Quality Engineer 2

The Company  Serving the People Who Serve the People  Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.   Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.  Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

The Granicus Quality Engineer contributes to the overall quality of multiple software platforms, executing on quality initiatives throughout the entire testing lifecycle. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, test case creation, manual testing, defect analysis, status reporting, and generating metrics as required. Experience with automated testing is highly desirable.   Granicus releases new features and functionality frequently, and the QE team is on the cutting edge of everything we do. In this role you and your team become key product experts and drive how new features are implemented.

What your impact will look like here:

• Develop and execute test cases for new product enhancements
• Identify areas of risk and mitigate those areas to ensure stable releases
• Ensure quality criteria is met for all areas before product release
• Debug and triage failures, escalating issues as warranted

You will love this job if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field; or software test related experience/knowledge
• 2-4+ years of software testing experience, or equivalent, in a professional software development environment
• 2+ years’ experience in a web-based testing environment
• Experience with exploratory/edge/corner testing techniques and risk-based testing
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and quickly adjust in a rapidly changing environment
• Experience with accessibility testing is highly preferrable.
• Familiarity and experience executing automated test scripts using Selenium IDE
• Familiarity working within an agile software development process
• Experience with cross-browser testing
• Experience testing web services
• Experience in a SaaS environment

Examples of Possible Performance Metrics:

• Customer-reported production defects are under a certain threshold
• Overall test coverage is increased
• Risk-assessment is created for components going into a release Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above, but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!