White-box QA Engineer / SDET

thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast, is hiring an SDET/ White-box QA engineer, a position that affords the opportunity for career growth into other areas of the company over time.

thePlatform helps content providers and video sites meet their unique broadband video publishing requirements. Our services scale with our customers' operations and support their business model with an open, versatile approach to providing the ideal technical solution for their needs. Our proven media management and publishing technology helps customers find audiences via syndication, generate revenue via broadband video advertising, create compelling playback experiences, and more.

Everyone on our QA team writes test code in Java and C# to automate functional tests, measure performance, and load test media publishing services. We practice Agile development, plan rational schedules, and our developers and QA engineers have a strong, collaborative relationship as partners in the delivery of quality products.

This position offers a tremendous opportunity to learn a broad range of new coding skills, technology, and processes in a growing company with one of the healthiest development organizations you'll find anywhere.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the QA and development teams to write automated tests for thePlatform's media publishing services.
  • Partner with developers to create test plans from functional specifications.
  • Design, implement, and run automated test code against the media publishing services API using our Java and .NET test harnesses.
  • Perform load and stress testing.
  • Contribute tools to the QA team's test suites and testing infrastructure.
  • Work closely with developers to extend developer unit tests and share test code.
  • Represent QA in design, functional requirements, and code reviews.
  • Take ownership for the quality of the product that is shipped.

Requirements

  • At least 3-5 years experience in testing or development of database-driven web applications or other enterprise software.
  • Solid Java/JUnit or .NET/NUnit experience, and demonstrable skills in building JUnit/NUnit tests.
  • Strong QA skills: planning, bug isolation, bug report writing, and troubleshooting.
  • Ability to automate complex test cases.
  • Experience designing and running web stress and load tests.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • A keen analytical and structured approach to problem solving and testing.
  • Experience with any of the following a plus: e-commerce applications, streaming media, SQL Server or Oracle, Web Services, and J2EE/.NET.
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B candidates at this time.

This position will be filled at thePlatform headquarters in Seattle, WA. thePlatform offers competitive compensation and benefits. To apply please send your qualified resume to jobs@theplatform.com.