QA Software tester Engineer

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. Merkles heritage in data technology and analytics is the foundation for our understanding of consumer insights that inspires our people-based marketing strategies. Job Description Are you looking to develop your End to End Software Quality Assurance (SQA) skills in an Agile environment Were looking for a proactive enthusiastic and creative QA Engineer to integrate into our growing agile teams working for one of Europes 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 teams way of working. Provide component support to client needs. Create manage and facilitate defect triage meetings. Qualifications Technical background (Bachelors or Masters 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 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