QE 3 for SmartGov
Costa Rica (Remote)
Engineering – Application Development /
Full Time /
Remote
The Company
Serving the People Who Serve the People
Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
Want to know more? See more of what we do here.
PLEASE NOTE - You must reside in Costa Rica to be considered for this position. Candidates living in other countries cannot be considered at this time.
The Quality Engineer role at Granicus is for quality engineers growing their technical and software development skills testing our products in a SaaS based environment. Their key focus is on developing automated tests for product-driven features within the Granicus product suite.
Quality Engineers are proficient in multiple test automation frameworks and gain on-the-job experience applying their knowledge and experience in improving the design, quality and coverage of our automated test suites. They understand the deployment process and support testing the applications in all environments. As they gain expertise, they share their knowledge with the broader engineering team.
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What your impact will look like here
- Collaborate with product management and business stakeholders to deliver SaaS based solutions.
- Communicate and work effectively with others to create great high-quality software.
- Proactively try to improve our processes and the quality of the products we deliver.
- Come up with technical solutions to problems and push them through to implementation.
- Assist the team in troubleshooting issues both in production and in the lower test environments.
- Design, develop and execute E2E and API test cases.
- Perform accessibility and security testing.
- Integrate test scripts into CI/CD pipelines
- Participate in regular scrum meetings.
- Champion the development team’s core values.
You will love this job if you have
- 3+ years of experience in testing, shipping, and supporting production-quality SaaS based web applications.
- Experience testing within an agile development process.
- Experience with exploratory/edge/corner testing techniques and risk-based testing.
- Experience using automation test frameworks such as Selenium, Robot, CodeceptJS, etc to develop automated end-to-end and API tests.
- Solid knowledge and experience coding in Python or similar language.
- Strong knowledge and experience in web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, etc).
- Knowledge of database concepts (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL).
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and quickly adjust in a rapidly changing environment.
- Experience with mentoring team members.
- Commitment to quality and the craft of software testing.
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Passion for learning new things and the ability to do so quickly.
- Passion to learn E2E Automation and API Automation.
SECURITY REQUIREMENT
Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!
Security and Privacy Requirements
- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
The Team
- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture
- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be
a part of our journey.
- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and
sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.
- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee
population
The Impact
- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
