QA Engineer, Desktop

Tableau Software is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world, with nearly 100% annual sales growth. Tableau makes fast analytics and visualization products that help people see and understand data of any size or format. The company is on its way to becoming a large, market-defining company in the business intelligence industry and is next in a long line of high profile Stanford spinouts (e.g., Google, Yahoo, VMWare). Customers of all sizes use our products, from Fortune 500 companies, to video game designers, to scientists in the jungles of Central America, to high school principals. Our software is for anyone with data and questions! Additionally, Tableau’s web products (www.tableaupublic.com) are used by bloggers, journalists, and major media web sites to share data online as interactive visualizations. Check out our products at: www.tableausoftware.com/products/tour.

Tableau’s culture is casual yet high energy. We are passionate about our product and loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world. Tableau offers exceptional professional and financial growth potential.
What you’ll be doing…
A successful QA Engineer on the Desktop team will have general computer software knowledge, some experience in software testing or equivalent educational background, a strong desire to develop their skills in the area of software quality assurance and a desire to be a part of an unparalleled team.
In this position, you will be a key part of the quality assurance team for our next-generation Visual Analytics and Collaboration suite. As an active contributor in a collaborative team environment, and possessing a passion about the quality of our products and our culture, you will provide quality advocacy, planning, implementation, testing and validation, and quality reporting. Some of the things you’ll be doing include…

• Work closely with your peers as well as development staff to resolve issues during test cycles, product maintenance and release to ensure product quality
• Act as QA representative on project teams to ensure delivery of a quality product
• Develop product test plans and test scripts
• Perform integration, functionality, system, regression, load and acceptance testing using manual methods and testing tools
• Coordinate appropriate test environments and perform business and functional requirements verification
• Monitor project compliance to standards and guidelines
• Record all test results, and completely document defects and system errors

Who you are…
• Experienced. 2 - 5 years testing experience in a Microsoft Windows environment. Desired skills include experience with relational databases, SQL, OLAP cubes and MDX. Mathematics, Statistics or Data Analysis experience a plus.
• Domain. Thorough understanding of software test methods and execution. Also a thorough understanding of regression, integration, and usability testing techniques.
• Go-Getter. Aptitude to excel in assigned tasks, learn new technologies and become the team “expert”.
• Problem Solver. Ability to adapt to change and apply creative problem solving skills to unforeseen challenges.
• Service Minded. Experience with client side application testing and user interface testing is a plus.


To apply, please visit: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=TABLEAU&cws=1&rid=709

To learn more about Tableau’s culture, please visit: http://careers.tableausoftware.com