Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

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We are Walker & Dunlop.  We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities. We believe seeking diverse talent and promoting the inclusion of all perspectives are more than moral imperatives – they are critical to our success and ability to innovate and grow.

Department Overview

WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a diverse group of energetic and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology.

WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities.

The Impact You Will Have

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that product teams deliver at quality, bringing a critical thinking approach to implement quality assurance through automated testing. You will be supporting your teams in understanding and analyzing business requirements, understanding the user journey and pains, spotting inaccuracies or defects in deliverables; as well as defining and communicating quality metrics to the team members and other stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze functional and technical requirements to signal inconsistent or insufficient requirements
• Understand business and user needs deeply
• Perform functional testing, performance testing and regression testing of services in our tech stack
• Define quality metrics which are informative, clear and understandable
• Build continuous integration and deployment solutions
• Communicate reports that provide insight on quality metrics
• You are well versed in testing tools such as Selenium, Postman, etc. and know to pick the best tool for the job

Education and Experience

• 6+ years of Quality Assurance Engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proficiency in QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks relevant to Vue, Python, and TypeScript (e.g., Cypress, PyTest, Mocha, Jest)
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) and coding practices

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of business-driven and risk based test methodologies

• Solid experience with automated testing using Junit/TestNG + Cucumber

• Experience working with Selenium web driver for UI testing and Postman for API testing

• Experience setting up and building continuous integration and deployment solutions (GitLab, Jenkins, Spinnaker, etc.)

• Knowledge of SQL and client-side technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

• Experience with Jira

• Strong self-learning skills, ability to ask questions and a can-do attitude to find the right people in the organization who can answer them

• Strong Agile mindset with experience working within Scrum or Kanban frameworks

• Desire and eagerness to contribute to the success of the company and grow along with it

• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English

• Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes

• Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders

Bonus points for

• Experience with testing data with Great Expectations and other such tools

• Experience in real-estate domain

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What We Offer  

• You will have the opportunity to accelerate our rapidly growing organization. 
• We’re a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately. 
• Agile working environment with flexible working hours and location, career advancement, and competitive compensation package. 
• We are a family friendly company. 
• We arrange social activities to help our employees and families become familiar with each other and our culture. 
• Diverse, unique colleagues from every corner of the world.

EEO Statement

We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace.  We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information.  We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.

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