer science from a Tier-1 College
• Multitasking & problem solving approach