Intern, QA Analyst - Winter 2025 at mdf commerce

SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform serving over 7,000 government agencies and connecting them with more than 1 million suppliers across North America. SOVRA offers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions tailored for the public sector.
SOVRA's solutions are purpose-built to address the unique challenges of public procurement, ensuring compliance, enhancing efficiency, and promoting transparency. Our commitment to innovation has been recognized with the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Certification from the National Procurement Institute, affirming our platform's adherence to the highest standards in efficiency and vendor accessibility.
By leveraging SOVRA's advanced tools and expansive supplier network, public agencies can optimize every tax dollar spent, drive better procurement outcomes, and deliver exceptional services to their communities.

You can find more info about SOVRA at SOVRA.com.

With this internship, you will have the opportunity to work on ensuring the quality and functionality of our eProcurement platform. This includes testing the application, creating test cases, analyzing results, and reporting any issues found. You will also gain exposure to working within an Agile team alongside seasoned developers and product managers.

In this Intern role, you will be led to:

• Participate in all aspects of testing our eProcurement CLM platform, including functional, regression, and integration tests.
• Assist in analyzing requirements to estimate testing effort and help refine user stories.
• Write and execute test cases to verify the functionality and ensure the platform meets business requirements.
• Track and report bugs using tools like Jira and X-ray, and collaborate with the team to resolve issues.
• Work with developers to ensure defects are identified and addressed in a timely manner.
• Help maintain and improve our test automation framework using tools like Selenium and Python.
• Contribute to documentation and ensure that test cases are clear, concise, and well-defined.
• Participate in Agile team meetings (stand-ups, sprint planning, etc.) and communicate any challenges or updates.
Identify opportunities to improve the testing process and contribute ideas for enhancements

At Sovra, we have some great success stories involving employees who started out as interns in one of our development teams and are now Senior QA Specialists who form the backbone of the company. During your internship, you will work closely with our Senior QA Specialists and benefit from the knowledge of an experienced team that is committed to product quality.

As Sovra commerce specializes in building software products, you will be in the right place to learn every phase of the complete software development life cycle (SDLC).

For us, interns are the professionals of tomorrow. That's why we offer you:

• A manager assigned specifically to you. They will act as your coach and will be your contact person for the duration of the internship. You will also be able to ask them any questions you may have.
• A paid internship to allow you to make money with a job directly in your field.
The opportunity to work remotely for better work-life balance

What elements of your professional background will be necessary and useful in this role?

• A basic understanding of software development and testing processes.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts (e.g., Java, Python) is a plus.
• Familiarity with testing tools like Jira, Selenium, or Postman is an advantage.
• Basic understanding of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Some experience with SQL and working with databases is helpful.
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies is a plus.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team

At SOVRA , we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We provide a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. In addition, we are committed to ensuring pay equity across our organization and regularly review our compensation practices.