Quality Assurance Engineer

Karen Clark & Company (KCC) seeks a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to join its software team in its beautiful Back Bay Boston office. The QA Engineer will help validate and test RiskInsight®, KCC's catastrophe modeling platform.

The QA Engineer will help validate KCC's proven-accurate catastrophe models and software processes and will assist with implementing complex automated processes for quality assurance and data validation. Collaborating closely with KCC's client services team, the QA Engineer will test the software's usability, review requirements, create test plans, generate test cases and scripts, execute tests, manage issues, and report results.

Responsibilities

• Thoroughly test usability and intuitiveness of user interface.
• Verify the accuracy and reliability of software and catastrophe risk models through rigorous testing.
• Design and execute thorough test plans, incorporating scenario-based testing methodologies.
• Establish and uphold automated testing processes to enhance efficiency.
• Assist in documenting QA processes to maintain clear and comprehensive records.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of prior QA experience
• Bachelor's Degree – computer science or a related field preferred
• Extensive experience in programming languages such as SQL, JavaScript, and C#
• Experience with Git
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, and work independently.
• Experience with testing and validation tools (Selenium, TeamCity, Pytest, Playwright or similar).
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills