QA Engineer (Strong Junior)
We're seeking a passionate and skilled Junior QA Engineer to join our dynamic team in Vienna. As a key member of our engineering organization, you'll play a vital role in building high quality cutting-edge web applications that delight our users.
What You'll Do
- Perform functional testing of web applications
- Participate in all SCRUM meetings
- Validate API requests, responses, and business rules
- Create, execute, and maintain test cases, checklists, and regression test suites
- Collaborate closely with developers and product managers to identify missing or unclear acceptance criteria and ensure feature quality
- Report defects with detailed reproduction steps and supporting evidence
- Verify application behavior using logs, database queries, browser developer tools, and API responses
- Participate in smoke, regression, cross-browser, exploratory, and release validation testing
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and test documentation
What You'll Bring
- Good understanding of software testing principles and SDLC/STLC
- Knowledge of functional, regression, smoke, sanity, cross-browser, and accessibility testing
- Ability to design effective positive, negative, and edge-case test scenarios
- Experience writing clear and structured bug reports
- Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (TestRail, Jira, or similar).
- Understanding of test documentation, test cases, and checklists
- Strong analytical and logical thinking
- Excellent attention to detail
- Curiosity and willingness to investigate issues thoroughly
- Ability to manage priorities and work independently after onboarding
- Fast learner with a proactive attitude
- Understanding of REST APIs and HTTP protocol (Postman or similar API tools)
- Basic understanding of authentication mechanisms (API Key, Basic Auth, Bearer Token)
- Ability to investigate defects using application logs and API responses
- Ability to isolate issues and collect useful information for developers
- Curiosity and willingness to dig deeper into the root cause of problems
- Good written and spoken English. German is not required but appreciated
- 1+ years of work experience as a QA Engineer
Why Join Us
Competitive compensation and benefits package, including:
- Competitive salary based on your experience and skills
- High-quality IT equipment, i.e. modern Apple laptop, gaming chair, vertically adjustable desk
- Free Wien 365 travel pass
- Possibility to work from any EU country, up to 30 days / year
Meaningful work on impactful projects that make a real difference.
A collaborative and supportive team environment where your ideas are valued and respected.
Opportunities for professional growth and development, including access to training, and mentorship..
A culture of innovation that encourages experimentation, creativity, and continuous learning.
E X C E L L E N T C O F F E E
Work Environment:
- Hybrid work model: We embrace a hybrid work approach with a combination of in-office presence and remote work.
- In-office presence is required for a minimum of three days per week. This fosters strong team collaboration and in-person interaction.
Ready to make your mark?
If you're a talented and passionate Backend Engineer who is eager to join a dynamic and growing company and share our commitment to writing high-quality, well-tested code and thrive in a collaborative in-office environment, we encourage you to apply!
We offer a full-time position with a collective agreement minimum salary of EUR 33.406,8 gross/year. This will be overpaid depending on your professional experience and qualifications.
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