Quality Assurance Analyst

College Prowler is a rapidly growing startup company located in Pittsburgh, PA. Are you a motivated professional looking for a young, energetic workplace where you can make an impact? We're looking for a talented, hard-working quality assurance analyst to provide essential software testing to our product teams.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field, or have equivalent experience.
  • Understanding of Quality Assurance processes
  • Good handling of Statistical tools and techniques used in defect/performance analysis
• Have a passion for quality
• Must be able to work independently with little to no supervision and be a proactive player in the team
• Have a good eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of a quality assurance strategy for the technical groups
• Collaborate with the metric gathering and analysis initiatives
• Design from the ground up all testing procedures and standards to ensure quality end-user software, books, mobile and other products
• Areas of responsibilities will include planning for acceptance, functional, regression and load testing
• Collaborate with process improvement initiatives by:
  • Identifying potential improvement points through quality assurance activities
  • Identify new quality metrics and processes related to performance measurement
  • Developing new tools and techniques for quality assurance activities
• Collaborate with other areas to improve overall quality and performance inside the company
• Train other team members in quality assurance processes and tools usage

Preferred:

• Experience testing/developing in any of the following areas: ASP.NET, jQuery, SQL Server, javascript, Mobile Apps, Mobile Websites, Facebook
• Start-up/small company experience
• Exposure to testing tools and frameworks (Selenium, etc.)
• A good sense of humor
• Experience in process improvement / quality assurance

Applying:

How: Send an e-mail with your resume and a personalized cover letter explaining the following to Jerry Bachmann (jerry@collegeprowler.com):

• Why you are interested in working at College Prowler (what about College Prowler intrigues you?).
• Why your education, past experiences, and personality are a good match for our organization.

Why - Benefits: This is a full time, salaried position with competitive compensation and benefits including 20 paid days off per year, stock options, and a comprehensive health plan provided at no cost to the employee.

Why - About College Prowler: Started in 2002 by recent Carnegie Mellon grads, College Prowler has revolutionized the college search industry with a "by students for students" approach. Today, College Prowler is the largest U.S. publisher of college content written from the students' perspectives with more than 200,000 student reviews on nearly 7,000 colleges. Each year, millions of students turn to College Prowler to help them find the college that suits them best. The company has received coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, and many others. EOE.

Senior ASP.NET Web Developer

College Prowler is a rapidly growing startup company located in Pittsburgh, PA. Are you a motivated professional looking for a young, energetic workplace where you can make an impact? We're looking for a talented, hard-working senior software developer to contribute in the enhancement of a highly dynamic, high traffic web site.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in ASP.NET web development
• Experience with ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2005/2008, and Web Services
• Extensive experience with Object Oriented Design
• Track record of delivering projects to completion

Responsibilities:

• The design, implementation, and documentation of high performance systems that can handle high traffic loads
• Translate business requirements into software, equipment, or recommended third-party services
• Work with design and quality assurance teams to ensure all back-end software fully supports required user experience and quality requirements
• Direct and mentor other developers in proper software design
• Participate in database design and implementation

Preferred:

• jQuery, MVC (ASP.NET or other languages)
• Start-up/small company experience
• Visual Studio 2010, Team Foundation Server experience
• Subsonic
• A good sense of humor

Applying:

How: Send an e-mail with your resume and a personalized cover letter explaining the following to Jerry Bachmann (jerry@collegeprowler.com):

• Why you are interested in working at College Prowler (what about College Prowler intrigues you?).
• Why your education, past experiences, and personality are a good match for our organization.

Why - Benefits: This is a full time, salaried position with competitive compensation and benefits including 20 paid days off per year, stock options, and a comprehensive health plan provided at no cost to the employee.

Why - About College Prowler: Started in 2002 by recent Carnegie Mellon grads, College Prowler has revolutionized the college search industry with a "by students for students" approach. Today, College Prowler is the largest U.S. publisher of college content written from the students' perspectives with more than 200,000 student reviews on nearly 7,000 colleges. Each year, millions of students turn to College Prowler to help them find the college that suits them best. The company has received coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, and many others. EOE.