Quality Assurance Engineer

Gliffy was founded in 2005 as the world’s first web-based diagramming tool. Gliffy is a cloud based software tool set used to create flow and organization charts, mind maps, venn diagrams, database schemas, and any number of visual presentations. Over four million people use our SaaS application, along with notable customers like Oracle, Twitter, Pandora and Adobe.

As a member of the QA team, you will be responsible for UI test automation & testing, you will be part of a quick paced innovative team creating delightful, feature rich, user experiences and easy to use interfaces for Gliffy’s famous on-line diagramming application. In this role, you will actively participate in test strategy, development, execution, automation and troubleshooting of user interfaces for an enterprise-scale web-based diagramming application.

• Test requirements, and driving recommendations for product quality and testability
• Test strategies and designs
• Test development, infrastructure setup, execution & automation
• Contribution to test automation infrastructure with scripts and/or libraries
• Investigation, troubleshooting and root cause analysis of issues found to resolution
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and developers on new products as well as enhancements to existing products.
• Maintain consistency across products owned by your team in-terms of look and feel
• Responsible for unstructured and structured tasks. May require new perspectives and creative approaches to address less defined issues
• Manage multiple priorities and tasks in a dynamic work environment
• Participate in Agile Software Development methodology
• Work collaboratively with other engineers, and be willing to take on any engineering tasks that contribute to the progress towards the goals of the team and the company

• 3+ years of experience with GUI test automation and testing of enterprise class web-based applications
• Strong grasp of GUI design and usability concepts
• Strong background in building/creating and maintaining or enhancing Cucumber Scenarios
• Strong background in test automation, test design, development & execution
• Experience with Cucumber with Java or JavaScript, Python languages
• Experience with Selenium automation framework
• Experience with NodeJS, EmberJS, jQuery, CSS is a plus
• Knowledge of Web UI technologies including REST APIs, HTML5, HTTP, Web Application frameworks, I18n, XML/JSON data transform
• Experience with Performance analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience with Linux or Unix like operating systems
• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies
• Use judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for successful results
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills