QA Engineer - Automation (Java)

Our client is a "mature" early stage company in downtown Seattle. They are extremely well funded, growing rapidly and led by internet pioneers who have built tremendously successful software companies in the past. Their product is shipping and producing revenue from thousands of clients and well known companies such as CBS, Arista Records and Time Magazine to name a few.  We are seeking a QA Engineer who will thrive on working as part of a talented and highly Agile engineering team. You should be comfortable in a technical QA environment that emphasizes automation and be able to multi-task and challenge developers with your bug finding skills.  Responsibilities: -Work closely with developers and designers in an action oriented Agile engineering organization to plan, build and test high quality and high performance components. -Work with product management to identify use case scenarios and create and execute test plans to validate those use cases. -Work together with the whole project team to validate the quality of our releases.-Identify test automation opportunities and tools to automate both unit and functional tests. -Help grow the Flex and Java test automation suites.-Find and report product usability issues, defects and incompatibilities.  -Configure and maintain Linux, Windows and Macintosh based test systems. -Help develop test standards and procedures. -Be a contributor to the development of the QA test frameworks. Requirements: -Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field-3 - 5+ years of Software QA experience in an n-tier Java/Linux environment (Apache, Tomcat, Oracle)-Prior experience with scripting test automation-Coding experience with Java and/or Flex - ideally past junit and or Flexunit test development experience.-Good working knowledge of SQL and XML Location:   Seattle, WA 98121 Status:   Full Time, Employee Job Category:   IT/Software Development Career Level:   Experienced (Non-Manager) Company:   Parker Staffing Services Email:   Apply by Email