QA Engineer - Latin America

QA Engineer

Location: Latin America

Job type: Contractor Full time

Flexible working arrangements: Remote/Hybrid

About QS

QS is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, insights, and intelligence to the global higher education sector - supporting university excellence across the world. Our student recruitment and enrolment solutions enable universities and business schools to connect with talented individuals seeking to further their academic progress and career development. Our portfolio of professional services includes consultancy, student mobility and academic partnerships management, and branding solutions. We publish highly visible and influential rankings of international universities, including the QS World University Rankings® which reaches a global audience of hundreds of millions of people.

Founded in 1990, our activities span across 50 countries, working with over 2000 of the world’s leading higher education institutions and over 12,000 employers.

Headquartered in London, QS has over 750 employees globally with offices in 14 different countries, including Australia, Malaysia, India, Romania, Singapore, France, Germany, and the USA. QS keeps growing organically, through acquisition and by recruiting top talent across key regions.

What inspires us?

At QS, our culture fosters a flexible working environment that encourages our employees to own their career whilst personally and professionally thriving. We collaborate, respect, and support each other – and as a company, our values underpin these.

Our mission is to empower motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential through higher education, and to ensure everyone has the same opportunity to achieve that potential. We celebrate the diversity of our teams and believe through sharing our experiences we can learn from one another and become stronger together, which enables us to achieve our goal.

At QS, you’ll be responsible for implementing real change in the international higher education landscape, full of exciting and interesting challenges where you can drive positive impact across the business.

In October 2023 we were thrilled to be included in Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® in the UK list which is compiled using employee sentiment and satisfaction data. 

Using insights from more than two million employees in organisations with 50 to 100,000 members of staff, the list recognises workplaces where employees feel most respected and appreciated. 

The role

As a QA Engineer in our team, you will play an instrumental role in elevating the quality and reliability of our university student-facing platform. Your mission will be to integrate and refine testing strategies, ensuring the software not only meets our high standards for functionality and performance but also delivers a seamless and impactful user experience to the academic community. By collaborating closely with both development and operations teams, you will bridge the gap through DevOps practices, enhancing the continuous delivery pipeline and implementing automated testing solutions that drive efficiency and precision in our release cycles.  

Role responsibilities:

• Develop and implement comprehensive QA strategies that encompass API testing, performance evaluation, regression testing, load testing, and unit testing to ensure the application's robustness and reliability.
• Set up and manage automation frameworks for efficient and accurate testing processes, reducing manual effort and increasing the coverage and speed of tests.
• Work closely with the DevOps team to integrate QA processes into the continuous integration and delivery pipelines, ensuring that quality checks are an integral part of development and deployment workflows.
• Utilize advanced testing tools and platforms to conduct thorough web browser compatibility and usability tests, ensuring the application performs optimally across various environments.
• Monitor application performance, identifying bottlenecks and collaborating with developers to implement solutions that enhance speed, efficiency, and user experience.
• Maintain detailed documentation of testing plans, processes, and outcomes, providing clear reports and feedback to the development team to guide improvements.

Key skills and experience:

• Strong knowledge of React, JavaScript, and NodeJS, with the ability to understand and test complex web applications.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices, with experience in integrating QA into continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Experience in setting up and managing automation testing frameworks, particularly Selenium, to streamline testing processes.
• Proficiency with web browser testing tools like BrowserStack, enabling comprehensive cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• A broad skill set that supports API testing, performance testing, regression testing, load testing, and unit testing, ensuring a thorough validation process for all aspects of the application.
• Excellent analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset, capable of identifying issues and crafting effective solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams using agile methodologies
• A commitment to continuous learning of the latest technologies and testing methodologies, ensuring the application leverages cutting-edge practices for quality assurance.

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is proud to be a fair and equal organisation where everyone has the same opportunity to achieve their full potential, irrespective of their background or personal attributes. We celebrate our diversity and believe through sharing our experiences we can learn from one another, be stronger together, and enable our business to thrive.