Senior Software QA Engineer

About Us

We are finbyte, a tech company based in Berlin helping businesses build fintech solutions and gain momentum to launch innovative offerings. Finbyte brings Commencis’ extensive experience in software & product development and strong talent together with FinLeap’s dominant presence as Europe’s leading fintech ecosystem.

On a mission to thrive fintechs and enterprises in the era of disruption, finbyte aims to create momentum and accelerate future-minded companies.

We are looking for team members to develop state-of-the-art technology and contribute to innovative projects that will help reshape the future of finance.

Join us to build the backbone of pioneering companies.

The position in a nutshell:

We are in search of a proactive and adaptable Senior Software QA Engineer possessing robust technical abilities and excellent communication aptitude to make valuable contributions within a collaborative team setting. Moreover, this role necessitates an individual capable of overseeing manual testing when required and thriving in a high-speed testing environment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate a range of test automation tasks spanning from minor to major projects.

• Engage in collaboration with diverse software engineering teams to engage in dialogues and gain a comprehensive grasp of project requisites, ensuring the delivery of high-quality applications.

• Testing required flows, document test scenarios and recognize suitable test cases for automation.

• Fabricate automated test scripts for the designated candidates.

• Provide assistance in the development of the test automation framework when required.

• Execute diverse testing methodologies on projects as the situation necessitates, encompassing manual black box, user interface, regression, functional, and integration testing.

• Formulate test cases and test scenarios derived from requirements and design documents, while ensuring optimal traceability to requirements.

• Complete User Acceptance Test(s) periodically to keep applications bug free.

• Operate effectively within the constraints of revised deadlines.

• Acquire proficiency in novel technologies and apply them to projects as the need arises.

• Review malfunctioning scripts or test suites and collaborate with the automation team to troubleshoot script execution issues.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Software industry experience, including QA methodologies and software testing

• Excellent understanding of test automation frameworks

• At least 3 years of experience in using any UI test automation tools like Selenium/Cypress, Appium/Espresso/XCUITest

• Good understanding of Load / Stress testing , tools like Jmeter/Locust is a plus.

• Excellent understanding of version control systems and team collaboration tools like Git & Gerrit

• Good understanding of software testing principles and techniques, verification and validation techniques, test automation and defect management

• Good understanding of continuous integration tools (such as Jenkins)

• Experience in writing test automation strategy and test plans

• Strong familiarity with Agile Software Development Approach, Java/other OO languages, native apps and mobile environment

• Ability to analyze crash logs, backtraces, and assist engineers by utilizing basic debugging techniques.

• Experience with various load testing tools like Jmeter, Locust and any other Performance Monitoring tools is a plus

• Ability to coordinate testing meetings with various stakeholders to solve various business problems

• Able to adapt to change (flexible)

• Fluent English in both verbal and written communication

Nice to Have

• Being ISTQB certified is a plus

• Being active in the open-source community is a plus