QA Engineer

Summary

Join NBC Sports Next's Golf team as a Quality Engineer and contribute to the development and testing of backend APIs and services. You will be responsible for test planning, design, execution, and ideally automation. This fully remote position requires 1+ year of experience in software development, testing, or related fields, including a basic understanding of SQL. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar IT field is preferred. The role involves collaborating with development teams and ensuring high-quality software products.

Requirements

• 1+ year of prior experience in software development, testing, support, or related fields including internships
• Basic understanding and experience with SQL
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with a collaborative team mindset
• Proactive approach with a "hunter" mindset, eager to explore details and uncover issues rather than relying solely on predefined requirements
• Passion for emerging technology trends and all aspects of software testing

Responsibilities

• Perform software quality testing, including black box testing, white box testing, user acceptance testing, and maintenance regression testing
• Evaluate testing and inspection plans for projects of varying technology, complexity, and size
• Develop and document test scripts, test cases, defect tracking and reports
• Ability to work independently and own quality for business initiatives
• Create and maintain manual and/or automated test maintenance scripts, test data, and other deliverables related to the software quality assurance (SQA) process
• Review log files and other run-time documentation for defects and issues
• Under direction of product management, participate in user acceptance testing
• Perform maintenance regression testing
• Work closely with development teams to support and implement applications
• Interest front end and API level testing, and interest in understanding the full picture of how each layer – front end, backend, data storage – interacts to make a software product work
• Ability to perform validations and trouble shooting at a database level, primarily SQL and Mongo
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree specifically Computer Science or similar IT degree

Benefits

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence