Job Description

MW Partners is currently seeking an Automation QA Engineer to work for our client who is a global leader in multimedia and creativity software products.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Work well with others, especially across a variety of functional groups.
• Have the capacity to think like user and not just like a development team member.
• Track record of critical thinking and problem solving in a development environment (e.g. Root cause analysis).
• Capability to break down a large test area into discrete tasks to ensure completeness of code coverage.
• Crisp and clear communication with developers, other QE, and management, in both written and oral form.
• Ability to focus on tasks at hand without constant guidance.
• Strong multi-tasking skills: Ability to triage and prioritize tasks, ensuring the most valuable work is done earliest with the constraints of a tight development schedule.
• Develop and maintain tooling, api, unit, automation, performance, and load tests.
• Review Product Requirement Documentation and Technical Specifications to develop test plans.
• Continuously maintain, innovate, and improve automation and test processes.
• Troubleshoot and document clear, concise bug reports as needed.
• Excellent communication skills: communicate effectively with product owners, developers, and quality engineers.
• Work closely with a distributed team to help engineers build out customer features end-to-end.
• Engage with customers to understand, debug, and resolve customer issues.
• Stay current with the latest test, development, and deployment best practices and share your findings with the team and community.
• Ability to acquire technical knowledge quickly, possessing both highly specialized technical skills coupled with broader computer competence.
• Solid understanding of core parts of Photoshop (Layers, File Formats, Image Editing, Workflows).
• Attention to detail (Creating test matrices, Thoroughness, Planning, Time management).
• Experience in a Quality Engineering role and/or Photoshop.
• Familiarity with functional, performance, and automation testing.
• Experience creating and maintaining unit tests and continuous integration.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, Typescript, and ExtendScript.
• Experience with Photoshop, or other image editing software.
• Ability to apply specialized knowledge to areas of job responsibility .
• Demonstrated strength in computer science fundamentals.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Relevant College Diploma
• 5+ years of professional, QE developer experience
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript and ExtendScript
• Experienced user of Photoshop, other products or other image editing software
• Proficient on Mac and/or Windows (both strongly preferred)
• Stellar organizational skills, detail orientated
• Effective and crisp communication skills
• Proactive, efficiently using time wisely to achieve top priorities

For a confidential discussion or to find out more, contact Sayali Chavan on 510-579-6681 or apply now.

Company Description

MW Partners is a rapidly growing Women and Minority owned company that provides Professional and IT Staffing Services on a contract, contract to hire and direct hire basis.