Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Home. It’s a word that holds a special place at Bright MLS.   At its core, it’s shelter. But it’s also so much more. Family. Community. Safety. A place where you can be your fullest, truest self. That’s the word that inspires all of us at Bright to do the work that we do -- Ensuring an open, clear, and competitive housing market for ALL. 

Our company –and our brand –are reflective of the diverse communities that make up our market. Our employees represent a diverse mix of backgrounds, cultures and experiences, so much so that Bright’s been named as one of the most diverse employers in the area by the Washington Business Journal –2 years in a row. 

Bright MLS is the engine that powers the real estate market in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. - supporting over $100B in transactions yearly. It is the single source for all data on Mid-Atlantic residential real estate - anywhere. As a Multiple Listing Service (MLS), our technology solutions connect real estate professionals with other real estate professionals and their clients, providing an open and accessible marketplace for buying and selling real estate. 

We’re redefining what it means to be an MLS, and we’d love to have YOU here with us helping tell a Brighter story to the world.  To learn more, please visit www.brightmls.com. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

• Provides Testing consultation/training to project teams (Test Coordination, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, Bug Tracking, etc.).  
• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement (testing/quality) across the organization.
• Identifies and implements efficiencies across projects in the maintenance and support of the infrastructure within Bright MLS. 
• Prepares and forecasts the QAT department's seasonal and long-range plans.
• Understands and implements quality metrics across the organization.  Uses metrics as a tool for continuous improvement.
• Manages testing activities across multiple, simultaneous projects within Bright system. 
• Develops test plans and test strategy for each release.
• Reviews test plans and conducts peer reviews of test cases. 
• Identifies risks and prepares mitigation plans.
• Provides test estimates to project managers, development and release in preparation of implementation timelines. 
• Works with business analysts and product owners to ensure test coverage of business requirements is complete.
• Oversees a pool of software testing professionals for projects, providing software testing education and mentoring.
• Ensures test cases are developed according to standards for both manual and automated applications.
• Provides daily status to project team on test execution progress for the release.
• Performs problem solving and root cause analysis when defects occur.
• Coordinates tasks with onshore/offshore resources.
• Participates on continuous improvement efforts within the QA department keeping Bright objectives and initiates in mind. 
• Researches and evaluates new testing technologies and tools to ensure Bright systems are up to date. 
• Evaluates and recommends process or technical changes to partner organizations.
• Provides guidance around automation strategies, working with the QA Automation Team and Application Development.
• Performs other duties and assignments associated with the position that are reasonably assigned to support the overall needs of the business.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION EXPERIENCE: 

• Experience in developing Test Automation tools as well as Automated Testing of web-based applications is desired.  
• Proven history of making product lifecycle process improvements is required.
• Typically requires an advance degree and at least 9 years of experience; or a combination of education and experience.
• Experience in agile software delivery, implementation, automation frameworks, and continuous integration best practices.  
• Experience managing and coordinating offshore resources is preferred.  
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience with MS Project or Visio is preferred. 
• Java development experience is a plus. 

It is the company's policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as to administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to race, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, ancestry, military status or any other unlawfully prohibited characteristic in accordance with applicable laws.