What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Technician position at Underdog Fantasy?
What is Underdog?
Founded by a team of industry veterans, Underdog was born with the idea that bringing strategic innovation to sports gaming and entertainment is the key to success in an exceptionally competitive market. Underdog has quickly established itself as a leader in the space, and is committed to building the best sports gaming platform in the industry and supporting the most passionate community of sports fans while doing it!
At Underdog, we’re not only about creating these awesome products, but also about growing our culture of passion, ownership, and fun! We believe that great companies are made out of great people. Our continual aim is to create an inclusive environment for everyone, at all levels, to achieve their highest potential at work.
As a QA Technician, you will be part of a fast growing team and be responsible for maintaining test scripts, QA documentation, and manual testing. You’ll also get the opportunity to help establish best practices and testing strategy to make Underdog QA the best in the industry!
*Please note, Underdog is a US based company and no sponsorship is available for this position at this time.
What you’ll do:
- Lead projects within a fast paced engineering team.
- Work closely with the development team to improve existing products.
- Deliver high quality releases with low to zero defects.
- Contribute to testing solutions using industry standards.
- Attend sprint, grooming and planning meetings to go over Acceptance Criteria, happy paths, edge cases and best testing practices.
- Write/edit test scripts in our growing library of test suites.
- Be a go-to product expert. You’ll learn how the product is supposed to behave and function across all platforms.
- Manually smoke, regression and sanity test our web and native mobile apps.
- Picking the product apart across different clients (web, mobile) to see how it functions and looks.
Who you are:
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- An attention-to-detail mastermind.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Passionate about quality and are always looking to improve the product.
- Curious and loves asking questions.
- Native mobile testing experience (iOS, Android).
- 4 years of software testing experience
Even better if you have:
- Experience in working on multiple projects at once.
- Basic knowledge of most major sports (NFL, MLB, NBA) and how they are played.
- Played daily fantasy sports and/or sports betting.
Underdog Sports is firmly committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity. Our unique culture was built on the foundation of a safe and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds. We highly value the mental, physical, and emotional health of our employees, and are continuously asking ourselves: what can we do better? Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status or any other defining characteristic. Our targeted compensation rate for this position is between $85,000 and $110,000, depending on experience, plus equity. Below you’ll find a few of our perks:
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Health, Dental, Vision
- 401k Match & FSA
- Remote, In-Person, or Hybrid Scheduling – we are 100% VIRTUAL FIRST!
- A $500 home office allowance
- $100 in UD cash
- Support for learning and development
- Book club – expense your books!
- Lastly, an extremely transparent, fun, and engaging culture where you will grow both personally and professionally!