QA Automation Engineer

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Job Description

Our experienced team consists of 4 professionals who have been successfully developing the 'Procurement Apps Portal' application for nearly 3 years. The team includes a dedicated Product Owner and three skilled Full Stack Developers. Our members combine frontend and backend expertise to deliver comprehensive solutions, while our Product Owner ensures strategic alignment with business objectives. 

We are now looking to hire an QA Automation Engineer.
 
What will you do? 

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end automated tests using Cypress
• Develop automated API tests to ensure backend reliability.
• Conduct manual testing to identify potential issues before release.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to validate business requirements.
• Create and maintain test documentation and technical reports.
• Work with Azure DevOps to manage test cases and track defects.
• Develop and execute test plans and test cases for software quality assurance.
• Promote best practices in testing, testability, and test suite maintainability.
• Continuously improve the QA process.

Location  
Katowice/Gliwce, Poland

Qualifications

Who are you? 

As our QA Automation Engineer you will bring experience in writing and executing automated end-to-end tests (Cypress or Selenium), in manual testing and strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Next to this you bring: 

• Experience in creating automated API tests.
• Proficiency in JavaScript (Cypress is the target technology).
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, best practices, and tools.
• Experience with performance testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems
• Proactivity

It would be beneficial if you have: 

• Knowledge of Gherkin language for test case creation.
• Familiarity with Cucumber for behavior-driven development.
• Ability to work closely with product owners to verify business requirements.
• Experience in writing technical documentation.
• Experience with Java and writing automated tests in Java.
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification.
• Knowledge of SQL databases and ability to write queries.
• Experience working in agile teams.

Additional Information

Our offer 
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 
 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Marta Jura via e-mail: [email protected]. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.
 
We look forward to receiving your application!