Position: Middle QA engineer
Company: StarOfService
Experience required: 2y

We are looking for a passionate Middle QA Engineer aimed at building something great; in terms of user experience, code quality, best practices and best technologies.

This will be a full-time long term remote freelancing contract (40h/week),
A good level of English is important and required to work in a multicultural team,
Ready to jump in the mission ASAP.

You will be focused on project success, team sustainability and growth. The main focus will be on evaluating our web and mobile products. They will participate in communication with other teams and departments, contributing to and taking decisions regarding software testing strategies and approaches.
Qualification and Expertise
As a Middle QA Engineer, we expect you have:
2+ years of professional experience working as a QA Engineer;
Ability to understand functional and technical specifications, analyze data;
Proven experience in defining test strategies, test design and test execution for software product development;
Capability and experience in working collaboratively with others to achieve a shared goal;
Hands-on experience in using Test Case Management Tools and Bug Tracking Systems;
Good familiarity with web and mobile debugging tools;
Experience in API testing;
Understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) and web protocols;
Knowledge of Databases, able to build and run basic database queries as needed for testing purposes;
Basic experience in Test Automation with Python or JavaScript. Willingness to learn and develop AQA skills. 

Responsibilities

As a Middle QA Engineer, you will do:

Testing our own web and mobile products through a combination of both manual and automated testing techniques;
Creating and following through on test plans, including writing and executing test cases;
Regression testing on existing product versions;
Bug and defect handling, analyzing deviations between the defined and the actual functional behavior, reporting bugs. Root cause analysis;
Collaborating closely with other agile teams to ensure integration of components;
Playing an active role in our software development approach by attending team ceremonies, contributing inputs and opinion to planning activities, reviews and retrospectives;
Taking the mission of helping developers to grow in testing culture (to do evangelization & education of testing to them);
Defining a plan for your personal development in your own area and pursuing this with the support of your manager.

As a plus

ISEB / ISTQB certification at foundation level;
Bachelor's Degree in CS or related field; 
Scripting skills with Python, knowledge of Robot Framework, Pytest;
Good knowledge of Selenium and a good understanding of DOM;
Shell scripting and Linux commands.
Experience in Mobile Application testing;
Knowledge of Git, Jenkins, Doker.

Terms of the offer and advantages
StarOfservice recruits the best engineers, product designers and builders, and offers the best conditions for making people enjoy their work, and deliver effectively.
Paid vacations and sick leaves
By joining us, you will access 25 days of paid vacation / year, and paid sick leaves.
Trial period validation bonus
After 3 months at the company, you will receive an exceptional $500 bonus as a recognition of your trial period validation.
Education and growth
Shipping value is not enough,  and we know growth is a part of what every company should offer. For our people - and for the company - we offer the condition for growing:
By setting every year personalized Personal Development Plans with every employee,
By proposing a training budget for supporting every employee’s growth.

Our recruitment process is simple:
Some general questions from  StarOfService HR Manager,
Technical Interview with our QA Team Lead,
Final Interview with StarOfService CTO/CPO.
More about StarOfService
StarOfService has been funded by famous VCs (Point Nine Capital, Kima Ventures, etc.) from all around the world. The company is also part of TheFamily, the most famous European Start-Up network.
StarOfService also has world-class advisors, among which:
Frédéric Mazzella, founder of BlaBlaCar,
Klaus Nyengaard, former CEO of JustEat,
Oleg Tscheltzoff, former CEO of Fotolia.