As a Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst, you will support our team with manual testing and evaluate new and existing features, ensuring our digital products are the best they can be for students, teachers, and administrators. You will be the driving force behind screening for errors, identifying bugs, and user experience issues.

We are primarily looking for passionate educators who have an interest in ed tech. We also need someone who has a deep understanding of quality assurance and manual testing. You should know as much about what makes sense in a classroom setting as you do about JavaScript errors.

If QA is your passion, this will be your dream job!

American Reading Company’s growing UI/UX Design & Development team is a group of designers and developers who ideate, push pixels, code, and help manage projects. We live for delivering the best user experience and creative solutions, and we sweat the details. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and design systems. You will be joining this core team that supports the rest of the IT department.

About Us

Based in Blue Bell, PA, American Reading Company (ARC) is an educational services company serving over a quarter million students in all 50 states, partnering with districts across the country since 1998 to foster independent reading and ensure academic success. ARC is a mission-driven company, providing language arts solutions, including the best, most diverse collections on the market in English and Spanish for K–12. We are a high-growth, triple bottom line (people, planet, profit), and 100% solar-powered organization.

At American Reading Company, you will be responsible in helping to build strong foundations in testing and quality assurance to create processes that will benefit every division within IT.

Example of What You Might Work on

• Log in to our digital platform every day and use it as a student, a teacher, a school administrator, and a district leader. What worked? What didn't? What could be better?
• Create and maintain demo data throughout our digital products
• Develop test strategies and test plans
• Create test procedures as well as review documentation and develop test scripts
• Execute test cases under varying circumstances
• Document and evaluate test results
• Detect, log, and report bugs and/or glitches
• Track defects and help troubleshoot errors
• Partner with team members throughout IT to drive QA efforts

Basic Requirements

• Exceptionally detail oriented
• Adept in manual testing
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communicator
• Collaborative, self-motivated, and able to work individually or in a group
• Comfortable and able to work on multiple tasks effectively
• Must provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination and bivalent booster.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience either as an educator or administrator
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum and continuous delivery environment
• Experience with QA tools is a plus

Exceptional Candidates

• Programming experience is a plus

Why Join Our Team

• Enjoy the opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way in a rapidly growing, socially responsible company.
• Get a competitive salary and great benefits, such as 15 days of PTO plus holidays, including two weeklong office closures, a 401(k), and employer contribution to the cost of health insurance.
• Access to Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) — ARC is 100% employee owned!
• Additional benefit options are available, such as a short-term and long-term disability insurance, pet insurance, an employee assistance program, and a children’s home library collection.
• We are an equal opportunity employer that greatly values our strength through diversity.
• We work in a dog- and family-friendly environment.
• We are dedicated to our mission of every student in America reading on or above grade level.
• We are committed to business as a vehicle for social justice.
• This position allows for a flexible home–office hybrid schedule.

Location and Longevity

• This is a full-time position.
• Fully remote candidates as well as those interested in working at our headquarters in Blue Bell, PA, will be considered.
• We are looking for someone who will build a lasting career with us.

Additional Information

• No resumes will be considered without a cover letter.
• No third-party applications will be accepted.
• No phone calls please.