COMPANY OVERVIEW

AUTHENTICITY | PASSION | COMMUNITY | INNOVATION | ADVENTURE

Alterra Mountain Company is a family of 15 iconic year-round destinations, including the world’s largest heli-ski operation, offering the Ikon Pass, the new standard in season passes. The Ikon Pass connects the most iconic mountains across North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Chile, delivering authentic, memorable snow adventures. Alterra Mountain Company owns and operates a range of recreation, hospitality, real estate development, food and beverage, retail, and service businesses.

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with destinations across the continent, Alterra Mountain Company is rooted in the spirit of the mountains and united by a passion for outdoor adventure. Alterra Mountain Company’s family of diverse playgrounds spans six U.S. states and three Canadian provinces: Steamboat and Winter Park Resort in Colorado; Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain and Big Bear Mountain Resort in California; Stratton and Sugarbush in Vermont; Snowshoe in West Virginia; Tremblant in Quebec, Blue Mountain in Ontario; Crystal Mountain in Washington; Deer Valley Resort and Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah; and CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures in British Columbia.  Also included in the portfolio is Alpine Aerotech, a worldwide helicopter support and maintenance service center in British Columbia, Canada. Alterra Mountain Company honors each destination’s unique character and authenticity and celebrates the legendary adventures and enduring memories they bring to everyone.

A career with Alterra Mountain Company is more than what you do today; it’s being part of creating a community rooted in the spirit of the mountains, united by a passion for adventure, and celebrating the legendary adventures and enduring memories that mountains bring to everyone.

BESIDES WORKING SOMEWHERE AWESOME, WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Free skiing + riding privileges across the family of Alterra Mountain Company resorts for all eligible employees and their dependents. And, discounted rates at non Alterra-owned Ikon Pass destinations.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy for eligible employees to rest, relax and recharge
• Generous discounts on outdoor gear, apparel, rental cars, etc.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, short term & long-term disability insurance, EAP, HSAs, FSAs, and more
• 401(k) plan with generous company match
• Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks for eligible employees
• Commuter benefits (Denver employees only)
• Brand new Alterra Mountain Company office located in Denver’s RiNo Art District neighborhood

POSITION SUMMARY

The Resort Applications team is looking for a QA Engineer to be an integral contributor to the end-to-end technical solution development, with the goal of creating a seamless experience for customers from online advance purchase to onsite fulfillment at a resort.  The QA Engineer will focus on designing and implementing automated testing capabilities, working closely with the development and QA teams.  Additionally, this resource will help support dev ops, including CI/CD, development environment, resource provisioning and management. The QA Engineer will be embedded in the agile scrum delivery teams and will participate in sprint planning, story writing and story validation.  The ideal candidate has excellent communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

General Responsibilities

• Design, Implement and maintain frameworks for automated testing
• Develop & Execute QA test suites of multiple web and resort system projects
• Work with IT Operations to support necessary development & QA infrastructure and systems
• Work with the development team(s) to develop & support CI/CD processes and systems
• Help triaging bugs and driving issues to resolutions, and keeping everyone informed of QA status
• Work with different teams (Engineering/Product Management) to collect necessary information to assure the QA coverage, and provide feedback on quality issues.
• Work with development and support teams to investigate bugs reported by customers
• Assess the status of the release and help make sure the release goes out on time with high quality level
• Develop testing architecture and monitoring tools to validate system stability and capabilities post-release and on an ongoing basis
• Other duties as assigned

Travel Required

• ☒ Yes
• ☐No

Travel details (if required):

·       Occasional travel may be required (<5%)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years’ experience with Quality Assurance testing
• 2+ years working in an Agile development team / environment
• 2+ years building automated testing and supporting CI/CD, defining and provisioning infrastructure and related resources; On-prem and Azure provisioning a plus
• Experience with multiple QA methodologies
• Experience with automated testing tools / frameworks
• Experience with API & browser testing tools / frameworks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, able to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with multiple priorities
• Demonstrated problem solving and issue resolution.
• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Project, Excel, Word, and Visio.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently
• JavaScript and/or .NET development experience preferred, but not required
• SpecFlow or other BDD .NET frameworks preferred, but not required
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases preferred, but not required
• Understanding of Ski Industry Resort operations preferred, but not required
• Familiarity with hospitality and/or retail eCommerce principles and applications preferred, but not required

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.