Elastic is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer who will thrive on working as part of a talented engineering team. You will have the opportunity to work with great engineers on cutting edge technology using leading edge software development processes. This Quality Assurance Engineer will directly contribute to existing products; testing software for our Cloud products.

Responsibilities

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Participate in all aspects of QA product lifecycle: Scoping, test case creation and maintenance, feature, regression, integration /end-to-end test execution
  • Prepare and review test plans / test cases with extended Development and Product Management teams
  • Report and verify bugs in a timely manner
  • Ability to identify and research issues with our products
  • Identify project risks and be able to provide alternatives for reducing risk
  • Communicate status and escalate issues in a timely fashion
  • Construct test cases for the defined test plan; modify the existing test cases as the test requirements change
  • Provide input/status updates regarding test progress/results on a daily basis
  • Operate under minimal supervision
  • Lead, supervise, and mentor junior QA engineers
  • 5+ years of Software QA experience with a good understanding of QA methodology
  • 2+ years of leading a QA project
  • Knowledge of scripting languages
  • Experience using bug tracking software
  • Good working knowledge of Linux is required
  • Ability to work independently and lead the QA activities for the projects assigned
  • Demonstrate ability to change direction and re-prioritize on a minutes notice
  • Willingness to help out for other functional areas QA department is responsible for
  • Attentive to detail and highly organized
  • Experience deploying AWS resources for test environments
  • Experience with load testing
  • Experience testing REST APIs
  • Working knowledge of HTTP/S 
  • Competitive pay and benefits
  • Stock options
  • Catered lunches, snacks, and beverages in most offices
  • An environment in which you can balance great work with a great life
  • Passionate people building great products
  • Employees with a wide variety of interests
  • Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.