Software Quality Assurance Working Student, Kobo

• Enrolled student of computer science, business informatics or a similar study program
• Innovative thinking and persistent working methods
• A passion for software development and delivery
• Have a desire to work in a team but also be self-organizing enough to be able to work on a task independently
• Good command of spoken and written German and English

Desirable

• Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Software QA Working Student to join our amazing eReader team on a part-time basis as a working student
• 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
• This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate eager to start a career in software testing and quality assurance
• The QA Engineer Co-op 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
• Break things (on purpose!) – Test software to uncover bugs before users do
• Be the quality champion – Ensure every feature is polished, functional, and user-friendly
• Get creative with edge cases – Think outside the box to find unexpected failures
• Team up with developers – Collaborate to squash bugs and improve code quality
• Document like a detective – Log detailed, reproducible bug reports
• Learn & grow – Get hands-on experience with cutting-edge testing tools