Careers at Backstop
Software Breaker
We'll pay you to break things! We want your help to find the weak spots in our software so that we can make it even better. To find these weak spots, you will be able to use both your creative and analytical side, making every day an interesting challenge.
Here is what we’re looking for
- Ideally you will have some skills in testing software. We do a lot of our testing in an automated way, using Selenium. But even if you are not yet an "expert tester," you should be willing to learn new techniques and new approaches and apply them as you help us break stuff.
- You need to have a good eye for detail, being able to spot inconsistencies and other "wrong things."
- You need to be a good communicator, both verbally and in writing. You’ll be writing tests, writing bug reports, and sometimes having to explain both.
- You need a willingness to want to learn and improve. Do you like the idea of automated testing or have automated testing experience? We can use that. Do you like the idea of working with developers on test-driven development? Cool, because that's how we work. Even if you don't have immediate experience with all this, showing an aptitude towards these areas will open up many opportunities with us and make your work productive, fun, and a learning experience.
- Also, unless you're new to the scene, you need be comfortable with environments where any management is generally self-driven (there are "managers" at Backstop, but they try not to manage things unless asked to).