Senior QA Engineer

Hi there! 

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Are you the NEXT one?

At STX Next, we are continuously expanding our Quality Assurance capabilities within a vibrant and innovative environment. Our QA Engineers play a vital role in ensuring the excellence of our software products, collaborating closely with our development teams. While our team often works remotely, we actively participate in various initiatives and industry events related to QA, software testing, and emerging technologies. Our QA team members are not just contributors but also thought leaders, speakers, and organizers in the community. We place high value on opportunities to meet in person, collaborate as a team, and foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

We approach quality assurance holistically, developing expertise across various testing methodologies and tools, including automated, performance, and API testing. Our team stays ahead of industry trends, continuously refining our processes and adopting new technologies to enhance our efficiency and the quality of our work. By leveraging AI and other innovative solutions, we strive to optimize our testing efforts and deliver superior results in all our projects.

Responsibilities:

• Verifying the correct operation of software by conducting functionality tests
• Designing new test scenarios in line with expected system functionalities and business needs
• Executing test scenarios according to the established test schedule
• Analyzing the results and metrics of conducted tests
• Reporting new bugs (in accordance with the project process), tracking their processing, retesting functionalities after the corrected source code is delivered, and closing the bug after the process is completed
• Actively participating in scheduled meetings, particularly team meetings within the project
• Active communication with all stakeholders during the process of preparing and executing test scenarios to efficiently deliver a high-quality product

🎯Requirements

Must have:

• Deep knowledge of topics like: testing best practices, software quality, testing process, type of tests, product lifecycle and bug reporting
• Commercial experience in Playwright.
• Ability to design and develop automated test scripts (both UI and API) using tools like Playwright, Cypress, or others.
• Experience with Cucumber, Gherkin, or other BDD testing tools.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Knowledge of programming languages (Python or JavaScript).
• Knowledge of GIT version control system allowing to use it freely.
• Familiarity with test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, or similar).
• Practical knowledge of technologies used in web applications i.e. (HTML, HTTP, REST API).
• Knowledge of SQL.
• Ability to collaborate with frontend and product teams to maintain automation scripts, understand business logic, and develop BDD user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Analytical thinking.
• Good knowledge of English (min. B2).
• Great communication skills

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of mocking objects for testing.
• Knowledge of Page Object Patterns.
• Commercial experience in performance tests (JMeter, Locust).
• Commercial experience in API tests (Postman, Tavern, or similar).
• Own GitHub repository with some code to share.
• Familiarity with docker.

🎉Benefits:

✔Work-life balance

We are open to discussing individual needs. Set up working hours and limited remote work scheduled with your team and manager, in a way that works for both sides.

✔Reimbursed private medical care (Medicover) and Multisport

We care about the health and well-being of our colleagues. Choose a sports card and dedicated medical care for yourself and your relatives.

✔Leader’s support

Work with true enthusiasts and professionals who will support you along the way. You can count on leaders and experts who are willing to share their knowledge so that you too can join their ranks someday.

✔Technology focus

Python and JavaScript are not our only strengths, we are also very good at React Native, IoT, Machine Learning, .Net, DevOps and Blockchain.

✔Growth review

Junior, Regular or Senior? Every year we have a chance to discuss acquired skills and prepare a development plan for upcoming months.

✔Events

Attend exciting internal webinars, celebrate special days with us, and join us at conferences and meetups as a listener or speaker!

✔Workation

Team trips where you have a chance as a team not only to work together, but also integrate f2f.

📜Recruitment process:

1. Hi!

Are you interested in our offer? Feel free to apply by attaching your CV and we will contact you within 24 hours.

2. Let's get to know each other

Google meeting- the meeting will last no more than 1h.

3. Show us what you can do

Technical verification is a good time to show your superpowers! The technical interview is a meeting based on tasks, a case study, and practical and theoretical questions. The meeting will last approx. 2h.

4. Time for a decision

We value your time and commitment- regardless of the outcome of the recruitment process, we will return to you with a decision and extensive feedback. Upon completion of the recruitment, we will also be happy to know your feedback about our recruitment process.