QA Automation Engineer Internship

Location: US Remote

Description:

WeVote has several open volunteering positions for QA Automation Engineers to help strengthen American Democracy via our Web and Mobile applications. These are long-term, VOLUNTEER-based Internships with a non-profit organization. It is expected that you will commit to no less than 10 hours per week for the next six months.

WeVote is a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote nonprofit startup and a celebrated Fast Forward nonprofit technology grantee. WeVote is building a movement of excellent, passionate, part-time volunteers (starting with the founders) who build mobile technologies that will touch and mobilize millions of voters on Election Day. We believe that many voters are busy, distracted, and impatient. We have a goal of providing a positive voting experience that helps people decide how to vote.

Responsibilities:

Your role as a QA Automation Engineer is to write scripts and create automation environments for repeated tests. Using different automation tools, you will design, test, and deploy effective test automation solutions. Your goal is to automate as much of the testing effort as possible with a minimum set of code.

Qualifications:

• You want to work with an established and successful team. You are committed to strengthening American Democracy.
• You are striving for personal excellence, and want to do meaningful work that will make a difference.
• You can commit to 10+ hours per week during our core team hours M-F 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. for the next 6+ months
• You are located in the US
• You have experience working in a remote team environment
• A willingness to work with and support other volunteers.
• You can demonstrate functional expertise with:
  • Selenium
  • Appium
  • BrowserStack
  • Java Script
  • Web Driver io

Employer Insights:

• WeVote is looking for a more senior candidate with QA experience.
• This role is ideal for someone with a service background who wants to support the mission of getting out the vote!
• WeVote is 100% volunteer run, there are no paid opportunities.
• WeVote has hired 5 boot camp grads in the last year and provides excellent recommendations and attestation of skills for future paid employment opportunities outside their organization.