NWEA has a new opening for Software QA Automation Engineer in our downtown Portland office. This is a full-time opportunity with competitive compensation, outstanding benefits package and career growth opportunities.
Founded by educators close to 40 years ago, Northwest Evaluation Association™ (NWEA™) is a global not-for-profit educational services organization known for our flagship interim assessment, Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®). More than 6,800 partners in U.S. school districts, education agencies, and international schools trust us to offer prekindergarten through grade 12 assessments that accurately measure student growth and learning needs, professional development that fosters educators’ ability to accelerate student learning, and research that supports assessment validity and data interpretation. To better inform instruction and maximize every learner’s academic growth, educators currently use NWEA assessments and items with nearly 10 million students. We are searching for talented individuals who desire to make a difference in education by demonstrating a commitment to our mission: Partnering to help all kids learn®.
Position summary
The Software QA Automation Engineer works within NWEA’s Product Engineering department and is responsible for the design, creation and execution of automated test cases across all stages of product development. Product Engineering projects operate under tight and critical deadlines. The Software QA Automation Engineer must be able to work efficiently and effectively within these time constraints to identify the highest risks that must be addressed for determining release readiness.
Responsibilities
• Analyze user stories and manual tests in order to create automated software tests
• Create automated software test suites for sprint based releases on multiple and simultaneous projects
• Create and maintain data sets for tests
• Documenting and execute test cases
• Communicate progress of automated test development
• Analyze, interpret and summarize test results and metrics and communicate to appropriate teams.
• Work with a strong collaborative Scrum team
• Train, mentor and influence other staff on software automation
• Foster and maintain good relationships with Product Engineering clients to ensure processes are integrated to support expected quality