The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2008 revenues of $2.9 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily Newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

- Ensure the quality of NYTimes.com software products by writing and executing test plans and and automated test scripts.

- Write code and program testing protocols and plans.

- Perform manual testing as needed.

- Validate and troubleshoot reported bugs and clearly communicate problems and severity to appropriate IT personnel.

- Work with little supervision and occasionally direct the work of junior QA analysts

- Act as a liaison and advocate on issues pertaining to the quality of the site including performance, functionality, layout, and cross-browser and cross-platform usability.

- Triage bug reports from NYTimes.com staff, including both technical and non-technical staff and customer service.



Requirements

- 5+ years experience in Web software quality assurance.

- A comprehensive understanding of the software quality assurance process, and experience developing quality assurance standards

- Experience with automated QA testing tools, particularly Selenium and Mercury

- A demonstrated ability to take initiative and creatively solve problems without supervision

- Strong communication skills with a proven ability to interact with technical, business, editorial and customer service groups.

- Ability to conscientiously manage and follow up on multiple concurrent tasks and requests on tight deadlines.

- Attention to detail, thoroughness, and tenacity, and an investigative drive to discover the underlying causes of technical problems.

- Facility with SQL, HTML, CSS and Javascript.

- B.S./B.A. in Computer Science, or a degree in a related field.

- Above all, a willingness and ability to maintain the high quality standards of The New York Times.



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The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.