Objectives:
As a member of the VWFS Porto Test and QA team, you will be responsible for developing test automation solutions for projects and initiatives ensuring the highest ROI is achieved, as well as maintaining and extending existing automation suites. You will work alongside VWFS Porto test automation engineers as well as 3rd party colleagues both Onsite and Offshore.
In this role you will be responsible for:
* Planning, developing, and executing automated test cases
* Working with Agile methodologies
* Monitoring test executions in the CI pipeline
* Reporting results to the testing team and stakeholders
* Ongoing maintenance of automated regression packs
* Participating in root cause analysis activities for defects found
* Working with Project teams to ensure any planned changes to functionality are covered by the regression test suite
* Assessing impact to new or changes to existing functionality
* Review and prioritize requests for automation
* Participating in code reviews with other Test Automation Engineers to ensure test scripts meets the coding standards
* Collaborating with global teams and 3rd party suppliers
* Researching and reviewing tools that can benefit existing ways of working
* Advocate for quality within VWFS teams
Level of decision-making power/authorization:
* Allocation of work to test automation engineers both onsite and offshore
* Supporting proposals for further automation
* Technical decisions on how best to automate
* Proposing new tools, methods, processes to improve quality of the Technical Test function
We believe that the right profile for this job should have / be:
* Bachelor's or master's degree in informatics, computer science or comparable
* Previous experience in automation testing, as well as design, development, and execution of automated & manual test scripts
* Strong experience in automation tools like Playwright or Selenium
* OOP foundation knowledge, ideally with C#
* Experience in using application lifecycle management tools (HP ALM, TF, JIRA)
* Experience with version control systems (GIT)
* API testing
* Experience in working in an international team/ project team
* High degree of initiative, responsibility, assertiveness, and willingness to travel
* Positive and team-minded person with effective communication and presentation skills
* Speaks & writes English fluently
Nice to have/Considered a plus:
* ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Automation Engineering (CTAL-TAE)
* Experience working in an Agile environment
* Knowledge in Wholesale or Retail Financing, Leasing and Fleet Business
* Proficient in written and spoken German
* Experience in performance tests
What we Offer:
* Long-term contract.
* Competitive package including private health insurance, life insurance and meal allowance (pay by meal card).
* Bonuses and benefits depending on performance
* Schooling allowance and pension scheme
* Incredible and unique annual company events
* Opportunity to work on an international project and be part of multicultural and multidisciplinary team
* Solid performance evaluation and career management methodologies
* Continuous training - technical and behavioral development.