What will you do?

General description

• QA Automation Engineer evaluates tools and technology for test automation most appropriate to the project, writes, design, and executes automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically, maximizing test coverage of automated tests for the critical features of the system. Enables the transition of testing in various phases of testing process from a manual to an automated approach to minimize the manual test effort. Determines the priority for test scenarios and creates execution plans to implement these scenarios, writes documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, and test cases. QA Automation Engineer does selection and building of test automation frameworks, log and document bugs in the tracking system and setting up Continuous Integration in a CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous delivery) pipeline and oversees the entire development process, which includes software testing, from start to finish. The holder of position makes sure all released products meet company and industry quality standards and supports test team with test automation know-how, stays current on modern processes, established tools, techniques, and technologies and ensures high degree of quality.

Accountabilities

• Contribute to the development of a plan to integrate automated tests within the testing process.
• Evaluate tools and technology for test automation most appropriate to the project.
• Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation architecture.
• Identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest actions for improvement
• Design and develop test automation solutions that meet the business needs (integration, functional and non-functional tests).
• Enable the transition of testing from a manual to an automated approach and constantly search for new test automation use cases.
• Write documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, test cases and contribute effectively in technical reviews.
• Create automated solutions for test reporting and metrics collection, write, automate and communicate clear and understandable defect reports.
• Identify key KPIs for product quality
• Maintain automation code quality and test pipeline for CI/CD using various toolsets
• Create automation scripts to integrate into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Mentor and support test designers in test automation related tasks and evaluate their progress in regards to test automation and support test team with automated testing know-how
• Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile software development.
• Adapt existing test automation experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles.
• Support the Agile team in planning test automation-related activities.
• Work and share information with other team members using effective communication styles and channels.

You will succeed if you:

Languages

• English B2 (must)
• German language is an advantage

You will have possibility to choose whether you prefer Front-End or Back-End Test Automation (Of course, you will have possibility to combine both of them)

For Front-end:
Core skills

• Active knowledge of least one object-oriented programming language > preferable JAVA
• Active work in agile development (SCRUM & SAFe know-how preferale)
• Previous role with responsibility for delivery of test-automation and its results to contribute to assurance of product quality
• Active work with Selenium and Selenium based test frameworks > preferable Selenide
• Knowledge of TestNG test runner framework
• Active work with source code management > preferable Git
• Knowledge of CI/CD solution for automated builds
• Active work with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence

Knowledge of Maven

Nice to have skills

• Knowledge of secondary OOP, e.g. Python, JavaScript, Kotlin
• Hands-on experience of creating test solution from scratch
• Wide knowledge of test frameworks (focus on front-end) for different programming languages
• Experience with Cypress, Appium, PyTest or Robot Framework
• Active work with CI/CD solution for automated builds
• Knowledge of cloud services > preferable AWS
• Active work with Maven
• Experience with Allure Framework

And/Or

For Back-end
Core skills

• Active knowledge of least one object-oriented programming language > preferable JAVA
• Active work in agile development (SCRUM & SAFe know-how preferable)
• Previous role in / responsibility for creating modern test automation architecture / strategy and responsibility for delivery of test automation and its results to contribute to assurance of product quality (focus on back-end test automation)
• Active work with:
• Junit 5 (backend tests),
• Mockito (backend mock-up tests with API),
• WireMock (backend HTTP-based API simulator)
• REST Assured
• Postman
• Be familiar in working within AWS / Azure
• Active work with source code management > preferable Git
• Knowledge of CI/CD solution for automated builds
• Active work with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence

Experience with SQL DB

Nice to have skills

• Knowledge of secondary OOP, e.g. Python
• Experience with Allure Framework
• Hands-on experience of creating test solution from scratch
• Wide knowledge of test frameworks for different programming languages (focus on back-end)
• Knowledge of Cocos (Kubernetes)
• Active work with Maven
• Active work with CI/CD solution for automated builds
• Knowledge of BDD agile process and active work within any BDD framework
• Experience with load & performance testing and tools such as:
• JMeter
• LoadRunner
• Gatling
• Experience with NoSQL DB

Why should you choose us?

We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment. All this with the aim of providing more freedom in reconciling work, career growth, private life and individual lifestyle. Therefore we offer to our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development *
• Benefits with focus on health and sport *
• Benefits with focus on family and work - life balance
• Other benefits *

For more information about our benefits click to Benefits

Benefits with * are applicable also to part-time positions.
This information may be subject to changes and other internal rules.

Wage (gross)

1 800 EUR/monthFinal salary is negotiable. We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than 1800 EUR/brutto.

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