Software QA Engineer

Software QA Engineer (APAC)
Business Unit/Function: QA Engineer
Location: Singapore

Nature and aim of the position

If you enjoy fast-paced Agile environments where your hard work ensures quality software is released frequently and if you are an QA Engineer who is looking for a position on a high-visibility project in the fastest growing company , our QA Engineer position at Global Blue might be perfect for you. The Quality Assurance Team is looking for top engineering talent to accelerate the delivery and to improve the quality of software and services. The ideal candidate will help us drive the quality of our operational software needs, ensure seamless roll out of an abundance of software in collaboration of many teams. Our team has grown dramatically in the past year and is in need of an individual to contribute for both manual and automated test needs. This opportunity presents you with great technical challenges and the ability to have a tremendous business impact.

You will be part of a team and contribute your efforts towards the goals set forth for the team in alignment with the guidelines and quality and test strategy set forth by the QA organization. You will continuously focus on the quality of the products the team produces as well as the overall functioning of the systems and processes of GB.

Main duties and responsibilities

o Review test basis artefacts (eg. user stories, specs, etc.) for readiness, verifiability and quality criteria; define test strategies and test effort, as part of the SCRUM planning cycle;
o Create, maintain and execute manual and automated tests based on test basis artefacts, improve the quality of testing, and increase the test coverage and effectiveness;
o Advise and coach product managers ,developers and other stakeholders on quality related topics ;
o Work with developers to devise and improve automation approaches for solutions for Web Services;
o Contribute to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organizations' agile project lifecycle;
o Work as a strong software QA engineer with attention to detail and passionate about delivering high quality software;
o Grow and maintain existing Web Services test automation ;
o Collaborate and mentor testers and share testing techniques knowledge and experience through peer presentations(for example) and other methods;
o Assist team with tasks like troubleshooting, task decomposition, estimation, testing, and documentation;

Required skill and Key competencies

o Solid understanding of review and agile testing processes ;
o Excellent communication and team skills, ability to present ideas clearly and concisely;
o Experience using object oriented programming languages such as Java and C#;
o Experience with developing and testing large scale distributed systems;
o Possess strong analytical skills, with excellent problem solving abilities;
o Experience with tools like JIRA, Sharepoint, Confluence, Jenkin, Subversion ;
o Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques for example Soap UI , Cucumber , or Gherkin language
o Ability to understand systems from all levels: from the "overall big picture" enterprise-level view to the low level technical view
o Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills
o Quality driven and proactive to do what is necessary to achieve deadlines in a dynamic environment with frequent priority and changes
o Experience in White and Black Box testing principals
o The ability to learn new techniques and technologies quickly

Preferable skills and competencies

o Knowledge of automation testing frameworks is an asset
o Analytical and pragmatic at the same time in defining good and efficient processes and solutions
o Good listener to capture needs but with a solid own opinion to filter individual wishes from general needs
o Experience with load and performance testing using open source tools

Education and qualifications

o University Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or a related field is required. Post graduate degree is a plus.
o ISTQB foundational levels , or comparable certification , or comparable experience on that level ;
o Additional know how in other quality related areas (eg. requirements engineering, experience as product owner ,scrum master , communication or moderator training)

Experience

o 5+ years of software engineering and quality assurance experience ;
o 3+ years of software test automation experience ;