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Description
Come join the team behind expanding Alexa Globally. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for driving test automation and tooling and work closely with the central QA and tech teams. Serving complexities on languages, locales and cultural norms and ensuring high quality for global customer experience. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping scale testing of the features, driving and expanding test automation, and spearheading best practices.
We encourage bold exploration of interactions and experiments that push innovation and use these learnings to bolster the foundation of best practice reference design patterns that foster a consistent, efficient, and familiar cross-product experience.
A successful candidate will have an established background in quality assurance, strong technical ability, project management skills, solid communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and have a creative flair for achieving the impossible.
Key Responsibilities:
Work on expanding central test automation to support Alexa launches globally
Work through all phases of the project lifecycle, including reviewing requirements, designing critical infrastructure and tools , building new interfaces, integrate with existing architectures, developing and testing code, and delivering seamless implementations for scaling Alexa features internationally.
Ownership of projects that operate cross-functionally with multiple Alexa engineering, design and product teams.
Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against defined schedules and milestones.
Note: Spanish speaking highly preferred for this role
Key job responsibilities
· Write test scripts and execute automation scripts across all functional areas
· Review product user interface for conformity to design guidelines
· Find, isolate, document and track bugs through resolution
· Interpret and report testing results, and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process
· Leading and expanding automation for E2E customer experience
Basic Qualifications
2+ years of non-internship professional software development testing experience
1+ years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
Experience in penetration testing and exploitability-focused vulnerability assessment
Experience in platform-level security mitigations and hardening for Linux and Windows
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance in a database environment
Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
Spanish speaking ability
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.