Senior QA Engineer

📋 Description

• Foster a shift-left quality mindset within the team, ensuring that risks, assumptions, and edge cases are addressed early in the process.

• Recognize quality deficiencies in processes, tools, testing strategies, or collaboration, and convert them into actionable enhancements.

• Propose, lead, and implement quality initiatives such as risk-based testing, test plan definitions, and automation enhancements.

• Take ownership of and continuously enhance the team’s quality strategy, which includes test approaches, coverage, and best practices.

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and developers during refinement, design discussions, and Three Amigos sessions.

• Facilitate test planning for epics, features, and release cycles.

• Assist developers in becoming more proficient in managing their own testing responsibilities.

• Cultivate a culture of psychological safety and constructive feedback when addressing quality issues.

• Design and implement test plans and test charters for new features, intricate workflows, and high-risk areas.

• Conduct exploratory testing and aid the team in adopting structured testing techniques.

• Work alongside developers to establish unit and integration testing strategies.

• Contribute to end-to-end test automation, preferably using Cypress.

• Ensure the product is resilient in real user scenarios, including integration points and on-premises environments.

• Assume responsibility for confirming that releases adhere to the established quality standards.

• Promote the documentation of quality insights, risk registers, and regression strategies.

• Proactively identify quality issues with clear problem statements and recommended solutions.

• Monitor and communicate quality metrics to facilitate informed decision-making (avoiding vanity metrics).

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance within contemporary software product teams.

• Extensive experience in exploratory testing, risk-based testing, and structured test design.

• Demonstrated capability to identify quality gaps, suggest solutions, and spearhead improvements.

• Practical experience in planning and executing testing strategies for intricate features.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary along with a bonus scheme.

• Generous allocation of share options.

• Comprehensive benefits package tailored to your region.

• Significant family leave entitlements.

• 25 days of paid time off (plus additional public holidays).

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Funded opportunities for learning and development.