QAE - ALEXA INFORMATION - Spanish

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Alexa is the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo, the groundbreaking Amazon device designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains; we are inventing the future.
Alexa Information group is responsible for answering all information-related questions for customers as well as building delightful customer experiences around them. We cover a wide variety of verticals such as weather, sports, traffic, local search, etc. and are continually growing new experiences as well as starting new initiatives within existing ones.
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
You will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products that will be used every day by people you know. We're looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate strong product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history.

Role:

QA Engineers test code at the user level, both manually and with automated tools. Our QA Engineers use black box, gray box, and white box testing techniques; they are able to understand software internals, debug problems using log files, and write automated tests and/or user-level test automation tools. Software QA Engineers work with Software Development Engineers to understand features and technical implementation. Software QA Engineers also work with groups such as Product Management, User Experience Design, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests. Software QA Engineers are also responsible for driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies.
Responsibilities
· Responsible for development of test strategies and creation of appropriate test harnesses.
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· Evaluate product functionality and create test strategies and test cases to assess product quality.
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· Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
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· Experience developing in a Linux environment and in utilizing virtual machines
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· Expert in software quality and testing methodologies
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· Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment
· Will work with a team of quality engineering professions to ensure the highest quality product delivery

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
· 3+ years of software development and testing experience
· Fluent in Spanish both oral and written
· Experience with at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, or C#
· Experience with Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis
· Experience building and designing test cases including knowledge of test methodologies