QA Engineer

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Company Background:

Gilt Groupe provides access, by invitation only, to men’s, women’s and children’s coveted fashion and luxury brands at prices up to 70% off retail. Launched in November 2007, Gilt Groupe is a new and exciting online fashion business, revolutionizing the way consumers across America shop. Headquartered in New York, Gilt Groupe is a members-only sample sale website, providing an exclusive sneak-peek into the latest collections of high-end fashion at highly discounted prices. With a limited time window of 24-48 hours to shop each designer sale, members have exclusive access to a fresh and exciting roster of desirable merchandise every week!

From Valentino to Diane von Furstenberg and John Varvatos, we offer a selection of merchandise at a range of prices.

Gilt Groupe is built upon proven, successful track records and is a fully funded company. Members of the founding team bring experience from eBay, DoubleClick, Saks Fifth Avenue and many more. We are growing rapidly and offer very competitive pay with equity.

We are looking for a sharp individual to join our QA department.

We deploy the latest technology to allow our customers an elegant shopping experience, compatible with the products that we sell.

Our work environment demands that you’ll be able to work quickly, precisely and adjust to our rapid development and implementation pace.

We are a strong, dedicated team and we love what we do. You’ll need to be a great team player that can think outside the box and offer detailed analysis of issues at hand.

Our ideal candidate will have experience with:

  • Ruby on Rails, Selenium and JavaScript.
  • Development and implementation of load testing tools.
  • Scripting languages such as Ruby, Python, Perl, Bash.
  • Analysis and documentation of test results.
  • QA methodologies and procedures (in particular Agile and Scrum).
  • Web technologies and web browsers.

Responsibilities:

  • Creation and implementation of automated/ regression test scripts and test tools.
  • Identify, analyze and document defects.
  • Assist in designing and executing white box testing strategy.
  • Write detailed, comprehensive bug reports.

Qualifications:

  • BS in computer science or equivalent.
  • 3-5 years experience of application development or QA of highly scalable web applications.
  • Advanced user of Linux, Mac and Windows.
  • Passion for QA and optimization is a must!
  • Appreciation of luxury goods is a plus.

If interested, please email careers@gilt.com. If you know someone who may be interested and we hire them, we'll give you a $1,000 referral bonus.