They currently work with a development team of 25+ developers partly remote and partly from the office. The development team consists of 10+ backend developers with laravel, node.js and microservices experience and full stack laravel / Vue developers. The frontend team consist of 10+Vue/Nuxt developers. Besides the team has 3 Q&A’s and a productowner (PO).

They would like to expand their remote development team further and are looking for experienced QA engineers. The team works according to the scrum-cycle and handels building new functionality, extending existing functionality, bugfixing, refactoring and redesign. Currently they are in the middle of the transformation to microservices. The team is coached by a highly experienced CTO in leading remote tech teams and technically scaling ecommerce platforms.
On the platform different modules and their front-ends needs to be developed and/or refactured. Example of modules are pricing-yield module, payment proces, administration, personal environment etc..

About you

The company is a fan of testing and try to cover their platform as much as possible using multiple layers of testing (Unit, Integration & E2E). There aim is to run these tests in an automated CI/CD pipeline.They reviewed their testing processes and are now searching for candidaated to help them shape these new QA processes.
We are looking for medior to senior QA engineers with strong experience in setting up Test scenario’s,  refinements of user stories, agile testing processes and procedures and manual testing.

As a QA engineer you collaborate closely with the productowner and the development team to ensure the delivery of a quality end product via a the scrum cycle. Whether it is about setting up user stories and refinements, about sprintplanning, DOD’s and writing the right testscenario’s to test the work of the team, you make sure quality is at the heart of the development processes to deliver a good, reliable end product.

This means you work handson, with clear defect registration and a neat description of your findings.

You understand how developers think and act when QA procedures needs to be full filled. And you can help them understand and achieve a better, more reliable  performance of the code they deliver. This requires  patience, staying calm but steady in the quality that needs to be delivered.
You have a structured way of working, commit to high standards but you always have an eye for the team and help them adjust their working processes to ensure testing processes will be successfull.

The company is growing fast. Therefore in future they can offer you opportunities to be involved in various aspects of the company. In short, a great opportunity to discover and develop your own qualities!

For this role you can start immediately, fulltime 1 year+, on a remote basis.

Technology stack development

As a QA engineer you are familiar with testing in the following tech stack (development experience would be a huge plus):

• Backend: Node.js, Laravel
• Frontend: Vue and Nuxt.
• The platform runs on Google Cloud using Docker & Kubernetes;
• Use in QA processes: Browser console, Postman (or similar) and SQL
• The company is flexible in choosing additional test tooling.
• The CI/CD is based on GitLab and they use Docker a lot;
• Jira is used for Scrum processes.

Strict requirements QA engineer

• You have worked 4+ years writing test cases, refinement of requirements, working with the productowner and done manual testing, to ensure quality of the delivered software product;
• Understanding of Browser console, Postman (or similar) and SQL
• The company is flexible in choosing additional tooling.
• The CI/CD is based on GitLab and they use Docker a lot;
• Jira is used for Scrum processes.
• Patience, clear focus and hands-on mentality on testing proceses;
• Experience with the tech stack would be a huge plus (Laravel with Node.js in the backend, Vue with Nuxt in the frontend, docker);
• We expect you to have experience in testing complex systems and to be able to translate complex features into clear and testable acceptance criteria;
• Challenge requirements and define clear acceptance criteria that will be the basis for testing;
• Define test goals, perform exploratory testing sessions when necessary, provide fast feedback to your team;
• You help to keep the team focused on quality and help to make testing a shared responsibility of the whole team.
• A strong vision on QA and strong communication and cooperation skills in helping development teams transform and optimize QA en bring best practices and standards into the company;

We are only interested in experienced QA ’s with experience in manual testing, coaching developers and working with complex platforms. you are interested to acquire knowledge about the company processes (end to end) and explain about this to developers.

During the proces you have the opportunity to show your expertise via an Assignment and get feedback on the work you delivered.

We are currently NOT open to candidates that donot match the requirements.

Soft skills
Besides your expertise in QA your soft skills are important in succeeding in this role. You are an active listener meaning you are familiar with asking questions to get to know what is required and you have good communication skills (orally and written).

You work in a structured way, understand how people can respond and you are steady as a person in team or individual discussions about product quality.

You connect easily with developers and understand their way of working and can coach how to optimize quality of coding by testing. You are experienced in working remote in English speaking teams. You know you better communicate too much than too little, with your team, to increase quality of the platform.

Finally you are a person who is curious and eager to learn and you take initiative. You are easy in connecting and collaborating with other team members.

Hiring process

1st interview with TechTalent4Growth
2nd interview with QA expert
3rd interview with CTO and PO
4th Test assignment
5th Feedback and when positive a contract

Contract

• Contract: fulltime, 1+ year and autorenewal (we are looking for fulltime hire for the long term)
• Contract includes 20 paid holidays, 5 paid sick leave days and free on official national holidays of the country you reside.
• 3 month trial period (evaluation after 1st and end of 3rd month)
• After trial period 1 month notice

About TechTalent4Growth
TechTalent4Growth is helping small and medium sized companies grow by providing them with European Top Tech talent. We search for experienced software developers in different countries. We have a human approach: we respect the individual and we search for qualities and competences to let people unlock their potential. When you are a company with available candidates for long term hire we invite you co contact us (Asian developers are excluded for this assignment).