Senior Software Quality Engineer

We are recruiting a Senior Software Quality Engineer for our team in Limerick, Ireland. We are looking for an Engineer to play a lead role in a small team driving our efforts in quality assurance. The right candidate is highly motivated, self-driven, eager to learn, and passionate about taking ownership of their contribution to the product.

We are a highly professional, self-organising team of engineers working in a truly agile environment. Our culture is built on being open to new ideas and feedback and we believe in building great software, technical excellence and having fun.

Responsibilities

Writing automation tests suites using Cypress, Playwright or WebdriverIO JavaScript frameworks. Key responsibility to ensure that all quality checks, risk assessment and processes and procedures have been followed by the teams about all releases to production. Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities with our teams to ensure quality and test coverage.

Lead the effort to design, develop and execute automation scripts to achieve the highest possible test coverage for our systems. Collaborate in an agile environment, actively participating in agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups Assist teams in developing test plans and cases to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Review user stories requirements, specifications and technical design documents when required Work with agile teams to identify integration points for new work Create and maintain dependency documentation for system wide regression Assist with execution of manual testing when required.

Requirements

Above all we value communication, common sense and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will bring: Strong documentation and communication skills. Willingness to give and take feedback and share knowledge A strong desire to learn and improve. The ability to influence QA and test automation best practices within your team From a technical perspective we would require a minimum of 5 years QA experience through the entire lifecycle of an enterprise application.

Use of the following technologies and methodologies would be a distinct advantage: Proven experience with Cypress, Playwright or WebdriverIO automation framework and automated testing tools Proven experience with Azure DevOps including Pipelines and load testing Proven work experience in software development Proven work experience in software quality assurance Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing Hands-on experience with automated testing tools Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process Nice to have's; Experience with API testing tools such as JMeter, Postman or similar Experience with Docker Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject Benefits: Employer pension contribution* Private health insurance* Life insurance* Long term illness cover* Company support with Scrum certification fees Supported Study Leave Quarterly code hack days *on completion of 6-month probation period