Horizons

EMEA

Posted on: 01 July 2024

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Senior QA Automation Engineer

About Horizons

At Horizons, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.

If you're interested in adding to our vision of enabling people to work in dream jobs, for every company, and from anywhere in the world, apply now!

We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being a Horizoneer means being part of a growing, international family.

Overview

We're seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our Engineering team and participate in taking the quality of our SaaS platform to the next level. If you thrive in a team-oriented setting and are passionate about delivering high-quality software, we invite you to explore the opportunity below.

Responsibilities

Participate in choosing the testing framework: Playwright vs Cypress
Develop automated tests for both new features and regression scenarios
Conduct functional, system integration, and regression testing to validate application functionality against business requirements, with occasional manual testing as needed
Prioritize and triage bugs reported by clients, providing detailed insights and actionable recommendations
Timely and accurately report defects found during testing
Track defects from discovery through to resolution, ensuring validation and verification post-fix
Constantly monitor and reduce the ratio of End user found / QA found defects
Keep QA impact on release schedule to a minimum
Work in a cross-functional squad (along with FE and BE Engineers, Product Manager and a Designer)
Contribute to requirements review and prioritization by bringing QA perspective

Requirements

Decent coding experience, enabling efficient test automation
Minimum of 5 years in Quality Assurance or Software Development roles
Hands-on experience with Playwright or Cypress for test automation
Proficiency in API testing and automation
Familiarity with issue tracking tools, preferably JIRA, and version control, preferably Git
Experience in creating, maintaining and executing rich manual testing plans
Proficiency with test case management tools
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English

Preferred Skills

Experience working on a SaaS platform, or at least custom built Product
Experience with doing QA in an agile environment with frequent releases
Familiarity with mobile application testing (we’ll be needing it in future)
Awareness of DevOps practices related to QA infrastructure, CI/CD, and deployment systems
Understand web application development concepts
Take ownership in what you do and always look for improvements
Set high standards for others and for yourself

Why Join Us

Growing international Engineering team on two continents (Asia and Europe), working on in-house product
Chance to contribute to cutting-edge projects and technologies
Work alongside other talented Engineers, in an environment fostering collaboration, personal development, technical excellence and continuous improvement
Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits
Continuous learning and development opportunities

If you're passionate about quality assurance, automation, and enjoy working in a supportive team environment, we encourage you to apply and become a valuable part of our QA crew.

What it's like working at Horizons

Our service & product. We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.

Our amazing team and environment. Working at Horizons means you're working on something very exciting: Allowing every person on the planet to have access to equal opportunities in living a fulfilled work and personal life. We believe in hiring from within and going the extra mile to retain top talent. As the company continues to grow extremely fast, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow alongside.

Our benefits and perks. Being a Horizoneer means that you get the benefit of:

A competitive salary
An asynchronous working environment
A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
Growth opportunities within the company
Select your preferred hardware, be it Windows or Mac, and we'll purchase it for you

How to apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in a PDF format.

If you don’t have an up-to-date CV but you are still keen to reaching out, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Need help? Get in touch with us at: hiring@joinhorizons.com