Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Gdansk
NR REF.: 1137055


Your new company

Reuters News Agency engineering team develops business-critical applications and services for the Reuters news organization. We provide publishers and broadcasters with news text, photos, and video over both Internet and satellite, and we also provide web-scale hosted content solution to digital publishers.

Your new role

In your role you will be responsible for: • Work with technical and non-technical team members such as Product Managers, Project Managers, Software Developers, and Customer Service & Support to ensure high quality outcome of all product deliverables • Create, maintain, and execute system tests – both manually and automated • Report deviations of quality to the Global Head of Product Quality • Detect defects and create informative bug reports and effectively follow up on bug closure • Advise the team on major issues to product quality • Create test reports detailing all bugs and issues found in each test iteration • Keep the QA systems updated with relevant data and configurations to ensure effective test coverage • Must be able to work on more than one time sensitive project at a time • Be proactive about testing, test coverage, and resolving issues

What you'll need to succeed

Qualifications - What do you need to bring?

• Specific knowledge and understanding of internet protocols and web technologies
• Specific knowledge and experience working with test automation tools and frameworks
• Ability to work with software developers and discuss technical issues in detail
• Specific knowledge and experience working with web services and RESTFUL APIs
• Specific knowledge and experience working with relational databases
• Specific working knowledge of performance and load testing tools Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development
• Familiarity with Source Control and CD/CI systems such as Git and Jenkins
• Ability to create effective test plans
• Ability to write effective test cases (manual and automated)
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them in to test cases
• Ability to program in Python and Javascript

What you'll get in return

• Job in an international, dynamic environment
• Intensive training package
• Wellbeing scheme including private healthcare and Multisport card
• Company social incentives.
• High standards of ethics in the workplace
• 2 additional days off for voluntary activities

What you need to do now
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