QA Analyst / Junior Software Engineer – Web/iOS

About the Role:
ARTERNAL CRM (Customer Relational Management) is an up-and-coming player in the technology of the contemporary art scene! We’re looking for our first hire in QA to take some load off of the engineering team. We want you to quickly become a product expert by working directly with the development team and founders. On this team, you’ll have tremendous impact on our customers and become a strong advocate for user experience.

Initially, we expect you to wear many different hats to help us scale. We are looking for someone who understands startups and wants to be part of small but fast growing company. We are looking for strong leadership skills and innovative ideas. An understanding of user interface improvement would be highly encouraged.

Responsibilities:

Short-term: QA focused and get familiar with the product

• Define and maintain test plans
• Test specifications for functional, regression and performance testing
• Find clear reproduction steps for issues reported by customers
• Verify builds for quality prior to production deployment
• Translate high-level business requirements into test scenarios
• Perform service-level testing on an as-needed basis

Long term: Increased development focus

• Become familiar with our codebase and help with smaller development tasks
• Implement and maintain automated test scripts covering fundamental functions in the application
• Work closely with engineering teams to discuss risk and risk mitigation
• Assist in shaping the overall QA process by suggesting improvements, best practices, and new approaches to testing workflow
• Join the development team after familiarizing with the code base
• Receive mentorship from the engineering team
• Lead the QA division as a QA engineer, helping us automate and improve our testing process.

Requirements:

• Good understanding of general QA methodology
• Extreme attention to detail
• Knowledge of relational database concepts and good SQL skills preferred
• Hands-on experience testing and debugging web-based software
• Experience with Load, Stress, and Performance testing
• Ability to work independently

Bonus:

• Web development / iOS development
• Javascript, nodejs, vuejs, swift

Why Arternal:

• This is a fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its people to make a huge impact.
• This is for people, who love the fast-paced growth of a start-up. Join us for the ride of scaling the business out to millions of users.
• Arternal carries opportunities for fast career advancement. As one of the first few employees of Arternal, you’ll have the chance to grow into a leadership position as we expand our team.
• We are a global company with customers in North America, Europe and Asia. Our development team is headquartered in Toronto, but we have a sales office in New York and Los Angeles. Join us for company gatherings and retreats once a year with the entire team!

About the company

ARTERNAL CRM is a verticalized cloud-based SaaS software catering to art dealers and gallery staff. We have created a sales and marketing process to power transactions that were previously non-existent. Our database will house the largest number of buyers and sellers globally. With Arternal, galleries leverage data to turn their relationships into revenue.

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