Software QA Engineer, Kobo
6 Month Contract
Digital bookseller
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Digital bookseller
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring the power of reading to the world.
Role
Who you are
- Solid experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Experience with C# and the .NET framework
- Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and techniques
- Proficiency in writing and executing test plans, test cases, and bug reports
- Knowlege of software testing techniques
- Experience with source control
- Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills
Desirable
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Playwright)
- Experience with CI/CD tools and processes ( ArgoCD, Azure DevOps)
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP)
- Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog
- Some knowledge of working with modern UI frameworks e.g React/Angular
What the job involves
- Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Software QA Engineer to join our amazing Web team! You will be joining one of our development teams to deliver awesome new features for our many users to enjoy
- Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure
- We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers
- As a QA Engineer on our team, you'll play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our web applications
- You'll be expected to contribute to test strategy, execute tests, identify and troubleshoot issues, and help drive improvements to our testing processes
- Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software QA Engineer I will work with the delivery team made up of software engineers, product manager, designers and take an active part in delivering high quality software to Rakuten Kobo’s users
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases based on product requirements and technical specifications
- Perform thorough manual testing, regression testing, and exploratory testing to identify defects and ensure software stability
- Collaborate closely with developers and product owner to understand product functionality, investigate issues, and verify fixes
- Work with other engineers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, providing detailed bug reports
- Participate in release management activities, ensuring smooth and successful deployments
- Monitoring the health of the application after release
Our take
Long-form content is having a resurgence. That’s great news for the e-reader industry, of which Rakuten’s Kobo battles with Amazon’s Kindle for ownership.
The e-reader giant has changed tack in recent years to pursue growth via integrations and partnerships. A notable example is its native device integration with Pocket, a wishlist app loved by millions of readers.
The company is hoping that these partnerships and product improvements will allow it to finally break the US market where it most struggles for market share with Kindle.
Amazon has consistently shown its willingness to drop prices to protect its position in any market it plays in. That means that Kobo will have to demonstrate true product superiority to make a dent while protecting its margins.
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Company
Company benefits
- 4-day summer holiday weekends
- Competitive health benefits
- Commuting allowance
- Salary, bonus & stock options
- Global projects & opportunities
- Dog-friendly
- Happy Hour
- Casual dress
- Maternity/parental leave top-up
- Free eReader
- Fitness allowance & gym discount
- Recognition programs
- Buddy program
- Training & development opportunities
- Healthy snacks
- Open concept
- Kobo Café
- Sports teams
Company HQ
Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Tamblyn
(CEO)Part of the founding team of Kobo, Michael previously held the role of Chief Content Officer. Michael has also been the founding CEO of the supply chain agency, BookNet Canada and co-founded Canada’s first online bookstore, Bookshelf.ca, purchased by Indigo Books & Music in 1998.
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