Quality Assurance Engineer

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Real Deal is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer / Release Manager to ensure the stability performance and quality of our digital products including our news site TRD Data platform subscription systems and high-impact advertising units.

You will play a critical role in reducing bugs preventing regressions protecting ad revenue and accelerating our product development velocity. You will collaborate closely with developers editorial research design and product operations in a fast-moving Agile environment.

This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who loves testing problem-solving and being the last line of defense before production.

JobResponsibilities:

QualityAssurance&Testing

DesignandexecuteQAplansfornewandexistingfeaturesacrosswebandmobile.

Performfunctionalregressionexploratoryandcross-browser/devicetestingwithafocusonUX/UIconsistencyandusability.

ValidateadssubscriptionspaywallsloginsandcoreproductinteractionsacrossTRDproducts.

Testdata-drivenproductsforaccuracyaccesscontrolanduserexperience.

Maintaintestcasesacceptancecriteriaandregressionchecklists.

Documentclearreproduciblebugsandcollaboratewithdeveloperstoensurehigh-qualityreleases.

ReleaseManagement

Ownthefullstagingproductionreleasepipeline.

Ensureallticketshaveclearrequirementsbeforedevelopmentbegins.

RunstructuredQAcyclesforeverysprintandrelease.

Createanddistributereleasenotesforinternalstakeholders(EditorialAdsSubscriptionsMarketing).

Trackpost-releasedefectsandcoordinatehotfixeswhenneeded.

Monitorcriticalfunctionalityimmediatelyafterdeployments.

QualityMetrics&ContinuousImprovement

TrackkeyQAmetrics().

Identifyrecurringissuesandpartnerwithdevstoeliminaterootcauses.

PromoteandenforceQAbestpracticesacrossthedigitalteam.

Cross-DepartmentCollaboration

WorkwithAdvertisingtovalidateadrenderingview-abilityanddelivery.

WorkwithEditorialontemplatetestingperformanceandstructureddatachanges.

WorkwithSubscriptionsonfunnelQAanderrordiagnosis.

WorkwithProductOpstoensuresmoothintakeprioritizationandstatusupdates.

Qualifications:

2yearsexperienceinsoftwareQAorreleaseengineering.

StrongknowledgeofQAmethodologiestoolsandprocesses.

Experiencewritingdetailedtestplanscasesandacceptancecriteria.

FamiliaritywithAgile/Scrumdevelopmentcycles.

SolidSQLorscriptingexperiencefordatavalidation.

Abilitytodesignandmaintainregressiontestsuites.

Experiencetestingacrossmultiplebrowsers/devices.

Excellentcommunicationanddocumentationskills.

PreferredQualifications:

Experiencewithautomatedtestingframeworks(CypressPlaywrightSeleniumetc.).

Experienceinpublishingmediatechnologyoradtech.

Experiencetestingsubscriptionsystemspaywallsorauthenticationflows.

UnderstandingofSEO-sensitivefeatures(structureddataschemaperformance).

Performanceorsecuritytestingexperience.

$90000 - $100000 a year

Who We Are:

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60 awards for editorial excellence over the past six years including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated.

As a publication The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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