Responsibilities:

• Together with the team and the test architect, co-determine test approach and create test specifications.
• Work with the team on testing across the product stack
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities in test approach and implementation areas, particularly in areas of test automation and automation frameworks
• Advise on test approach and hands-on improve existing automated tests, finding the right balance between test coverage and test duration, taking risk into consideration.
• Develop and execute automated testing for assigned projects to successfully and consistently enable delivery of high-quality software products and services on time, and to specification
• Submit issues for encountered problems and follow up on them. Investigate failures, perform root cause analysis, and utilize the internal defect tracking tool to create detailed, high quality defect reports
• Introduce junior team members to appropriate test techniques. Improve knowledge of testing in your team.
• Suggest process/tooling improvements where necessary. Contribute to defining internal QA goals (evaluation of new tools, setting up new process for performance testing, creating/updating/delivering training to new hires).

Skills:

• At least 4 years of work experience with focus on testing
• Familiarity with Java, Cucumber, Gherkin, TDD, RestAsurred, Contract/API Testing, Microservices architecture
• Proven background of at least 4 years in test tools and methods.
• Proven test automation experience of at least 3 years with proper automation frameworks.
• Strong background in testing server-side software, RESTful web services & GUI applications.
• Understanding and experience of Agile and CI/CD methodologies.
• Understanding and/or experience of Git, Jira, Bamboo, Bitbucket

Nice to have:

• Experience with testing distributed platforms and microservices is a plus.
• Experience with Behavior-Driven testing or Model-Based testing is a plus.
• ISTQB certification is highly appreciated.
• You should first of all be passionate about technology and should be excited by the idea that his work will impact millions of end-users worldwide.
• You should be analytical, product and quality-oriented.
• You like to investigate issues, you are creative in solving problems and you do not fear to present your solutions.
• You are open-minded, you like to discuss about technical challenges and you want to push the boundaries of technology.
• You are an innovator and you constantly seek to improve your knowledge and your work.
• You are a role model for your team and they trust your technical as well as interpersonal and coaching skills.
• You take ownership and you support your team, you are the backbone of your group.
• You are client and quality oriented - you do not settle for second best solutions, but you strive to find the best ways to acquire top results.