QA Automation Engineer

Short company description

We’re AD/01, part of Ahold Delhaize, an innovation hub serving 9 countries and catering to more than 10 million shoppers daily.

As big fans of innovation, we like technology where we can see it, on our plates. Our mission is to help people live better lives, enhancing their daily food and shopping experiences. Moreover, we aim to revolutionize the food retail industry through cutting-edge technology, we want to solve real challenges, whether it's refining the supply chain management, improving digital customer interactions, or creating seamless customer journeys from order to delivery.

We are the studio that builds the future of food retail.

Requirements

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you can meet the following requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in QA field, with at least 3+ years as an automation QA.
• Experience building test automation for executing end-to-end tests using Karate, selenium, Playwright or similar framework.
• Experience working with API and backend services test automation
• Experience working with Web UI test automation
• Experience working with the stakeholders, product-owner and team to define test-cases, plan and execute in sprints.
• Experience coaching engineers for industry standards on API automation, contract-based testing etc.
• Experience on front end and back end tech stack like react, Spring Boot, Kotlin, Azure cloud.

It goes without saying that so-called ‘soft skills’ are just as important as their ‘hard’ cousins. We highly value:
• Ability to work as a remote team member.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a results-driven mindset.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management, with the ability to articulate technical solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to shape long-term QA strategy while delivering short-term wins.
• Excellent command of the English language both written & spoken.

Responsibilities

Team Retail Business Platform is looking for an experienced QA engineer to help automate the application flows and ensure high efficiency in the quality assurance process.
As QA Engineer, you will work with frontend & backend engineers, Product Owner and Engineering Manager focused on building, maintaining, and optimizing applications and services on a custom-built landscape. This role focuses on improving test automation, improve the quality and performance of software released to PROD, application reliability among others. You will drive the QA processes, API test automation, web application test automation and delivery of CI/CD pipelines necessary to perform automation tests for both Web application and services.

Key responsibilities of your role.
Automation and Tooling:
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts: create and maintain automated test scripts using testing frameworks and tools.
• Set up and maintain test environments: configure and manage test environments to simulate production conditions.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools: research and recommend appropriate testing tools and technologies.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines: integrate automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to ensure continuous quality.

Collaboration and Communication:
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders: work closely with other team members to ensure clear communication and alignment on quality goals.
• Participate in code reviews: review code changes to identify potential defects and ensure adherence to coding standards.
• Provide feedback on software design and usability: offer constructive feedback on software design and usability to improve the overall user experience.
• Communicate test results and defect status: keep stakeholders informed of test results and defect status through regular reports and meetings.

Test Execution:
• Execute test cases: perform manual and automated tests according to the sprint plan.
• Discuss and plan bug fixes with development team
• Verify defect fixes: retest software after defects are resolved to ensure they are properly fixed.
• Reporting (optional): create reports that summarize test results, including defect metrics and overall quality assessments.
• Performance testing: evaluate the performance of software under various load conditions.
• Staying up-to-date with industry best practices: continuously learn and improve testing skills by staying abreast of industry trends and best practices.

What’s in it for you?
We ask a lot. (We’re looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.
So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office. We provide competitive benefits to support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Other info

If you’re excited to help us grow, then please apply now. If you feel like you might not tick all the boxes but have the skills and personality we’re looking for, then please also apply now!

For us, diversity means being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more. We accept everyone for who they are.