Are You the One?
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer to join our product team in developing our model risk management platform. As the QA Automation Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the overall application quality by defining the quality assurance framework and maintaining the testing pipelines. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the reliability of our model risk management platform and contribute to building a cutting-edge solution that enables businesses to effectively manage their model risk.
About Yields.io
Yields.io has its headquarters in Belgium, is alumnus of the IMEC.iStart incubator program and is backed by investments from Volta Ventures (early-stage European VC) and Michel Akkermans (serial entrepreneur, private investor, and former CEO and chairman of Clear2Pay).
As part of the Chiron Enterprise team at Yields.io, you will:
- Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and pipelines to ensure the reliability, stability, and performance of the model risk management platform.
- Collaborate with the development team to identify test scenarios and create test cases, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
- Execute both manual and automated tests, report and track defects, and work closely with the development team to investigate and resolve issues.
- Participate in the design and review of software requirements, providing input from a quality assurance perspective.
- Define and implement a quality assurance framework that encompasses both functional and non-functional testing, including performance, security, and scalability testing.
- Monitor and analyze test results, identify trends, and provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement of the application quality.
- Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging technologies in QA automation, and proactively introduce new tools and methodologies to enhance the testing process.
- Promote knowledge sharing and ensure adherence to established quality standards.
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer or a similar role in a software development environment.
- Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools, such as Selenium, Cypress, or Appium.
- Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Python, or C# for test automation scripting.
- Experience with API testing, including validating API requests and responses.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker for creating consistent testing environments.
- Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools.
- Experience in defining and implementing quality assurance frameworks, including both functional and non-functional testing.
- Solid understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment. You must be self-motivated and able to work independently, manage your time and priorities effectively.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban.
- Knowledge of model risk management or financial services domain is a plus.
Benefits
- An international team that embraces diversity, a lively and open company culture
- Autonomy and responsibility in a challenging work environment
- Flexibility: 20+ holidays, remote-friendly work environment
- Full-time contract