A Software QA Engineer at McAfee is an engineer with the primary responsibility of effective assurance of product quality through test automation, code inspections, peer reviews, feature testing and other forms of engineering excellence. It is a unique and challenging role that calls for a strong passion for quality and technology, while providing an immense opportunity to design and develop widereaching tools.
About the Role :
Understand the product/module requirement and come up with required test plans and scripts for automated testing.
Interaction with design teams and working towards resolving bugs, ensuring that the product meets the quality and usability expectations
Reviewing product documentation and providing feedback
Compliance with latest testing methodologies to deliver additional functionality with improved quality
Drive the usability and management aspects with customer requirements in mind
Participating in Design Reviews and Code Inspections
Hands-on authoring of test cases and test code combined with test execution
Responsible for designing and developing automated tools or frameworks for highly optimized and effective test coverage.
Ensure testability in product features and measure code coverage data regularly
Utilize innovative test technologies to develop product s testing strategy
Perform debugging and troubleshooting in variety of local and remote testing environments as well as in the field as required.
About You :
At least 5 years of experience in product testing and development, including experience of code review / bug analysis, development of test tools, designing test cases and contribution to effective test planning.
A proven track record of shipping high quality, scalable software
Should have debugging experience, and excellent problem solving skills.
Understanding of Big Data technologies is a strong plus.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively both within a team and cross-group to drive identification and resolution of issues to ship under tight deadlines along with being able to drive features into the product.
Must be highly motivated with a strong passion for and commitment to software quality
Competencies / Skill sets Required for the Role:
Good understanding of Quality Process/Test Lifecycle and defect lifecycle
Good understanding of overall development process including but not limited to Agile/SCRUM.