Quality Engineer Intern 2021 – Slalom Build

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom Build we co-create modern technology and software products with clients who are ready to accelerate their digital transformation. We choose to imagine things made better, and then set out on a journey to realize what’s possible. By blending design, product engineering, analytics, and automation, we build the custom-built software and data products of tomorrow.

Slalom’s 2021 Internship program is a 10-week paid engineering focused project team of student interns learning and practicing Slalom’s software engineering capability model under the direction of experienced technologists and leaders. Slalom will select an internal project designed to provide lift across the organization and leverage modern technologies to realize that vision. Selected interns will utilize bleeding edge engineering practices and leverage new technologies in an agile delivery model mirrored from Slalom’s full-time consultants. Interns will also be leveraging cloud platforms and technologies to create new analytics and dashboards based on application datasets. This structure creates not only a valuable real-world experience for students to up their expertise and capability, but also mutually benefits Slalom as an organization. Each internship team will be building and deploying the application using DevOps best practices to a cloud environment.

Slalom is regularly recognized as a best place to work by employees and our Slalom Build Internship has been ranked a Top 100 Internship Program by both Vault.com and Wayup.com.

What You’ll Do

Hands-on experience with the latest technologies and Agile delivery methodologies
Work in a fast-paced, Agile project environment with a small, focused team
Define a comprehensive test strategy and test plan, including all functional and technical aspects of quality assurance
Validate product features under development, including feature verification, exploratory testing & defect regression
Continually monitor and provide feedback to the Agile team on the quality of the software product
Identify opportunities for test automation and implement them using the latest automation frameworks
Document software quality behavior using best practices and metrics
What You’ll Bring

Students working towards a Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related degree, who will be entering the workforce full time within 1 year of this internship program
Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or above
Ability to program in C, C++, Java, C#, or Python
Familiar with basic SQL scripting
Desire and ability to pick up new technologies quickly
Displays a passion for making better products and a drive to improve
Strong problem-solving and software triage skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced and rapidly changing work environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Displays personal & corporate integrity
Bonus Skills

Experience with RESTful web services
Experience with common JavaScript libraries (Angular, React, jQuery, Backbone, Redux etc.)
Experience with mobile development platforms (iOS, Android)
Familiar with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)
Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
Familiar with Agile toolsets like Jira, Rally, Microsoft TFS
Familiar with Version Control systems like GIT, Bitbucket, TFS
Familiar with Package Managers like NPM, NuGet