Job details
Salary $60,000 - $85,000 a year job type full-time number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Qa: 1 year (required)
Bachelor`s (preferred)
Product management: 1 year (preferred)
Test automation: 1 year (preferred)
Full job description
Allumia is seeking a product-minded, process-oriented candidate to join our software team and take lead on qa and beyondWe’re a fast-growing startup, so expect to wear many hats and be deeply involved at every stage in the product life cycle.
About allumia
Allumia provides a web platform through which utility companies design, build, and meter energy efficiency upgrades for small-to-medium-sized businessesAfter six years of bootstrapped growth and proven success, several of the nation’s major utilities have now signed on with us.
Allumia is a mission-focused company, and we’ve built a successful business model around saving costs for customers by helping them reduce their energy consumptionIf you`re concerned about carbon emissions and their role in climate change, this is an excellent opportunity to make an impact.
About the role
You will report to our product lead and will work closely with developers and product managers to understand users’ requirements and thoroughly test new featuresOur goal is to have a high-quality productYou will contribute by leading testing efforts - but you won’t be siloed thereWe will be looking to you for process improvements, product ideas, and anything else you can think of to make sure our offering exceeds users’ expectations.
Basic quality assurance responsibilities include:
Test features: ensure that the features we’re shipping are well-designed, bug-free, and solve the problems they’re intended to.
Document failures: document defects encountered during testing and include clear steps to reproduce the problems, so that the development team can rectify them more easily.
Create test plans: features interact with each other in complex waysCreate reproducible test plans for all parts of the product, so that we can catch regressions before they’re exposed to the world.
Understand the product: all of the above are contingent on a deep understanding of our platformWork hard to understand the context and intent of what we’re working on.
Make us better: work with developers, users, and product managers to improve the efficiency and reliability of our qa processSteer the development team towards more quality-focused and sustainable practices.
You’ll be a key member of the product team and should be excited to do some or all of the following:
Gather user feedback: we’re not done once it’s shipped! get feedback from stakeholders and users after features are launched to help us iterate and tweakHelp create the next generation of tickets.
Document our product: create user-facing write ups for new and existing functionalityHelp our users understand the available functionality as well as its intent and nuances.
Train users on our product: demo new features to stakeholders, run trainings for new users and refreshers for existing users.
Automate your job: understand where qa automation can improve quality and efficiencyImplement or work with developers to implement automated test scripts.
About you
1-2 years qa or product management experience on a web app
Solid knowledge of software qa best practices
Strong product sense - able to see how small features fit into the bigger picture goals of the product
Excellent written and verbal communication skillsYou’ll need to translate eloquently between technical and non-technical language.
Comfort and knowledge of the software development process as it applies to web apps.
Experience with a ticket management system such as jira, etc.
Good intuition about how to make a process more efficient and reliable
Ability to think critically about features
Excitement for broad responsibilities and eventually the opportunity to build a team
Curiosity and a passion for learning
Positive attitude! we’re all nice people and you should be too.
In office / remote expectations & pto
Allumia has an exciting office in downtown seattle near pike place market and is hopeful that employees can come in three days a week, assuming it is safe to do soRemote work is acceptable when needed, and allumia is flexible with regards to an employee’s personal life and scheduleAllumia also maintains an unlimited pto policy where employees are able to take off when they need to, as long as team members are kept well informed and expectations are managed appropriately.
Job type: full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Professional development assistance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Covid-19 considerations:
Remote-friendlyIn-office employees vaccinatedMasks as needed.
Education:
Bachelor`s (preferred)
Experience:
Qa: 1 year (required)
Product management: 1 year (preferred)
Test automation: 1 year (preferred)
Work location:
Fully remote
Work location: remote
