Position: Functional/Manual QA Engineer for Zoomdata
Company: Ciklum
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

**Responsibilities**

- Functional (manual) testing of Server side and API functionality
- Testing new and existing functionality developed by an Agile team responsible for Zoomdata custom and internal connectors
- Identify, log, and communicate software defects through JIRA, Confluence, and other tools
- Develop, collaborate on, and execute Agile test cases, scenarios, and manual integration testing tasks to release high quality software on a monthly basis
- Proactively assist developers to find and solve development and production software issues through effective collaboration
- Work with company stakeholders including DevOps, Support, Solutions to communicate and collaborate on fixing application defects
- Actively participate in all Agile activities and provide valuable input in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews
- Be an active member of QA community of practice and collaborate with other quality engineers and QA director to improve testing, tools, practices and processes

**Requirements**

- Experience with testing web-based applications, microservices (3+ years)
- Technical understanding of modern web technologies (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS)
- Experience with testing REST APIs (Postman, Curl)
- Hands-on experience of SQL queries
- Basic experience with Linux/MacOS console (bash commands)
- Familiarity with web debugging tools (Chrome dev. tools, Fiddler etc)
- Hands-on experience working in an Agile team development environment
- Experience with Atlassian suite products such as JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent job experience

**Desirable**

- Basic Java and Javascript knowledge is a plus
- Experience with different databases (ElasticSearch, Impala, HDFS, Mongo etc) is a plus
- Some experience in big data technologies is a plus
- Experience with Java based testing frameworks (TestNG, Selenide) is a plus
- Experience with IDEs (Intellij IDEA, Eclipse) is a plus
- Basic Git commands knowledge is a plus
- Experience with Jenkins CI tool is a plus

**Personal skills**

- Good written and verbal English and the ability to communicate with English speaking counterparts daily
- Strong written and verbal communications skills to collaborate with local and US-based developers, testers, product owners, scrum masters, directors, and executives
- Ability to self-organize and self-direct in a matrixed organization with frequently changing priorities
- Ability to test software from end user’s point of view and think “big”
- Passion for quality assurance methodologies and end-user applications testing
- Attention to detail and ability to design creative exploratory test scenarios
- Strong worth ethic and emotional intelligence including being on time for meetings
- Ability to work in fast-changing environment and embrace change while still following a greater plan

**What's in it for you**

- Competitive salary
- Motivated Agile team with supportive management
- Interesting and meaningful work without menial tasks
- Ability to make a difference on testing approaches and methodologies
- Career coaching and external training opportunities
- Exposure to working with top talent in Kyiv
- Ability to learn Automation from top Automation experts
- Medical insurance