Poland - Senior QA Engineer (Remote)

Who We Are:

At Inchcape Shipping Services, our vision is to create a connected world where customers can trade successfully and make informed decisions in every port, everywhere. We achieve this by combining our worldwide infrastructure with local expertise, through our global network of more than 250 proprietary offices and a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our diverse customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors, as well as naval, government, and intergovernmental organisations. 

Role Summary: 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior QA Engineer to join the team. They will be responsible for planning, owning and driving continuous quality in product development as well as establishing required automation frameworks and guiding other quality engineers in standardising testing practices and quality assurance for the product. 

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Remote (UK, Spain, Poland, Greece)

Salary: €50,000 - €55,000 per annum (DOE)

In line with company policy, Inchcape does not provide visa sponsorship for candidates and cannot consider applicants who will require this now or in the future. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and understand end to end business requirements, System/Application design, Integration, and functionalities/feature.
• Review and understand enterprise & solution architectures, design implementation of new features end-to-end considering both functional & non-functional requirements and the entire tech stack – frontend, backend, database, middleware, AWS, and DevOps.
• Own and contribute to test plan creation, test strategy creation, develop test scenarios, develop test cases, collect test data, create test batches, perform test cases, report defects, track defect.
• Partner with other automation engineers to create a unified approach to automation across the team.
• Develop, execute, and maintain automation test scripts, utilities, data sets leveraging commercial and/or open-source tools.
• Lead in meetings, Scrums, and other inter-team interaction.
• Research and make recommendations to the group regarding new automation technology available and its proper application.
• Work with support, stakeholders, and developers to aid in replication of software defects.
• Provide guidance in good test design and implementation techniques.
• Automate testing of defects and assist with the maintenance of Regression Test suite.
• Responsible for creation, delivery, and maintenance of automated scripts.
• Prepare effort estimates for testing related tasks/projects. 
• Prepare status reports and communicates to stakeholders.
• Propose/follow/develop SOP for all kind of test execution.
• Practice DevOps with automation first mindset, with excellent understanding of branching strategies, version control, best configuration, testing practices, build management, CI/CD pipeline. 

Candidate Requirements:

Knowledge - 

• All type of testing including Accessibility testing, Acceptance testing, Black box testing, End to end testing, Functional and non-functional testing, Feature testing, Interactive testing, Integration testing, load testing, Performance testing, Regression testing, Sanity testing and Security testing 
• Technical Knowledge: SQL, C#.NET, Webservices (XML, SOAP, HTTP, REST API), REST SHARP, AWS Cloud.
• Testing tools: TestRail, XUnit, Selenium, Sonar Cloud, Appium, Postman/SoapUI/ Rest-assured
• Test Driven Development methodology
• Agile product management tools: Jira, Confluence
• DevOps tools (desirable): Bitbucket/GitHub, Sonar Cube, Team City, Selenium 

Skills - 

• Effective verbal & written communication skills in English
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Strong collaborative and partner approach
• Software engineering skills with high tech resilience
• DevOps mindset, continuous testing, and live site first approach 

Experience -

• Any professional degree in computer science 
• Software testing and quality assurance experience including both manual and automation testing.  
• Creating and executing test plan, test cases, test scenarios, test scripts. 
• Experienced at building Object Repositories within test automation environments. 
• Exposure to Object Oriented programming language, C#

You will receive:

A diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location. Globally as a minimum you will receive:

• Career development and progression opportunities
• Values Award celebration events
• Team building days

Plus, much more!

Why Inchcape Shipping Services? 

  

We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce, that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards we depend on our people, their welfare, training and expertise. We realise the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry. 

  

Our values are at the centre of everything we do and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these: 

Global Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture. 

The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships. 

Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry. 

Inchcape is an Equal Opportunities Employer - equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. Working in a diverse society, we recognise that our customers, colleagues, and contractors are central to our success. 

Additional Information:

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location. 

To protect the interests of all parties, Inchcape will not accept unsolicited or speculative resumes from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any fees associated with them.

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