Columbia Sportswear
Apparel and Footwear
SoftwareEngineerII(ConsumerGrowthPlatforms)
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“Software Engineer II (Consumer Growth Platforms) at Columbia Sportswear. Skills: Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Agile Methodologies, Tag Management. Review test strategies. Author test plans”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable on-time sprint deployments; Ensure thorough ticket resolution; Ensure thorough ticket closure
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Problem identification; Solution proposal; Issue resolution; Defect identification; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree required, 2 – 4 years’ experience, Proficiency with Postman, Experience with email QA, Working knowledge of tag management QA, Solid understanding of agile/Scrum delivery, Experience with Jira, Experience testing across a multi-phase test lifecycle, Demonstrated experience working on a globally distributed or cross-timezone team, Written and verbal English communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with Adobe Analytics validation, Familiarity with OneTrust, Experience testing on Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC), Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline integration, Exposure to Liquid templating
What You'll Do.
Review test strategies
Update automated test cases
Create automated test cases
Execute automated test scripts
Identify process issues
Identify technology issues
Communicate status in meetings
Participate in design discussions
Participate in planning reviews
Participate in retrospective reviews
Explain complex information
Create status dashboards
Monitor team progress
Analyze post release quality
Analyze defect escapes
Implement quality improvements
Complete straightforward projects
Provide input for enhancements
Assess testability of components
Assess testability of features
Establish quality standards
Establish quality metrics
Identify quality risks
Identify salient test cases
Write effective test scripts
Write efficient test cases
Ensure ticket resolution
Ensure ticket closure
Assist developers in desk checks
Assist developers in testing
Ensure code is tested
Assist in gaining efficiencies
Identify defects early
Prevent defects early
Identify root cause of problems
Identify efficient ways to reproduce issues
Contribute to bug triage
Contribute to prioritization processes
Provide peer level technical guidance
Help junior team members learn
Help junior team members grow
Help junior team members contribute
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Daily meetings; Cross-functional teams; Geographically distributed teams; US-India collaboration; Engineering; Product; Analytics; Marketing functions
Communication Scope
Async defect communication; Async-friendly defect reports; Test status updates; QA documentation; English communication
Process & Methodology
Agile, Scrum, Jira, Sprint planning, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done
Full Job Description
### **ABOUT THE POSITION** ### ### Although we're an apparel and footwear-focused company, technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswear’s Digital Technology (CDT) group enables an IT infrastructure and applications across four global brands, a global supply chain, and 500+ geographically dispersed stores. These teams support in-store, mobile, and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry. ### ### The Quality Analyst II has a solid understanding of technology platforms and utilizes best practices among the quality team. This person reviews test strategies, authors test plans, and authors and executes test cases. The Quality Analyst II uses a variety of testing tools and methods and updates or creates automated test cases. The role executes automated test scripts and identify process and/ technology issues. ### ### ### **HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE** ### * ### **Communication, Collaboration & Leadership**: Communicates status in daily meetings, fosters constructive, collaborative and effective communication with others, both internally and externally. Actively participates in design discussions, planning, and retrospective reviews. Explains and simplifies complex information to others. * ### **Knowledge** : Ensures processes are clearly documented. Demonstrates a basic understanding of the functions and technologies of the product. Learns about multiple test techniques, tools and business context and technologies of the software used. Addresses problems, proposes solutions, and takes action to resolve, referring more complex issues to senior employees. * ### **Metrics** : Creates and monitors status dashboards for tracking team progress * ### **Quality Standards** : Drives analysis of post release quality and defect escapes and implements improvements based on the results of analysis. Completes straightforward projects and provides input for enhancements to improve test coverage and processes. Assesses the
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