eHow is looking for an exceptional Sr. QA Engineer who is dedicated, results-oriented, and a tenacious problem-solver to help us at our Santa Monica, CA office. Whether you need to fix, build, create or learn, eHow gives you practical solutions to problems life throws at you. With an average of 57 million page views per month, performance, usability, and user experience is key to eHow’s success. As an eHow engineer, you provide the technical foundation to make this happen.

A big vision calls for a big job. As we grow, our need for a Sr. QA Engineer grows with us.

Leaf Group is a diversified Internet company that builds platforms to enable communities of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories. We create amazing experiences that celebrate the best of art, design and technology. We want people with an intense curiosity, a commitment to high quality service, who embrace the fun of the journey. Come help us disrupt and transform the digital media and art world! 

We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We encourage all of our employees to learn and grow personally and professionally so they can assume greater responsibilities and advance their careers within the department or within one of our operating businesses. Check us out here: https://www.leafgroup.com/brands/

You’ll Report To: Directing, Engineering

A typical day as a Sr. QA Engineer might include:

• Development and execution of functional, system, and acceptance tests
• Test planning for new feature development
• Follow through on every issue to ensure its completion
• Development and execution of test cases
• Reviewing functional, technical specifications, and wireframes to develop test plans
• Implementing useful processes that aid the team as a whole, where needed
• Manual and Automated test execution, strong attention to detail during all test execution, verification of functionality, usability, and all other coverage areas
• Validating that project adheres to technical specifications and well accepted standards
• Participating in reviews at all phases of the software development cycle
• Contributing to overall Quality Assurance best practices, strategy and methodology
• Ensuring that software conforms to style guides and standards (directory structures, file naming conventions, etc.)
• We are a fast paced group that does daily releases

You’ll be successful if you are a results-oriented, hardworking, ambitious, and driven self-starter.

What You Have:

• 3+ years’ experience in QA and testing within a software development environment, preferably with websites and mobile web apps
• Experience in writing Automated Tests with Selenium - JavaScript, Java, or C#
• Experience with command line or PowerShell scripting
• Experience writing scripts in either JavaScript, Python
• Experience writing test plans, objective definitions, QA findings and reporting
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with QA methodologies, tools and approaches (black box, white box and automated testing experience)
• Strong documentation and test plan writing
• Development and execution of functional, system, and acceptance tests
• Test planning for new feature development
• Follow through on every issue to ensure its completion
• Development and execution of test cases
• Reviewing functional, technical specifications, and wireframes to develop test plans
• Implementing useful processes that aid the team as a whole, where needed
• Manual and Automated test execution, strong attention to detail during all test execution, verification of functionality, usability, and all other coverage areas
• Validating that project adheres to technical specifications and well accepted standards
• Participating in reviews at all phases of the software development cycle
• Contributing to overall Quality Assurance best practices, strategy and methodology
• Ensuring that software conforms to style guides and standards (directory structures, file naming conventions, etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Not afraid to wear multiple hats - no job being too small or too large.
• We're casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly. A pleasant and supportive demeanor goes a long way.

Huge Pluses:

• Familiar with Webdriver IO
• Familiar with Node.js
• Familiar with NoSQL and non-relational databases (MongoDB)
• Familiar with AWS or other cloud computing services

What We Have:

• Cool office environment and culture (if we do say so ourselves at our ice cream socials, Thirsty Thursdays, Free Lunch Fridays, and all of the other fun activities we gather for)
• Discounted gym memberships
• Paid-to-play vacation rewards
• Discretionary unlimited vacation time
• Employee discounts for Saatchi Art and Society6
• 401K
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts

Agency Disclosure:
If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.