Sr Quality Assurance Engineer, Alexa Communications

DESCRIPTION

Alexa is the personal assistant and cloud service that powers the next generation of ambient computing devices, designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains. At Alexa Communications, we are inventing the future of global, multimedia communications.

It's still Day One for the Alexa Communications team - we have a lot to innovate and build to make communication through Alexa devices a magical experience. You can send a message, make a call, play announcements, or drop in on your closest friends & family via Alexa devices or the Alexa app! The Alexa communications team is working to become the most natural way for people to communicate, and the challenge ahead is significant. We're a high energy, fast growth business excited to define the future of voice-controlled communications, make Alexa even more useful, and delight customers around the world. You'll be joining a team building cutting edge LLM powered distributed systems to enable world class, highly scalable, and user-friendly systems as we aspire to connect people together through Alexa!

Key job responsibilities

1. Be responsible for manual and automated testing of features across various platforms including web and mobile.
2. Own the planning, development and execution of test plans and test cases.
3. Review user interfaces for conformity and functionality.
4. Help develop, improve, and employ testing strategies and techniques.
5. Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution.
6. Interpret and report testing results, and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process.
7. Work with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how each feature is implemented.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 6+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
2. 4+ years of delivering test frameworks, test tools, leading the QA projects and initiatives experience
3. Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in a QAE role
4. Experience in manual testing
5. Experience in automation testing

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 2+ years of UI Automation (preferably on mobile platforms) experience
2. Knowledge of at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as C++, Java, Objective C
3. Bachelor's degree

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

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 this link .

COMPENSATION

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $120,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $207,400/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 this link .

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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