Quality Assurance Specialist

**Quality Assurance Specialist**
**Bogota, Colombia**
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**ONLY CVs SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED**

**The Opportunity**:
Recently combined with Anthology, Blackboard offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. The company’s mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals.

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.

This role focuses on our Collaborate platform. You’ll help provide schools and companies with a simple, convenient, and reliable online collaborative solution. From virtual meetings to hybrid and online learning, our Collaborate platform delivers a level of engagement that makes participants feel like they’re together in the same room.

As a member of our QA team, you’ll focus on providing support for test development and execution against Blackboard’s new feature and legacy system releases. As Quality Assurance Specialist, you will become a core contributor on an agile team.

Specific responsibilities will include:

- Staying on top of the latest technologies, tools, and techniques
- Designing tests as part of our full stack development teams for a complex distributed system that supports scheduling, real-time collaboration, video, and audio
- Cooperating with our remote teams spanning four time zones
- Running the tests and recording results
- Using our product during daily work; we run all our online meetings using our own software
- Required _s_kills_/qualifications_:_
- At least 2 years of experience with testing
- Analytical skills to be able to create test scenarios for supported products
- Experience with bug tracking systems (JIRA) and test case management tools
- Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related area of study or equivalent work experience
- Preferred _s_kills_/qualifications_:_
Experience with a continuous integration system and continuous delivery practices
- Familiarity with behavior
- and test-driven development using Cucumber, JUnit, or TestNG
- Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
- Experience with Agile development with rapid release cycles
- Ability to understand and edit basic script
- Experience with cloud services such as AWS
- Orientation in Windows, Linux, and MacOS environments

**The Office**:
Blackboard has an office located in Bogota, Colombia as a hub for the LAC market.
- Located in Capital Towers center in the financial district
- Excellent and secure area to eat lunch, have a walk, or dine after office hours
- Benefits in prepaid medicine, dental plan, and wellness allowance
- Easy access to public transportation close to two important avenues, Carrera 7 and Calle 100
- Free parking for employees and paid parking for visitors
- Multiple private spaces for virtual and face-to-face meetings
- Regular events like bring your dog to work day and ping-pong, foosball, and Mario Kart tournaments
- Sodexo card provided for employees
- Daily budget to spend on beverage vending machines
- Learn more about the Bogota office culture by checking out our Facebook page
- Option for remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression**,** **protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.