The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.
About the Role
This is a pivotal moment in the life of The New York Times. We have declared ourselves a subscription-first company, staking our future on producing journalism that is worth paying for and is unparalleled in its quality, depth and breadth of coverage. Connecting our expanding readership to our quality journalism is one of our most vital and exciting challenges as we move towards reaching our goal of 15 million subscriptions by 2027.
The New York Times is looking for a QA engineer to join our Growth QA Team. You will collaborate with product management, project management, design, and development teams to enhance product quality. You will report to the Senior QA Manager.
Responsibilities:
- You will automate functional and regression tests with Selenium WebDriverIO, Playwright, and Applitools.
- You will contribute to the modification, development, implementation, and maintenance of test automation frameworks.
- You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and developers in an Agile environment to effectively test our products.
- You will perform manual testing, measuring test coverage, and driving best practices in testing.
- You will create clear and concise test plans, estimate work, and monitor progress against milestones.
- You will work closely with the offshore QA team and coordinate daily testing efforts by assigning them tasks regularly.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of quality assurance engineering experience.
- Proficiency with Python, Javascript, or Typescript.
- Worked with at least one automated test framework like Selenium, Appium, WebDriverIO, or Playwright.
- Experience testing Web and mobile apps, including preparing, documenting, and executing test criteria, test cases, test scripts, and test plans.
- Knowledge with CI/CD frameworks to integrate quality automation into our build and release pipelines.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience influencing and driving software engineering best practices.
- Familiarity assisting with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.
- Familiarity writing codes that establishes and enhances frameworks.
- Experience reviewing code for the design, testability and clear usability.
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This role may require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.
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