Senior QA Engineer (STR)

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Job Description

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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - STR
 

OVERVIEW

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.  

STR  

STR is the global leader in hospitality data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry. STR delivers data that is confidential, accurate and actionable to empower our clients to strategize and compete in their markets. 

Learn more about STR. 

We are searching for an exceptional Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to develop testing solutions within our agile product teams. This role is critical to the quality and success of our products and includes the design, development, and execution of tests for products we are developing, as well as the continued improvement of our testing process and architecture. This role will collaborate closely with technical leadership and developers to ensure we have the tests and processes necessary to release stable, high-quality products. As a senior member of the group, you will have the opportunity to drive the technical strategy and architecture of our platform.

This position is located in our Nashville, TN and offers a schedule of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, executing, and maintaining tests based on product requirements and specificationsInvestigating, logging, and escalating as appropriate the defects identified during testingWorking with the development team to analyze project requirements with the goal of increasing test coverageCollaborating with other Software Quality Assurance Engineer on the continual improvement of our testing methods and strategiesActing as an advocate for testing, training and support other team members as appropriateCoordinating testing for releases and participating as necessaryGaining a deep understanding of the CoStar business, including the Analytic products.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college.  A track record of commitment to prior employers 5+ years of industry experience as a Software Quality Assurance EngineerUnderstanding of quality assurance testing methodologies and the software development life cycleMust be detail-oriented and possess strong organizational, written, and verbal skillsExperience testing mission-critical relational database applications and web-based enterprise systemsExperience reporting, regressing, and reproducing software problemsFluent in SQL and relational databases, including experience testing relational database-backed applicationsHistory of partnering and collaborating with software development teams

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

Experience testing at an API levelAbility read/write SQL queries (Select, Update, Delete)ISTQB Certification: Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription DrugLife, legal, and supplementary insuranceVirtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and familyCommuter and parking benefits401(K) retirement plan with matching contributionsEmployee stock purchase planPaid time offTuition reimbursementOn-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classesAccess to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource GroupsComplimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.  However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing