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Description

Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary reading device and one of the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at Amazon. On the Kindle team, we solve complex problems to drive operational excellence. Your work will contribute to improving the reading experience for millions of people around the globe. We build new tools for both authors and readers. We provide people access anywhere in the world. We help educate, entertain, connect, and inform hundreds of millions of adults and kids who have turned to Kindle for their reading and writing adventures. Come make a great device even better on the Kindle team.

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer, you will work with consumer application testing expertise. You will join the team of hands-on, pro-active, self-motivated and seasoned SQA professionals. In this role, you will:

- Create test plans and test cases

- Review user interfaces for conformity and functionality

- Efficiently execute test cases across all functional areas of our products

- Review product user interface for conformity to design guidelines

- Isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution

- Interpret and report testing results, and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process

- Work with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture

- Triage issues, react well to changes, and work with teams

A day in the life

As a QA Engineer, you will champion the quality of our features in development pipeline using both automated and manual tests, reporting and verifying defects, and signing-off on features and release candidates. You will own authoring and execution of test plans and test cases. You will have a significant impact in the quality and delivery speed of our software/business, and most importantly our customers. You will work closely with developers, product managers, and QA in order to ensure the features we deliver to our customers have a high level of quality. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to propose improvements to our existing processes and automated tools in order to improve the team’s speed, quality and efficiency.

Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience

- Experience in manual testing

- Experience in automation testing

- Experience scripting or coding

- Experience with performance and scalability testing

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $102,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.