Ascend Learning Leawood , KS 66211
Posted 3 weeks ago
We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture
Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.
Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.
We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
We are hiring a Senior Software Quality Engineer to join our Software Quality Engineer team.. The Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for ensuring our Healthcare products or services meet the established standards of quality including reliability, usability, and performance. To be successful in this role you should be incredibly thorough and able to help our company maintain the highest quality standards.
WHERE YOU'LL WORK
This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS office location.
HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME
Participate in all phases of testing cycle, including functional, Integration, Regression, Load and Performance testing
Release Planning and Deployment support
Create and execute functional and API testing where applicable and log bugs in Jira.
Execute and maintain test Automation suite and debug failures
Complete ownership of comprehensive test coverage of functional, API test cases, automation scripts by reviewing the requirement and test suites regularly
Works with team members to proactively identify, communicate functional and usability issues and risks that impede the execution and/or success of the project
Provides status updates to manager and core team
Adhere to quality standards/processes, best practices, and timelines, while working closely with both offshore team members and the core scrum team to communicate progress, project deliverables, and track work progress, taking corrective actions when necessary
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering preferred. Equivalent work experience required
5+ years of experience working as a Software Quality Engineer
Effective communication skills, onshore-offshore coordination experience
Working knowledge of browsers, client-server architectures, Web, Mobile-Web, Accessibility and SQL
Knowledge of Load & Performance testing (Data & Traffic modeling) is a plus
Ability to work with a multi-site / multi-time zone / multinational team including early morning and late-night hours
Understanding and hands on experience with Functional / UI (User Interface) / API Automation Frameworks, Continuous Integration Tools like GIT, Bamboo, Jenkins, and Load testing tools. Hands on Experience using automated testing tools like Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, JUnit, Postman
Technical acumen to understand underlying infrastructure
Experience is in the Education Domain is a Huge Plus
BENEFITS
Flexible and generous paid time off
Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
401(k) employer matching program
Parental leave
Wellness resources
Charitable matching program
Hybrid work
On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
Community outreach groups
Tuition reimbursement
Fostering A Sense of Belonging
We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.
About Ascend Learning
As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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