Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

Comprised of Disney’s international media businesses and the Company’s various streaming services, the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution segment aligns technology, content and distribution platforms to expand the Company’s global footprint and deliver world-class, personalized entertainment experiences to consumers around the world.

DMED is an equal opportunity employer – Female/Minority/Veteran/Disability.  Our goal is to create an inclusive workplace for all.

Job Summary:

The DMED QA Productivity Engineering team is seeking a skilled and dedicated Quality Analyst to join our team. As a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst, this individual will work together with the software engineering team and other QA Analysts to define and execute the testing coverage needs for our next-generation storytelling products that deliver innovative content to our consumer-facing applications across the Disney brand. They will also work closely with the product owners, project management, automation engineers, and various other external development teams. Additionally, this role will require the candidate to be the QA lead for multiple releases and to participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle including planning, automation, design, test execution, and release.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

•          Create and execute test cases and test plans.  Find, replicate, regress defects and write reproducible steps in our bug database system. Additionally, ensure that validated deliverables meet functional specifications and requirements.

•          Participate in sprint plan review meetings to review functional and design specs and understand how that impacts features in development. This includes leading supplemental test plan reviews with peers, developers, and product team members.

•          Effectively communicate defects to stake holders and developers responsible for products in test, and lead various test sessions with key members of the delivery team to ensure functionality of product(s).

•          Develop test plans, test cases, and other supplemental documentation as needed while maintaining the QA process.  

•          Manage our geo-distributed QA team members to ensure they are fully integrated

•          Work with the automation engineering teams to develop, execute, and improve our automation testing suite.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Skills:

• 5+ years of relevant QA experience.
• Clear communicator (written and verbal) for talking with stakeholders about requests and informing teams of any issues regarding submissions or development tasks
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables. Demonstrates the ability to find the bad defects and bugs quickly.
• Experience with various QA tools and platforms. (ADB, Xcode, Charles Proxy, Postman, SOAtest, Selenium, etc)
• Familiarity with issue tracking software like Jira or Github.
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of software quality assurance practice and testing methodologies and tools.
• Previous exposure to API test automation processes and frameworks. 
• Experience writing test cases, test plans and overseeing the QA process in its entirety.
• Experience in agile software development teams working iteratively with designers, product managers and stakeholders.
• Comfortable being uncomfortable. Ability to balance multiple projects in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment, while being adaptable to change.
• Ability to work and participate in a team with an open and collaborative style of communications.
• An analytical thinker, with sharp attention to detail, that has problem-solving and trouble shooting skills.
• A strong passion for product quality and continuous willingness to improve the process.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with automated test tools.
• Experience executing automated scripts.
• Experience leading software releases.
• Understanding of how to interpret the results of automated test runs.
• Experience with API testing, consumer software products/ecosystem, connected devices, or video game testing.
• Experience writing test cases in Gherkin or Cucumber.
• A passion for learning and technology!