Senior Software Quality Engineer (Contractor)

This is a remote role, open to candidates across Latin America. The Software Quality Engineer works closely with business analysts, developers, scrum masters, and software engineers on dedicated scrum teams. This position is responsible for ensuring the quality of our manufacturing and e-commerce software solutions. Software Quality Engineers design, develop, implement, and maintain automated and manual tests and create defects for discrepancies. The right candidate for this role is effective at validation of deliverables and providing guidance on risk reduction. You will Review requirements and seek clarification around any ambiguities with a focus on customer impact and business goals. Leverage input from product stakeholders to determine if requirements and solution meet those needs Understand the implications of design decisions and adjust testing approach based on the impact and risk in the short and long-term Partner with product owners and senior developers to understand and design tests around any non-functional system requirements in areas such as data retention, performance, and security Define and deliver well-scoped test plans for projects. May include working in the role of a project quality lead across several teams to ensure all pieces of a combined, larger functionality meet project goals Mentor less-experienced team members by providing guidance as well as modeling solid quality practices and professional behavior Consistently deliver clear, flexible, reusable, and efficient manual and automated tests with thoughtful decisions when choosing one over the other Proactively identify, gain alignment, and implement improvements to current testing practices and tools. Create defects with clear and complete steps to reproduce. Perform initial investigation using server logs, browser tools, and other resources available – include details upon submission. Own and drive defects to resolution Participate in code reviews. Provide thoughtful and actionable feedback. Respond to feedback with openness and implement beneficial changes Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for high priority incidents and address issues with appropriate level of urgency Drive discussions with manager about career growth. Actively seek opportunities to grow professional skillset Model and promote Protolabs’ defined quality best-practices and standards as well as internal team goals Perform additional tasks as assigned