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Technical Quality Assurance Engineer

Ingenuity is a group of creative, energetic, motivated people helping life science

researchers understand biological mechanisms. We deliver systems biology expertise to

biologists and bio-informaticians through pathways analysis software, genome-scale

computable network datasets, search and visualization tools, knowledge management

services, and our enterprise semantic technology infrastructure, resulting in increased

R&D productivity and faster drugs to market. We are passionate about our users, our

products, and our technology, and are dedicated in providing scientific researchers with

the knowledge required to make Better Decisions Faster.

Position Description & Duties & Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of software quality assurance experience. This

hands-on position requires project management and technical skills. This candidate will

be technically strong in Java, web technologies, various software automation tools, andscripting.

As Technical Quality Engineer you will apply your software testing knowledge,

management and organizing skills to develop, drive and execute the testing strategy of

Ingenuitys Knowledge Representation System (IKRS) and content acquisition tools. You

will follow and establish best QA practices to set clear quality requirements and goals.

Work with scientists to evaluate test cases and perform end to end testing. You will also be

responsible for managing, reporting and tracking defects.

You will work with a dynamic and hard working IKRS development and Ontology teams to

develop the best models for automating and executing tests, and reporting test status.

Find and correct individual and systematic problems and identify product ease-of-use

issues.

Education, Skills & Experience Minimum

5+ years experience in Quality Assurance including testing of highly scalable multi-

tier web applications, developing test plans and test cases

Experience in both white and black box testing, and with performance/load

testing web apps Java programming with Java server technologies: Servlet, JSP, Tomcat, Spring MVC

etc.

3+ years experience working with automation tools such as Selenium, JUnit,

Mockito

Ability to write Shell Scripts to bridge the automation gaps

Experience in unit testing front end code and performance tuning

Experience in agile development including continuous integration

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Excellent writing and communication skills, with a particular emphasis on the

ability to communicate to non-technical personnel

Strong analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail

Strong leadership skills to drive and execute testing strategy

Flexible and works well as part of a fast-paced interdisciplinary productdevelopment

Excellent communicator and team player who would enjoy working with cross-

functional group of engineers, scientists, software developers, logicians, and

product managers

Ability to develop fast prototypes and transition to production development without

compromising quality

Experience using Maven and continuous integration systems such as

Hudson/Jenkins/Bamboo

BS or MS in Computer Science or related discipline

Education, Skills & Experience Preferred

Knowledge of javascript, CSS, and AJAX

Knowledge of Biology is a plus