End to End QA Engineer

Job Description:

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

We are Merkle, a performance marketing agency who specialise in the delivery of personalised customer experiences across platforms and devices. We call it 'people-based' marketing, and we are proud to be recognised as an industry leader.

Our head office is in Columbia, Maryland and our expansion in Europe started in 2015 with the acquisition of three European companies: Persicopix, DBG and Comet. In 2016, we joined the Dentsu Aegis Network, one of the world's biggest Global media companies.

Merkle's heritage in data, technology and analytics is the foundation for our understanding of consumer insights that inspires our people-based marketing strategies. With our expertise, we can offer our clients content-driven, contextual and compelling customer journeys and experiences that achieve business growth.

We're located in sunny Barcelona, Spain, just a short walk away from the beach, and we're hiring several Junior Java Software Engineer/Developers to integrate into our growing agile teams working for one of Europe's biggest telecommunications and media companies if not worldwide! Reporting to the Team Lead you will be ready to push the boundaries of digital change and join a growing team with an amazing work environment in this hybrid working model.

Job Description

Are you looking to develop your End to End Software Quality Assurance (SQA) skills in an Agile environment? Would you like to be part of a multicultural team and company? Do you think outside the box?
Come and join our team!
We're located in sunny Barcelona, just a short walk away from the beach, and we're looking for a proactive, enthusiastic, and creative QA Engineer to integrate into our growing agile teams working for one of Europe's leading telecommunications and media companies.
This is a great opportunity to join a rapidly expanding international technology consultancy, where you will gain an excellent understanding of the software development cycle using Agile methodologies, and will be exposed to the newest development technologies. Be part of our professional, collaborative, fun and friendly work environment, where everyone can make a difference.

As part of your daily work you will:

• Be part of a large Software development team by completing End to End / Integration tests in a very large system
• Define end-to-end user stories and test scenarios to support new functionality or changes to existing feature sets.
• Hands on with Test execution and Test Scripting, supporting other testers and acting as a peer reviewer for preparation and execution stages of a release.
• Gain thorough understand of System Business and User journeys along with Integration endpoints across the systems.
• Be involved in all phases of the development cycle (from Analysis to Delivery).
• Work closely with Development teams, Project stakeholders, Product Owners/Leads to produce impact assessments for any changes.
• Be accountable for delivering a valuable increment to the business in every sprint.
• Contribute to continuously improving your team’s way of working.
• Provide component support to client needs.
• Create, manage and facilitate defect triage meetings.

Qualifications:

Technical background (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in software design, engineering computer science, engineering telecommunications)

• 1+ years’ experience in the Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering domain at a software driven company
• 1+ years’ experience understanding of QA methodologies and role of QA in software development lifecycle
• 1+ years’ experience in creating a test plan and detailed test cases to achieve an efficient test coverage of the feature
• Programming notions
• SQL basic knowledge
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team development skills; ability to interact with people of varying backgrounds, technical abilities, languages, and cultures; must be able to read and write effectively in English at a business-professional level
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic working environment, learn quickly and solve problems
• Ability to interpret technical and business objectives and needs
• Good attention to detail
• Valid EU working permit

It will be a plus, if you have…

• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum methodology is a plus)
• Experience with test automation
• Understanding the basic concepts of object-oriented programming
• Experience working with Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
• You have worked with Bugs and Task management systems (e.g. JIRA)
• GitHub basic knowledge

Additional information

Whether it's the joy of working with people at the top of their game or the Merkle social calendar, people love working here – and we hope you will too!

• Spanish/English lessons
• Free life and health insurance
• Career development through Dentsu University and LinkedIn Learning
• Day off on your birthday
• Annual wellness days
• Merkle Care Employee Assistance Program
• Merkle Benefits Club
• 2 volunteering days per annum
• Flexible salary remuneration scheme

Inclusion and Diversity
Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners, and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds, and cultures.

About dentsu
Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy – our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.
If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

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Location:

Barcelona

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent