Senior QA Engineer - PokerStars
Betfair
- Cluj-Napoca, Cluj
- Permanent
- Full-time
The successful candidate will have exceptional technical and problem-solving skills, with a positive, results driven attitude. They will be capable of interacting with both technical and non-technical people, being able to quickly develop a detailed knowledge of the applications being tested.Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out testing of new software development manually and through test automation
- Designing new and creative approaches towards complex testing requirements, across multiple domains
- Contribute to the overall testing effort on the projects
- Verify and validate the functionality to be aligned with the product specifications
- Suggest and implement improvements to the QA processes applied by the team
- Participate in all software development stages
- Participate in code reviews together with peers
- Involvement in the release process and validations after release (sanity tests, logs and metrics)
- Provide alternative solutions and improvements, together with the team
- Validate and review user stories & defects – you will understand the impact of user stories in the product and identify potential future problems with that implementation
- Advise team of difficulty and effort involved in testing features and providing test results
- Identify situations in circumstances where there may be a need for performance, security, other non-functional testing
- Advise developers of potential risk areas in advance of development
- At least 5 years of relevant experience
- Proven diagnostic and debugging skills.
- Experience with manual testing methods and an understanding of how automation can benefit the testing effort.
- Good knowledge of software testing principles. Ability to plan, design and execute test cases.
- Functional knowledge of a development language such as Java.
- Experience of testing at API layers (e.g. REST)
- Exposure to automation testing, either coding or designing tests
- Experience working with version control systems such as git
- Understanding of build and configuration tools such as Jenkins
- Understanding of microservice oriented architectures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast paced, team-oriented environment
- Understanding of the full development cycle and some experience of Agile development methodologies (Scrum)
- Clarity of thought and strong communication skills to effectively pitch solutions
- Strong troubleshooting skills in different disparate technologies and environments
- Proven diagnostic and debugging skills
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving and prioritization skill
- Proactive work ethic with the ability to deliver results and meet challenging deadlines
- 25 days of annual leave
- Sharesave scheme
- „Flexible Benefits” of your choice
- Private health insurance (includes dental insurance and health assessments)
- Free parking
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