QA Engineer (Automation)

Now is an exciting time to be working within the EMEA region at MetLife! Strategically important, the region is experiencing investment, growth, stability, and security. With the positive embrace of Agile we are on journey that will see each of us progress our careers, contribute to success of the business in each respective country and enjoy many rewards both personally and professionally in the years to come.

The Automation Test / QA Engineer is responsible for integrating testing, development and design principles through every phase of the system development life cycle (SDLC) process. The Automation Test / QA Engineer role is proficient in creating test automation frameworks and tools while also utilizing manual testing techniques as needed, following the identified best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with software engineers to identify code defects or regressions
• Validate application functionality through the implementation of test strategies, automation frameworks, tools, and dashboards
• Participates in planning and documenting basic test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needs
• Participate in test execution (new builds and regression), analyze the reports, troubleshoot & investigate the failures
• Investigate, diagnose and repair basic problems, testing bugs, and creating and managing bug reports.
• Continually look for ways to innovate and improve the testing process to gain efficiencies.

Required:

• Country specific intermediate (minimum) language skills; Czech or Slovakian
• Business level spoken English
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or related field
• Relevant automation test experience
• Typically, more than 1 year post education experience, that includes any of the following:
  
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) - negotiable in case of relevant experience
  • Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) - negotiable in case of relevant experience
  • Experience in using code repositories such as
  • Git, JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools
  • Experience with mocks/stubs, and build virtualized assets using Service Virtualization tools
  • Experience with SOAP UI, SQL
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving skills

QA Engineer Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

• Strong team player and ability to learn quickly  
• Proactive work style
• Delivery focused
• Customer service focused
• Proactive and motivated
• Builds trusted relationships and collaborates across global, diverse and multi-functional teams to successfully drive business objectives. 

Employee perks, benefits

• work in a multinational company with place of work either in Prague or in Bratislava (position is available in both countries)
• dynamic environment, elite and collaborative sales team
• Flexible working hours, business trips in case of growth.
• Fair salary conditions,
• free life insurance and preferential terms for family members
• support for retirement savings
• recognition of life and work anniversaries
• language courses