QA Engineer

The Company

EXADS is a young international startup specialising in the ad tech industry. Proudly part of EXOGROUP, a set of companies made of 200+ very talented individuals with offerings across a wide range of services in the digital business, with headquarters in Barcelona and offices in Dublin, Porto, Valencia, Tarragona and Buenos Aires.

Among a wide range of services within the digital business landscape, we actively develop and improve our own proprietary leading ad verification and monitoring system AdSecure enabling us to innovate and deploy new features and functionality quickly in a fast-moving and demanding industry.

We are revolutionising the online ad-serving industry and are seeking to recruit highly skilled and talented QA Engineers to join our dedicated teams in Porto.

The ideal candidate will be a passionate and highly motivated individual to test cutting-edge products while working in a fast-paced, challenging but rewarding environment. We are looking for a candidate with a strong focus and expertise in Back-End Testing with a background in testing ad-serving solutions.

Your responsibilities:

• Own the testing and validation of usability and functional correctness of newly developed features and user interfaces, updates to existing functionality and technical bug fixes;
• Plan and create detailed test plans; 
• Create and execute test stories for manual and automated testing;
• Manage multiple tasks, projects and activities; 
• Identify areas for improvement, understand the business need, specify requirements and implement recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of current processes;
• Participate in regular reviews and team knowledge-sharing activities;
• Research new and emerging solutions and keep up to date with the latest industry trends and best practices.

You have: 

• Minimum 3 years experience in QA-related roles working in automated and manual testing techniques/approaches; 
• Minimum 1 year working in an agile environment;
• Minimum 3 years experience in scripting/automation using TypeScript;
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as Angular, React or Vue;
• Strong understanding of the full SDLC and STLC;
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases;
• Knowledge of Git / Github and related workflows in a distributed team environment;
• Excellent written, spoken and interpersonal communication skills.
• Passion for ensuring overall product quality and excellent user experience;
• Exposure to a fast-paced environment, managing frequent releases;
• Keen to learn and understand all aspects of a complex platform;
• Experience with Elasticsearch/Kibana and AWS desired;
• Experience with using API testing tools, highly desired;
• Experience with Ad-serving testing highly desired;

Education & Qualifications:

Qualifications in Computer Science / related technical discipline OR equivalent experience

What you’ll find working at EXADS

We offer you a position in a young, dynamic and international environment with the opportunity for regular training, personal development, ambitious career growth, and a competitive salary.

Most of all, we offer a position in a team that thrives on achievement, success, and leadership within our industry. Our core company value is innovation: where people and creativity drive innovative technology. If you have a passion for improving software and enjoy working in a fast-paced, challenging but rewarding environment, this position is for you! 

Our Hiring Process

1. HR Pre-screening Interview - To get to know you and your previous experience;
2. Interview with hiring QA Lead and Head of QA -  Let’s dig further into your technical skill set, and also give you the opportunity to ask all the questions you have! 
3. Final interview with our CTO - The last step of the process, you’re nearly there! 

Experience our benefits

• Flexible start times;
• Private health insurance;
• Remote work from home; 
• Home office set up budget of 500 Euros;
• Your Birthday off as a paid holiday
• Access to quality training through Udemy platform;
• Additional internal and external training through our EXOGROUP University program;
• Up to 1500 Eur of training budget and 5 days of study leave, every year;
• Flexible compensation of 500 Eur/year;
• Spanish, English, and Portuguese language lessons;
• Employee referral program bonus - Earn 2500 Euros by referring someone!
• Subsidized gym;
• Exciting team buildings in locations such as Ibiza;
• Calm App subscription;
• Office Perks;
• Meal card;
• Relocation Package;

Is this not the right role for you? Then make sure to check out all other roles we have open for you on our careers website.

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