We are looking for an enthusiastic QA Engineer to work on testing our backend products that serve an efficient and AI-supported article reviews process.

While working for us you won’t only be involved in API testing, but you’ll also work with internal front-end web applications, different types of databases, or data background processes. Everything while cooperating with Data and Machine Learning teams baking our cutting-edge AI solutions. By working at Frontiers you will play a key role in shaping the future of science and academic publishing.

You will join a thriving company where your contribution will have an immediate effect on the way science is evolving.

Responsibilities

Mapping business and technical requirements into test suites, test cases, automated tests together with quality control processes.
Executing tests, reporting and analyzing results in a timely manner.
Driving the quality mindset of the Development Team together with other QAs.
Monitoring all stages of the software development lifecycle to identify and resolve bugs or report potential risks.
Working closely with the Product Owner to define and verify the Acceptance Criteria of our Backlog items.
Creating and maintaining automated tests in Postman and Selenium.
Preparing test data, monitoring background processes and the data flow.
Working on our automated test infrastructure to reach the Continuous Delivery goal.
Suggesting and introducing improvements in our QA process, also by coding some POCs.

Required Qualifications

3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer in the Agile environment.
Experience working closely with business teams to understand business requirements and anticipate issues.
Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools.
Strong experience with API testing.
Experience with writing automation tests in Postman.
Experience working with databases.
Coding skills (C#, Java or similar language).
Analytical mind and strong organization and problem-solving skills.
Great interpersonal and communication skills.
Good English skills, we are an international company and English is our working language.

Preferred qualifications

Experience developing automated tests using Selenium Webdriver.
Experience with Azure DevOps pipeline.
Experience developing CI/CD solutions.
Experience working with background processes like Azure Data Factory.
Experience with .Net stack.
Experience with MongoDB and ElasticSearch or other NoSQL databases.
Experience with performance testing (JMeter).
Experience with Xray Test Management for JIRA.

What we´re offering

Continuous catch-up with latest technology, you won’t get bored!
Really senior colleagues in all fields of IT, you will learn new things every single day.
Exciting projects, you’ll work in different applications and features along the year.
25 annual leave days + 4 well-being days.
Participation in the annual company bonus scheme.
Flexible working framework.
Remote working across Spain.
On-off bonus to set-up your workspace at home.
If you ever come to the office, we have top-notch facilities in WeWork (Castellana 77, Madrid).
Extensive learning opportunities through our Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning partnership.
3 volunteering days through the online platform Alaya.
Access to Headspace app for mindfulness exercises.
Online Yoga classes.
A monthly social Happy Hour to share beers and tapas with colleagues.