Senior QA Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our QA team and lead our client's testing initiatives. In this role, you will work closely with product teams to ensure that our client's software products meet the highest quality standards. The position requires a strong understanding of software testing methodologies, automation frameworks, and tools. You will play a key role in driving the adoption of best practices in testing and quality assurance, ensuring that our client’s systems deliver top performance and reliability. Your responsibilities will include creating test plans, developing testing strategies, implementing test automation, researching new tools, and applying QA best practices.

We are looking for new team members to start in November/December or January. These are temporary roles planned for (minimum 6 months).

Project Duration:

6 to 9 months

After the first 3 months, you will need to join a standby/on-call rotation, which includes 24/7 availability.

📌 Important:

• collaborate with Technical Product Owners, Software Architects to plan testing initiatives by analysis of requirements, technical specifications and design of test plan and test cases
• implement test automation strategies for microservice architecture to increase test coverage and reduce manual testing efforts
• design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks to ensure efficient and repeatable testing processes
• perform manual testing for complex scenarios where automation is not feasible, ensuring thorough coverage of all system functionalities
• conduct different types of tests including automated end to end, API, contract and performance tests
• develop and maintain test documentation like test plans, test cases, test scripts
• identify, document, and track defects using bug tracking tools, and work closely with developers to ensure timely resolution
• integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with DevOps teams to ensure smooth and reliable deployment processes
• provide guidance and mentorship to QA engineers, promoting best practices in testing and quality assurance
• continuously evaluate and improve testing tools to enhance product quality
• stay updated on emerging trends, best practices, and tools in software testing and quality assurance, and continuously improve the testing processes
• monitor and report on key quality metrics, providing insights and recommendations for improvement
• support timely and high quality delivery of features for product releases in the context of a larger product development organization

You can be the perfect match for us, if you have:

• degree and successful industry experience in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in test automation or similar position
• very good experience with manual and automated testing during full development life cycle with a focus on an API testing
• deep experience with manual and automated testing - end to end testing, API testing, contract testing, performance testing, exploratory testing and UI testing
• hands on experience with Python
• good understanding of software systems architecture based on microservices
• good understanding of cloud technologies
• knowledge of SQL
• experience with building testing plans and strategies, writing test cases, triaging bugs
• understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) with a focus on Agile methodologies
• ability to maintain and document testing artifacts and reports
• experience with CI/CD testing integration
• excellent communication and collaboration skills
• strong analytical skills to understand in detail product requirements and its functionality and willingness to get deep understanding of airline domain knowledge
• strong problem-solving and prioritization skills
• ability to share their testing expertise by conducting internal training sessions, advice on best practices or new tools, identify areas for improvement etc.
• adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and processes

What do we offer?

• ambitious, creative, talented & highly experienced team
• contributing to projects for clients all over the world
• flexible working hours and a possibility to work remotely