Quality Assurance Engineer

About Us:

Cognition is a leading provider of connected advertising solutions, empowering businesses to reach their target audiences with precision and drive measurable results. Our innovative platform seamlessly blends advanced technology with data-driven insights, enabling advertisers to optimize their advertising campaigns across various channels effectively.

Location:

We are ideally seeking local candidates in Jacksonville, but for the right candidate, we would be willing to bring someone who is based elsewhere.

What We're Looking For:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will act as the gatekeeper of quality, playing a crucial part in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering to deployment.

You will not just be finding bugs; you will be designing test strategies, writing automation scripts, and collaborating closely with developers to build a robust, scalable product. If you are passionate about breaking code so we can build it back stronger, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test Strategy & Planning: Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback. Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Automation: Design, develop, and execute automation scripts using open-source tools. Transition manual test cases into automated suites to reduce regression time.
• Execution: Perform various types of testing, including functional, regression, integration, API, and performance testing across different environments.
• Bug Tracking: Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs using [Insert Tool, e.g., JIRA/Linear]. Perform root cause analysis on production issues.
• Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and Developers in an Agile/Scrum environment to understand features and ensure acceptance criteria are met.
• Code Quality: Participate in code reviews (specifically for test hooks and automation code) and champion quality coding standards.
• Cloud & Database Verification: Validate data integrity directly within databases and ensure reliable deployment within cloud environments.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: 3 years of proven experience in software quality assurance, with a strong focus on both manual and automation testing.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in Java or JavaScript/TypeScript. You must be comfortable writing code, not just running recorded scripts.
• Frontend Framework Knowledge: Experience testing applications built using modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Node.js, Vue, or Angular.
• Backend Framework Knowledge: Familiarity with backend frameworks such as Spring Boot or Scala.
• Database Skills: Solid knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases. Experience querying Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB to validate data.
• Cloud Experience: Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) and how to debug in a cloud-native environment.
• Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
  

Nice to Have (Bonus Skills):

• Experience with specific automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or RestAssured.
• Experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, Swagger).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Understanding of mobile testing (iOS/Android).
  

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and make a significant impact.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Ability to work from our brand new Jacksonville office.