Position: Middle Automation QA Engineer for Ciklum Digital
Company: Ciklum
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 2y
English level: intermediate

We're the dev house that provides Microgaming with their exceptional gaming content. We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of industry innovation. Our highly skilled teams of designers, developers, illustrators and animators love nothing more than working with the latest technology and having fun trying out new ideas. The software we produce has enabled Microgaming to become one of the most trusted suppliers of online gaming in the world. We don’t just create software. We create entertainment experiences.

Who are we?
We are the Asgard Team, which is part of the Yield business unit within Derivco. We have several products in our portfolio, our focus right now is on the Back Office tools. We have a variety of stakeholders and help them to achieve their product goals as well as provide them with high-quality products with short time to market and strong architectural decisions.

How we do it?
We work hard and naturally we play hard, but most importantly we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Our core team values are supporting each other, treat it like you own it and be transparent; we believe in our people, and it shows! We are constantly learning something new and eager to help each other. We try to own each problem we face and resolve it as a team.

 Responsibilities
You will be involved in the planning, development and execution of automated testing for our cross-platform (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS) client and the backend services which support it.
You will support team alignment with organizational initiatives and objectives, whilst safeguarding and growing awareness of the casino product.
You will be closely working with developers, automation engineers and testers in agile SCRUM teams, iteratively adding features to the existing client and supporting backend systems.

Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma OR Equivalent and 2+ years of experience in QA Automation of Web products via Selenium (WebDriver) and similar frameworks.
The ability to work independently and collaboratively with the team. Integrity, adaptability and excellent communication skills.
A passion for lifelong learning and exceptional problems solving skills.
A driven person with good time management and great attention to detail, combined with the ability to deal with ambiguity and drive solutions, independently or collaboratively.
Skills, as below:

2+ years of experience in software testing and test automation development
Knowledge of general QA procedures and methodologies, as well as software development fundamentals. Theoretical knowledge and practical experience in requirements analysis and testing
Good knowledge of OOP principles and C#. Basic knowledge of software development principles: SOLID, Design Patterns
Experience with Web and API automation testing (C#, NUnit, Selenium Web Driver). Good understanding and practical usage of PageObject pattern. Experience with REST. Being able to understand what to check in REST API tests
Experience in writing SQL queries and scripts to retrieve and validate data. Experience in integrating SQL queries into test framework and executing them via it. Experience with Entity Framework, LINQ would be a great plus
Good understanding of how the web works: HTTP(S), HTML, CSS. JavaScript basics
Experience with Continuous Integration and DevOps (We use Azure DevOps on the project) to be able to create/maintain CI/CD processes
Experience with version control systems (GIT)
Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and clearly explain technical problems
Intermediate+ spoken and written English

Desirable
Mentor/Coaching skills
Experience working with Appium
Experience with static code analysis tools (SonarQube)
Experience with performance/load testing (Gatling or JMeter)
Experience creating automation frameworks from scratch 
Experience working with application container orchestration such as Docker, Kubernetes
Experience with Security Testing

What's in it for you
You will be working closely with our other development, testing and IT teams located in Durban – South Africa, Douglas – Isle of Mann and Tallinn – Estonia.
We need your help in creating a truly awesome poker product.
Although we have a large system, existing standards and well-defined processes, we are always looking for new approaches to take advantage of and are always keen to embrace change!
We embrace innovation in everything we do (and hand out some pretty cool prizes for it as well). We’re convinced that we employ some of the smartest people in the business, so if you like being challenged and feel that you could contribute, we look forward to hearing from you!