Ranker is hiring! Ranker.com, a Quantcast Top 50 site, is the leading platform for crowdsourced rankings across pop culture, sports, and just about everything else anyone cares about. We have more than 25 million unique visitors per month. We are venture-backed, growing rapidly, and building out the team that’ll make us one of the most popular businesses in the digital world.

We are in need of a highly motivated QA Engineer or Lead to join our fast growing team. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with an integrated team of developers, product managers, and editors for test planning, test development, and product validation (black box testing, regression testing, and user acceptance story tests). This is an entry-level position for someone with 0-2 years of professional experience as a manual tester.

What you’ll do:

• Develop the testing strategies for the testing all of Ranker’s products
• Manage an offshore QA team and be the facilitator between them and the rest of the engineering team
• Design test plans to track the time, effort, and coverage
• Participate in planning sessions, analyzing requirements, and defining acceptance criteria for new features
• Oversee test case documentation and review/create test cases
• Assist with user acceptance and regression testing
• Own the bug backlog and prioritize issues
• Work with Ranker staff on the reporting of bugs and other issues found in-house
• Be an expert on all Ranker products

What You’ll Need:

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of mobile and web technologies
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances and timelines
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize

Nice-To-Haves:

• Website or mobile app testing experience
• Possess basic knowledge of the development life cycle
• Able to develop, write and execute test plans and test cases based on design specifications and requirements
• JIRA experience
• Automation experience
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university

Candidates must be local, although we will consider telecommuting one day a week an/or flexible hours for the right candidate. No agencies, 3rd parties or recruiters.