Middle QA Engineer

Middle QA Engineer

About Us

We are a ground-breaking vertical b2b SaaS product in the jewelry industry, connecting and accelerating supply chains. We provide a centralised hub for all product development, sourcing, selecting, planning, range building, pricing and much more. In software terms we are PLM, PIM and OMS rolled into one, and we enable real time data flows in supply chains. Our product includes a web application, and Native apps across IOS, Windows and Android. We are 60 people strong and growing fast, backed by Swarovski and other major jewelry incumbents. Our head office is in London, with additional small offices in Ukraine, Italy and Thailand. We also offer remote working solutions for specific positions. We hire intelligence and integrity. We are about people, we know they make or break us. We understand that your journey is also our journey, and we want it to be life-changing. We value transparency, strong debate, lack of politics and strong ethics. We deliver & support multiple applications addressing the same problem: how to affect change in an entire industry. We want first class individuals who can make the difference and help us change the world, both in technical or commercial team hires. Our culture is fierce: comply or explain. Fast moving operations need rigorous chains of command, but critically the infantry IS ALWAYS ahead of head-quarters. This means we try to encourage pre-emptive thinking at every level of our company and empower individuals to raise their voices and logically challenge the process to ensure we are never running in the wrong direction.

Purpose of the Role

As a full-stack Quality Assurance Engineer, you are part of the team responsible for the quality of the product at our users fingertips. You have a clear understanding that your main goal is to prevent quality issues reaching our users by finding gaps and contradictions in the requirements, design and user flows, checking testability of the requirements, writing and performing manual and automation testing. Quality Assurance starts way back before testing starts and this role seaks to embed processes and practices that ensure quality at all stages of the software development cycle.

A Typical Day

Working remotely your first check-in will be at the daily standup where you will get to understand the progress on the team commitment for the sprint. You ask any questions that might help to accomplish your job. After your mid-morning coffee, you start to take in testing tickets that were finished by the developers and execute all needed checks to provide the expected level of quality. During the day you will participate in different Scrum activities, also you will work closely with your colleagues from other Scrum teams to share knowledge and review test outcomes. You will participate in test planning for the release and different educational activities to keep your knowledge up to date with the best worldwide practice of quality assurance.

Job Requirements

• Good knowledge of software testing theory.
• Experience in testing web applications.
• Experience of working with development tools (Google Chrome DevTools etc.).
• Experience in writing test documentation (checklists, test cases and bug reports).
• Knowledge at black-box and white-box test design techniques.
• Good understanding of Scrum framework.
• Willing to learn automation testing (JavaScript).
• Willing to execute security, performance and API testing.
• Upper-Intermediate English is a must.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications

• 2+ year of experience as QA Engineer
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent (highly preferred, or equivalent work experience).
• Upper-Intermediate English is a must.

Personal Profile

• You take the initiative and do not wait to be told to act.
• You can maintain an appropriate level of communication to ensure trust and confidence in your work.
• You stay abreast of industry trends and keep your skills current. Natural ability to analyze and structure information
• You are pragmatic and can work in a changeable environment, however, you do not blindly accept changes without question.