We're on a journey to build something new! Come join our team and build new discovery and shopping products that connect customers with their vehicle of choice. We're looking for a talented Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team of product managers, designers, and engineers to conceive, design, and develop innovative automotive-shopping experiences for our customers.

We are currently developing innovative new features, and we're looking for top test/quality engineers to ensure our very high quality bar is met and raised. As a Quality Assurance Engineer (QAE) you will architect, design and build test suites and frameworks to push our advertising systems to their limits and beyond.

You will work with program management, development teams and our QA organization to scope out features and understand the customer requirements, then work side-by-side with the team to ensure the quality of our system.

You should have a demonstrated track record of delivering test automation, quality requirements, designing performance and scale test suites and producing deliverables that exceed commitments. You should also be comfortable presenting technical material to internal and external audiences in support of our customers. Candidates should be able to develop test frameworks, define and implement functional tests, perform failure testing with fault injection, understand complex distributed system architecture, design and develop performance and stress tests.

Key job responsibilities

The successful Software Quality Assurance Engineer will be obsessed with customer experience, quality improvement, and challenge the status quo. In this role, you will:

• Participate in the full development life cycle, working within broadly defined parameters, including test plan execution and software quality needs.

• Writing and executing test plans, designing and developing test tools, debugging and reporting code bugs and pushing quality upstream.

• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.

• Define test strategy, tools and process for quality assurance of the product and software

• Define, rollout, and enforce best practice processes in the areas of functional, system and regression testing using a combination of manual and automated testing

• Develop test strategies, test plans, and test schedules for new projects and software releases

• Shows creativity and initiative to improve product coverage and effectiveness.

• Familiarity with CI/CD automation frameworks (especially using Python and Java)

• Efficiently execute test cases across all functional and backend areas of our products

• Demonstrated ability to operate within short release cycles

A day in the life

As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer on this team, you will be deploying your technical acumen and experience in driving the development of maintainable, reliable automation deliverables that would withstand the test of time. You will be working closely with Product Managers, Sr. Engineers, Quality Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and highly motivated peers. You will collaborate with teams across Amazon on the planning and execution of complex and highly-technical projects with high impact and visibility.

About the team

This role is on a team with a vision to create innovative automotive discovery and shopping experiences on Amazon, providing customers better convenience and more selection. We're collaborating with other experienced teams at Amazon to define the future of how customers research and shop for cars online.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience

- Experience in automation testing

- Experience in manual testing

- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium

- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $91,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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