Software Engineer in Test, Aventus

• We are seeking an experienced QA engineer who is well versed in web applications and cloud technologies, UI and API test automation, and who is interested in developing a career in QA focused on the UX of web3 applications
• Interest in Blockchains, Quality Assurance and useability testing
• Strong test automation skills and demonstrable experience in QA for production web applications including web APIs
• Familiarity with concepts such as web APIs, blockchains, wallets, gas, payment integrations (such as Stripe), online marketplaces
• Ability to clearly communicate test results (using relevant tooling/dashboards)
• Knowledge of git, branching, continuous integration
• Familiar with different testing strategies and able to elaborate on their advantages and disadvantages
• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem
• Familiarity with Jira
• Great interpersonal skills and a willingness to go above and beyond when collaborating with the rest of the team
• Autonomy and capacity to explore new technologies and understand complex code independently
• Ability to propose solutions and take ownership of their own work
• Ability to quickly grasp complex problems and turn them into productive work
• Ability to talk to developers as well as product owners to identify flaws of coverage
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing

Desirable

• The mission of the engineer hired into this role is to ensure quality, reliability and elevated user experience of the VereNFT marketplace and related products integrated within it
• To achieve this, this individual will be designing and executing the appropriate combination of manual and automated component, integration, functional, stability, soak, performance, stress, security and other tests, as well as identifying, designing and implementing tools and processes necessary to ensure the error-free operation of the VereNFT marketplace service at the required SLA levels
• Become an expert in the usage of the VereNFT marketplace, understand the full scope of its functionality and how/where users can go wrong. Use this knowledge to develop test cases, QA framework and tools targeting such scenarios
• Design and execute test cases, assess quality of new releases and white-labeled customer deployments
• Research and implement new technologies and techniques to help support various parts of the QA process for the platform, including both functional and non-functional tests of the API and core Marketplace functionality
• Contribute to the development of an overall testing strategy
• Think autonomously to lead the design and development of complex test scenarios and test cases
• Help the development team create test plans on new work items before development starts
• Contribute to the design and development of test frameworks from scratch, where required
• Look for security vulnerabilities in internally developed systems
• Highlight gaps in test coverage and develop guidelines that encourage better testing, increase test coverage and improve the release process
• Define and lead best practices for achieving higher platform reliability and speed
• Contribute to continuous improvement and proactively support knowledge sharing across the entire team