Associate Quality Assurance Specialist

A Junior QA reports to a QA Lead and works closely with the QA lead, QA Subject Matter Experts, other QA members, project managers, designers, and developers to deliver QA standards and client satisfaction. The primary role of a Junior QA is to execute structured and well-defined tasks and provide execution of QA tasks with speed and great quality for the overall agility of the QA team. 

You will:

• Responsible for completing day-to-day assigned tasks in a practical, timely, and communicative manner, following the established standards. 
• Responsible for functional and non functional testing execution. 
• Responsible for attending meetings providing status, taking notes and providing feedback when needed. 
• He/She must work collaboratively with QA, development, and business groups to complete testing. 
• Responsible for reporting and following up bug’s life cycle according with QA standards. 
• Responsible of continuously growing his/her knowledge of QA field, project and automation tools. 
• He/She must have a good understanding of the processes to determine when to raise flags and always be a gatekeeper of QA. 
• Should be able to work with other team members to ensure the success of projects. 

You have: 

• English Proficiency (B2+ reading, writing, and conversation).
• 1+ years of experience in software quality assurance (web development)
• Working experience with Javascript
• Working experience with automation tools like AccelQ or another similar (Playwright, Cypress).
• Mastery of office productivity tools such as Excel, Word, MS Project, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of collaboration and issue-tracking tools such as Jira and Confluence. 
• Basic knowledge with SQL (Azure)
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD
• ISTQB Certification or another QA-related certification
• Coursing (or completing) a bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field.

What We Offer:

• Prepaid Medical Assistance for COP 300,000
• Vacations: 3 additional days of vacation to the 15 legal days, subject to the applicable policies in the company
• On your birthday: Half a day for you to celebrate and a birthday bonus
• You can choose a day off between Christmas or New Year
• You will have three personal days, which you can use for your matters, each calendar year
• And more…

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.  If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to impact our employees' lives significantly, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

The Talent Team at Critical Mass focuses on providing the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. To do so, we expect our team to work from an office at least 3 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

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