Senior Quality Engineer

As a Senior Quality Engineer at Axios, your responsibilities include participating in grooming and design reviews, defining comprehensive test strategies, implementing automated tests, and managing defect resolution. You'll also leverage performance metrics and contribute to continuous improvement efforts, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality.

To be considered for the Senior Quality Engineer role at Axios, you should have at least 5 years of experience in quality engineering or software testing. Proficiency in test automation using tools like Cypress and an understanding of agile development practices are essential. Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset are also critical to succeed in this role.

At Axios, quality is more than simply testing; it’s a core engineering mindset. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you are expected to embed quality throughout the entire development lifecycle, advocating for scalable quality practices and ensuring that all products meet the expectations of our readers and stakeholders consistently.

As a Senior Quality Engineer at Axios, you'll engage in a variety of testing activities including functional, integration, performance, and accessibility testing. You will also focus on shifting left in the testing process, encouraging early detection and resolution of issues to enhance product reliability.

Axios offers a competitive benefits package for Senior Quality Engineers, including a 401(k) with an employer match, health insurance options, generous paid leave, a vacation policy, mental health days, learning stipends, and a monthly work-from-home stipend. We prioritize creating a supportive and inclusive work environment for all employees.

In your response, highlight specific projects where you used Cypress for automated testing. Discuss how you designed and implemented automated tests, any challenges faced, and how you overcame them to improve product quality.

Share a structured approach to ensuring quality, such as integrating testing throughout the development process, the use of metrics for performance evaluation, and continuous feedback loops. Emphasize your commitment to a quality-first mindset.

Discuss your systematic approach to identifying, logging, tracking, and resolving bugs. Provide examples from past experiences where effective bug management led to improved product outcomes.

Explain your methods for fostering communication and collaboration, such as regular check-ins, joint meetings, and collaborative tools. Cite instances where this approach positively impacted project quality.

Discuss best practices such as adopting shift-left testing, continuous integration, test-driven development, and regular training for teams. Provide examples of how implementing these practices has led to improved quality in projects.

Detail your knowledge of performance testing concepts and the tools you’ve used, like metrics and dashboards. Explain how observability practices contribute to proactive quality management and issue detection.

Describe your approach to dealing with unclear requirements, emphasizing communication and collaboration with stakeholders to clarify objectives, and how you prioritize quality despite uncertainties.

Provide examples of your experience working in agile settings, detailing how you contributed to sprints, participated in ceremonies, and ensured quality through collaboration and feedback. Highlight any valuable lessons learned.

Discuss your familiarity with accessibility testing principles, tools like Lighthouse, Axe, or WAVE, and any projects where you ensured applications met accessibility standards. Reflect on its importance in delivering inclusive user experiences.

Share your motivations for wanting to work at Axios, emphasizing alignment with their mission, commitment to quality, and how your experience can contribute to their quality-first culture.