Senior SQA Engineer role in Needham, MA with www.grasshoppergroup.com

Are you the type of person who is constantly thinking of ways to improve software quality? Do you feel like it is your calling to find bugs before customers do? Do you know how to use test automation tools to do functional and stress testing of web apps, telephony systems, and API's? If so, Grasshopper Group is looking for you.

If we were to draw up a wish list of qualities for Grasshopper's next great Senior QA Engineer, they'd read:

• Highly innovative in testing strategies – black and white box testing, load testing, and UAT.
• Expert understanding of automation tools (ie. Selenium) and best practices around using them to test web applications, API's, and telephony services.
• Experience using TDD and BDD development frameworks.
• Fundamental understanding of SaaS platforms and testing applications in the cloud.
• Experience testing telephony/voice applications – IVR, Voip, TDM.
• Ability to write filters for and analyze GBs of logging data.
• Solid understanding of API testing including experience with REST, SOAP, JSON, and XML.
• Lots of experience testing native and web-based mobile applications, particularly on iPhone, Andriod, and Blackberry.
• Ability to define and leverage quality metrics to improve development and testing practices.
• Strong knowledge of scrum and agile development processes and methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

That's a tall order to fill, but if you fit the description, we have some great stuff to offer:

• Opportunity. Can you help us take our QA processes to the next level using the latest technologies?
• Exciting and diverse technology. We build software for the web, for the phone, in the cloud, on premise, open-source, not open-source. You will not be bored, we assure you!
• Awesome work environment. We've got free snacks, free drinks, and a dedicated room for our Wii.
• Tremendous benefits. What could you do with 4 paid weeks off?
Thousands of customers already use Grasshopper Group’s products every day. We're looking for an excellent senior QA engineer to help us make our customers even more satisfied. If you're interested, drop us a line.

About Grasshopper:

Founded by two entrepreneurs, Grasshopper Group has been making it easier to start and grow small businesses since 2003. We have several products including Grasshopper, the virtual phone system, Chargify, a recurring billing app and Spreadable, a new word of mouth tool. To date, we’ve served over 100,000 entrepreneurs and are growing that number every day.

Grasshopper Group offers a substantial benefits package that includes:
• Health & dental
• 4 Weeks paid time off & 9 holidays
• 401k & annual profit sharing
• Fresh fruit, snacks & drinks

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply online www.grasshoppergroup.com/careers