Zype is a leading provider in the streaming video industry, delivering applications across multiple platforms, including phones, tablets, set-top boxes, and smart TVs. Our mission is to continuously improve the quality and reliability of our products to enhance user experiences worldwide.
We are looking for a QA Engineer passionate about improving the quality of applications in the streaming video space. You will be part of a remote-based team, reporting to the VP of Infrastructure and QA, working to raise the bar for quality and reliability in a high-scale video distribution platform. The ideal candidate will have experience using both automated testing tools and manual techniques to test applications across various platforms, with a sharp eye for functional, visual, usability, and performance issues.
Goals
- Perform testing on front-end applications across a wide variety of platforms, identifying areas for improvement.
- Utilize both automated testing tools and manual techniques to uncover functional and performance limitations before customers do.
- Contribute to defining and enforcing quality standards for new releases.
- Collaborate with developers to set, measure, and enhance quality goals in a continuous improvement framework.
- Identify candidates for test automation and work with other engineers to design and implement automated tests.
- Analyze production issues and engage in regular reviews to improve QA processes and prevent future defects.
- Take pride in discovering defects that previously went undetected, helping to elevate product quality.
What you’ll need
- 3+ years of professional experience with QA processes, working alongside a development team.
- Experience using test automation tools, ideally for mobile platforms.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail in identifying and documenting defects.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, comfortable with video calls and online collaboration tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with video streaming applications.
- Knowledge of performance testing methodologies and tools.
- Familiarity with security testing best practices.
What We Do
Backlight is a global media technology company that is dramatically improving every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle—from creation through monetization—with its award-winning, cloud-native SaaS products. Video-forward organizations partner with Backlight to solve their mission-critical business and operational challenges. Backlight’s product lines—iconik, cineSync, ftrack, celtx, Gem, Wildmoka, and Zype—provide secure and efficient media management, narrative design, production tracking, creative collaboration, OTT, monetization and hyper-distribution. Backlight launched in 2021 and is backed by $200M in funding from growth-equity partner PSG.
For more information visit backlight.co.
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