QA Tester | Luxury E-Commerce

Company
Kathy Kuo Home is a luxury online home furnishings destination on a mission to help everyone #lovewhereyoulive. Kathy Kuo Home carries a highly curated collection of home furnishings while offering clients premium interior design services and easy-to-shop look books. Kathy Kuo Home believes that shopping for great design should be fun, easy, and inspiring, so it provides everything from design inspiration to flawless execution in one vertically integrated platform, allowing customers to create a space they will cherish for years to come.

Curated Collection and Ecommerce
Under the direction of celebrated designer Kathy Kuo, the company serves as the premier online boutique for luxury furniture, lighting, and home decor. The assortment is curated with a design-first approach that offers exclusive access to impeccably-crafted designer pieces from top manufacturers and artisans around the world.

Full Service Interior Design Studio
In addition to its aspirational collection, Kathy Kuo Home is also a full-service interior design studio with a robust menu of Design Services. Kathy Kuo Home’s roster of professional interior designers combine a high-touch, personalized approach with the latest in design technology to help customers with all of their design needs—from small updates and refreshes, to gut renovations and building entirely new homes.

Trade Business
Kathy Kuo Home is proud to offer a top-tier Trade business that provides the interior design and architecture communities with an inspiring selection of luxe homewares and furnishings at competitive trade prices. Additionally, Kathy Kuo Home provides its Trade customers with a dedicated concierge team to ensure a best-in-class customer service experience throughout the entire design process. Combining service, commerce, and technology, Kathy Kuo Home is the ultimate one-stop home and design destination.

Culture and Values

The Kathy Kuo Home team members are design-obsessed, entrepreneurial-minded, and empathy-oriented individuals that seek to create more impact and beauty in the world of interiors. As one of the fastest growing online companies in the home and garden space, it is a fantastic time to join Kathy Kuo Home’s fast-paced, nimble, and creative team.

Core Values

We Employ Design Thinking #DesignWins | Design is how one approaches everything. Employing design thinking is employing first principles thinking. This applies not only to product or space design, but how we design our day, our work processes, and our organization

We are Limitless Learners | We are curious by nature and aim to be 1?tter every day by learning 1 new thing a day.

We Strive To Be Self-Aware | We are self-reflective and deeply curious about ourselves. We believe with a deep awareness of oneself, can one develop awareness for others.

We Play the Long Game | We have an infinite horizon for growth and lean into business decisions that have a long-lasting impact on brand growth

Core Principles

We have Deep Kindness and Respect for All | Our business model is supported by the relationships that we have with our customers, vendors, and shippers. We treat our team members, shippers, and vendors with the same spirit of kindness, willingness to collaborate, and respect for their needs.

We Lead with Empathy | When faced with hard choices, we lean into empathy and compassion first as our primary decision drivers. We proactively reach out to celebrate each other’s success and buoy those that need us.

We Require Feedback | Giving and receiving feedback promotes a culture of self-awareness, growth, and humility, the foundations of strong inter-department connection.

We are Humble and Hungry | We operate with a startup mentality, scrappy and intentional with how we use our human and financial resources no matter what scale of business we are in.

We Audit the Details – Design and Service | We deeply audit all details and have hyper-awareness of process, cause, and effect and how this relates to our design and service quality output.

We Keep Calm / Grace Under Fire | We solve problems by being self-aware, open-minded, and accepting of different ideas and opinions and strive to be calm, reflective, and not defensive.

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We are seeking a Quality Assurance Tester, who is responsible for thoroughly evaluating software applications, systems, and products to ensure they meet the established quality standards before release. QA Testers play a critical role in identifying defects, ensuring functionality, and enhancing the overall user experience. This role involves executing test cases, identifying issues, and collaborating closely with the development team to achieve high-quality software deliverables.

Responsibilities:

*Execute manual test cases to validate software functionality, usability, performance, and security.
*Document and track test results, defects, and issues using testing tools and platforms.
*Perform regression testing to ensure that fixes and enhancements do not introduce new problems.
*Identify, report, and document defects, inconsistencies, and usability issues.
*Clearly communicate defects to developers and other stakeholders, including detailed steps to reproduce issues.
*Develop and maintain comprehensive test cases based on project specifications and requirements.
*Collaborate with QA leads, developers, and team leads to ensure complete test coverage.
*Create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test scripts, and test data.
*Ensure that testing processes and results are well-documented for future reference.
*Work closely with developers, product managers, and other team members to understand requirements and provide timely feedback.
*Participate in meetings to discuss defects, test progress, and potential improvements.
*Contribute to process improvement initiatives to enhance testing methodologies and practices.
*Identify opportunities to streamline testing processes and increase efficiency.
*Apply exploratory testing techniques to uncover hidden defects and usability issues.

Qualifications:

*Proven experience as a QA Tester or in a similar quality assurance role.
*Strong understanding of software testing concepts, methodologies, and best practices.
*Familiarity with software development life cycle (SDLC) and testing in Agile environments.
*Experience with test management tools and defect tracking systems.
*Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.
*Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
*Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
*Basic understanding of programming languages and database concepts (advantageous).

Please reach out if you are ALL of the above, have a strong desire to grow in a fashion based furniture/decor company, love all things stylish and chic, and most importantly, be an excellent peoples person that brings a proactive, entrepreneurial spirit to our team.

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