Quality Assurance Engineer / Software Tester (m/f)

Currently, we are looking for a software tester with experience or someone with the technical backbone to step into the software testing profession to take part in: - All software testing activities - Automating parts of the manual testing As CI/CD and DevOps is becoming today's standard, Test Automation is very much in focus. Therefore, we are interested in both testers with coding skills or Software Developers who can apply their development knowledge in Test Automation. The location of our office is Zagreb, but working from home is also possible.. preferable hybrid. Your initial responsibilities will be to work closely together with the teams at Protest Solutions and Ključ Savjetovanje to gain the necessary software testing knowledge. After this you will become part of the testing team in Protest Solutions; in this role you will be responsible to, with the Product/Business Owners and the rest of the development teams of our partners, take the requirements and ensure quality during the software development life cycle and in the releases to production. Besides manual testing, we have a very strong focus on automation of testing (automated checking) using automated testing tools. The primary responsibilities within this position are: - Using business knowledge (on which training will be given) to execute manual tests - Write and execute tests based on business requirements and on existing regression testing scripts - Work on expanding the test automation framework, execute automated tests, identify bugs and advise development on fixes - Research and recommend new tools and approaches to best implement automated testing Key Accountabilities: - Dependable and key member of the test team - Ability to understand how requirements as presented by the Product Owners/ Business Analysts can be sufficiently tested to ensure high quality of functional/technical product enhancements - Work closely with the rest of the development team(s) to deliver high quality software - Participate in the release cycles to production and ensuring the quality of these releases - Create and maintain automated tests - Have an interest in new technologies and tools (Including AI), willing to learn more

Performance Indicators: - Job knowledge - Test quality and accuracy - Ability to learn and grasp complex business logic - Ability to work as part of an Agile team - Relationships with other developers and Product Owners - Efficiency - Problem solving - Dependability Required Education & Experience: - University Degree in Computer Science is a big plus - A certain degree of coding skills (C# and/or JavaScript/TypeScript are preferred, but any other programming language experience is also welcomed) - General competence in software design/development and IT in general - General competence in software testing - A certain extent of training experience - Fluent in English / Good communication skills - Good analysis and problem solving skills - Ability to meet deadlines - Work pro-actively in a small team with a can-do attitude Competencies: - Knowledge of testing - ISTQB (or similar) certification is a plus - Knowledge of C# and/or JavaScript/TypeScript is a big plus, but experience in other coding languages is also welcomed - A certain extent of training experience - Good level of experience using test automation frameworks is a big plus - Knowledge of backend REST API testing + tools for API testing (Postman, Insomnia, etc) is a big plus - Knowledge of performance test automation execution and monitoring (JMeter, BlazeMeter, etc) is a big plus - Good knowledge of working in Visual Studio Code is a plus - Fast learning and general aptitude to knowing more about the business side of the software