QA Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Refinery29 is a rapidly-growing digital media company that delivers non-stop inspiration for living a more stylish and creative life.  From fashion to beauty to products and shopping, Refinery29 takes its users on a constant journey of style discovery.

Since its inception in 2005, Refinery29 has focused on building a massive community through 24/7 original content.  Refinery29’s highly engaged consumer base yields 7mm unique visitors and 1.5mm subscribers generating 100mm page views each month.  In 2013, Refinery29 was rated #1 in Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Media Companies and #11 in Inc.’s top New York companies. In 2013, Mashable recognized R29’s redesign as of the “15 Innovative Redesigns of 2013”.

The company recently raised a $20mm Series C (2013) round of funding.  The company’s investors include Eastern Capital, FLOODGATE, First Round Capital, Hearst Corporation, Lerer Ventures, and Stripes Group.

Job Description

Did you take apart your Nintendo controllers as a kid? Do you organize the clothing hanging in your closet according to style? Are your bathroom cabinet shelves labelled? Did you hack together a helmet camera long before the Go-Pro came out? Do you have 2 or more different list-making apps on your phone? Do highlighters and post-it notes make your heart sing? Are you the kind of adult that still finds joy in building Legos?


Not only do we understand you, we want you to join us!


Refinery29 is currently looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to help test the delivery of feature requirements by core web and mobile development teams. As a QA Engineer at Refinery29 you will be reporting to the QA Manager and working directly with our development teams to perform UAT and functional testing in order to ensure feature completion as well as smoke test high-risk areas for regression.

As a QA Engineer you will come to learn the way all of Refinery29’s products work (R29, R29 Shops, R29 mobile and our internal CMS) in order to be able to respond to user feedback, triage support emails and write bug reports with expertise.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who enjoys deconstructing things, breaking them and then investigating further to find the root cause of that breakage. They will be obsessive about details and able to think beyond the specifications, using their intuitive nature to go above and beyond the provided use cases.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist development teams in completing projects that will introduce new features and functionality to our website, mobile site and other web services
  • Work with outside stakeholders to understand issues and features from the start
  • Adhere to project schedules and effectively report progress to QA Manager in order to meet challenging deadlines
  • Evaluate and improve testing methodologies for continuous improvement
  • Stay knowledgeable on industry standards and trends

Qualifications

  • 2-years experience in a QA role for consumer web product

  • Efficiency with cross-browser and mobile device testing

  • Familiarity with Agile product development methodology

  • Comfortable working with all areas of the organization

  • Clear, effective communication skills

  • Excellent trouble-shooting abilities

  • Flexible and comfortable adapting to new processes and context switching

  • Passion and love for Refinery29

DESIRED SKILLS

  • Background in computer programming a plus

  • Experience with automated testing tools and virtual machines a plus

  • Experience with GitHub a plus

Additional Information

Please submit your resume along with the following info:

  • Your preferred bug-tracking tool and why

  • List of languages, frameworks and platforms you have QA’d

  • Personal hobbies or passion projects you’re working on

Benefits and Perks

  • Collaborative, close-knit environment
  • Working with a really smart and fun group of people
  • Competitive salary
  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Generous hardware budget

Refinery29 will not honor resumes submitted by recruiters for jobs posted on our website.