NYC Department of Education - Division of Instructional and Information Technology - QA Tester Intern

The New York City Department of Education is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools. 

Intern Position Title: QA (Quality Assurance) Tester Intern

Team or Office Requesting the Intern: Compliance vertical – school safety related applications

Position Summary:

• Seeking quality assurance tester to help test the next generation (NextGen) school safety related applications for the Office of Safety & Youth Development (OSYD) to ensure product quality. 

• The intern will implement tests, review system requirements, and track quality assurance metrics. 

• The successful candidate should demonstrate a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills, and a passion for quality. 

• This position provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in application testing and contributes to ensuring the highest standards of software quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with project leads to comprehend the business requirements and functionalities for the in-scope applications.

• Analyze requirements and ensure that systems will meet these requirements.

• Create detailed and comprehensive test cases.

• Identify and document bugs/missing functionalities.

• Perform thorough regression testing on resolved bugs.

• Compare data between classic applications/reports and NextGen applications/reports.

• May involve querying test data in databases.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge in HTML, Word, and Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and/or exposure in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, C#, SQL

• Candidate must have excellent communication skills, works well in a team, enthusiastic, and collaborative.

Working Conditions

• NYU Interns will be provided with a NYC Public Schools email address and will be expected to participate remotely via collaborative workspaces and videoconferencing platforms, like Microsoft Teams.

• Position is primarily remote, with flexible days of the week

• Prefer candidate to be into the office when the managers/project lead(s) is/are there. Check-ins at Main office at 335 Adams St, Brooklyn NY. 

To Apply:

Please email your CV and/or portfolio to Maaike Bouwmeester at mb262@nyu.edu and Chrissy Glaser at clg461@nyu.edu.