Software Quality Engineer

MW Partners is currently seeking a Software Quality Engineer to work for our client who is a global leader in multimedia and creativity software products.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Own end to end quality for effects and transitions in Premiere Pro
• Design and maintain comprehensive test strategies and detailed test plans for your areas including functional regression and performance coverage for both first party and third party effects/plugins
• Develop and execute manual and automated tests to validate rendering correctness (visual artifacts frame accuracy temporal glitches) and catch regressions early in the development cycle
• Define and run repeatable performance and reliability benchmarks (FPS scrubbing responsiveness render/export times stability under heavy timelines) and track these metrics over time.
• Collaborate with third party plugin vendors and internal teams to validate compatibility diagnose integration issues and ensure a high quality end to end user experience.
• Represent the customer perspective in planning design reviews and release decisions clearly communicating quality and performance risks to stakeholders and leadersh

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering or Software Engineering in Test including significant time on complex desktop products.
• Strong background testing professional video or media applications (e.g. Premiere Pro After Effects Resolve Avid Final Cut Pro) with deep familiarity with NLE editing workflows.
• Expert level hands on experience using Premiere Pro (or similar NLE) for timeline editing effects transitions and export workflows in real production style projects.
• Proven expertise in validating visual quality for effects and transitions (artifacts blending/compositing issues temporal glitches frame accuracy) across both first party and third party plugins.
• Demonstrated experience in performance and reliability testing for media applications: playback FPS scrubbing responsiveness render/export performance and stability under heavy complex projects.
• Proven ability to design implement and maintain comprehensive test strategies and plans for large multi feature areas including functional regression and performance coverage.
• Solid experience with test automation and scripting (e.g. Python/JavaScript or similar) to build or extend test harnesses automate scenarios and analyze logs/metrics.
• Track record of driving issues from discovery to closure: excellent defect isolation clear reproduction steps high quality bug reports and effective collaboration with developers and PMs
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues trade offs and risks to both engineering and non technical stakeholders.
• Previous experience with GPU related testing would be preferred.

For a further discussion or to find out more contact Ashutosh Nayak on or apply now.