Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description & Summary

A career within Technology Strategy services will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations develop strategies that transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical challenges. We focus on planning and implementing technology enabled solutions, drafting agile operating models, leveraging digital analytics to enhance the customer experience and optimize business operations, and overall utilize technology and innovation to help our customers implement next generation strategies and win the market.

If you are a tech-oriented problem solver with motivation to learn, someone willing to collaborate with different teams across PwC Greece, a good communicator with high emotional intelligence and someone willing to take ownership beyond the obvious, then you are the one!

According to our flexibility policy "Wherever Works", we are looking for people based anywhere in Greece who can work 100% remotely and report to our headquarters in Athens.

The role entails: 

• Review business requirements and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback;

• Develop and execute detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases for manual testing of enterprise level tailor made multi-tier applications;

• Perform manual functional testing, regression testing and API testing, with the use of the appropriate tools;

• Identify, document, and track system defects, using appropriate tools and ensure their resolution;

• Working closely and efficiently with our team of industry leading engineers and business analysts and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high quality enterprise applications;

• Actively participate in Agile/Scrum processes, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review and retrospective;

• Prepare detailed testing reports, i.e. test execution report, defect report, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) report;

• Make presentations to our clients about the implementations and provide support during UAT execution;

• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and best practices in QA and software testing.
   

The successful candidate should have: 

• Bachelor or Master degree in IT Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Sciences or related discipline; 

• At least four (4) years relevant professional experience in manual Software Testing of Enterprise Applications implemented in Java and/or .Net technologies; 

• Proficient in creating and executing detailed test cases and test plans;

• Proficient in identification and preparation of suitable test data;

• Very good understanding of client-server architecture and web services (SOAP/REST); 

• Knowledge of API testing tools, i.e. Postman, SoapUI;

• Experience with version control systems, i.e. Git;

• Knowledge of Databases and SQL experience (any of Oracle DB, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, DB2 or MySQL); 

• Knowledge of one or programming languages, i.e. Java, Javascript, is a plus;

• Knowledge of automated testing tools, i.e. Playwright, Cucumber, Selenium, is a plus;

• Be familiar with Azure DevOps (Wiki, Boards, Test Plans, Pipelines, Dashboards);

• Experience with agile methodologies, i.e. Scrum, Kanban etc.;

• Ability to draft testing documentation, i.e. test plan, test results report, UAT report;

• Ability and willingness to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines; 

• Ability to express ideas verbally and in writing, in a clear, concise and professional manner (both in English & in Greek); 

• Commitment to providing excellent quality work and building client relationships; 

What’s in it for you

At PwC is all about people, encouraging high performance and quality work.

Being part of our team includes:

• 🕑 Hybrid working model

• 💸 Competitive total compensation package

• 🏥 Health and life insurance 

• 🤵  Dress for the day - wear what makes you feel comfortable and dress for your day

• 💻 Company mobile phone and laptop 

• 🌴 Extra days of annual leave

• 🧘🏼 Wellness Initiatives like gym sessions & nutritionist

• 🏃🏽‍♂️ Actions Teams eligible to participate (e.g. Running, Trekking) 

• 📚 Career development opportunities & continuous training whilst learning from a wide range of top professionals and through tailor made training programmes

• 🌎 Global mobility opportunities

If you're looking for a team that values your work and solves meaningful problems, apply now!

We believe the best work is human-led and tech-powered. If you’re keen to apply and need reasonable adjustments or would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Who we are

PwC in Greece is the largest professional services firm in the country, with premises in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Ioannina and Rhodes and more than 2000 employees. More than 328,000 people in 152 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. PwC Greece exists to provide top-quality industry-focused assurance, tax, consulting, deals and outsourcing services to industry leading clients. 

Don’t miss the opportunity to develop yourself and grow your career in the global leading professional services firm in Greece.

Don’t miss the opportunity to develop yourself and grow your career in the global leading professional services firm in Greece.

All applicants will be acknowledged and treated in the strictest confidence.

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