We are looking for a knowledgeable, skilful and enthusiastic QA Lead to help us build our Quality Assurance function within the business. You will have responsibility for implementing QA methodologies amp; best practices, identifying amp; configuring our QA toolset, and leading QA Engineers to ensure our work is delivered to a consistently high standard.
The candidate will be committed to quality assurance, self-motivated, have strong communication amp; problem solving skills, be able to manage various stakeholders within the company, enjoys working in a team, and can deliver on their commitments in a tight timeline.
If you are interested in re-shaping our Quality Assurance processes and building a dedicated QA team who works alongside an excellent team of backend and frontend developers then this opportunity is for you.
Job Description / Responsibilities
- Prepare, document, and execute test cases based on Business amp; Functional Requirements to ensure thorough testing of requirements
- Work with our IT and Client Services teams to analyse existing or develop new processes and systems in order to provide high quality deliverables
- Perform a variety of testing activities including functional, non-functional, automated, performance, smoke, and regression testing
- Work with Product Owners to help define amp; refine business requirements and acceptance criteria then create tests to verify them
- Reporting on various test metrics on a regular basis and highlighting any issues that may have a major impact on the platform or specific deadlines
- Develop and promote QA best practices throughout the company
- Identify, setup, and maintain QA tools
- Recruit, train, and lead a team of QA Engineers in day-to-day activities
- Reviewing test cases written by less experienced colleagues to ensure all requirements are covered
- Re-testing any discovered bugs to ensure they have been fixed
- Ensure there is a focus on quality throughout the development lifecycle
Requirements
Desired Skills and Experience
- ISTQB certification
- 6+ years experience as a QA Engineer of which 2+ years experience must be as a QA Lead
- Creating functional and non-functional test plans and test data
- Test estimation and test planning experience essential
- Experience writing automated test scripts
- Experience using amp; managing various testing tools including but not limited to TestRail, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, BrowserStack, JMeter etc.
- Quality focused with attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in fluent English
- Ability to schedule tasks to manage time and project priorities
- Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team
- Ability to influence stakeholders both internally and externally
- Proven success in both fostering and contributing to a team-oriented environment
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, with a drive and commitment to delivery
- Excellent analytical amp; problem solving skills
- Excellent time management
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams
Additional Beneficial Skills and Experience
- A degree-level qualification in a Computer Science / IT discipline would be an advantage
- eCommerce Experience
- Experience working in Agile Environments (Scrum amp; Kanban)
- Experience using Jira and Zendesk
- Proficiency in Italian or Spanish would be useful
Candidates must be based in Ireland preferably or be willing to relocate and have permission to work in Ireland.
Benefits
- A fast-paced, challenging and fun multicultural working environment, distributed in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Colombia
- The opportunity to work with one of Europe's fastest growing, most respected and most successful eCommerce Providers
- The chance to have a significant and important contribution to overall company strategy and direction
- The chance to make a lasting difference. The projects we are planning to undertake are exciting and the team is given a wide scope for creativity and innovation
Package
- Competitive base salary
- Daily Lunch Allowance
- 20 days annual leave per year
- 10 sick days per year