Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Axel springer
Job Summary
Join us in building and scaling Switzerland’s most engaging media brand. You will have a real impact from day one—creating automated test cases and test plans from scratch using modern low-code automation tools. You will work in a lean, agile, and highly motivated team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of test automation, manual and automated test cases, organizing and executing test plans, and ensuring quality across web and native applications.
Must Have
- 3+ years of software quality inspection, auditing and testing experience
- 1+ years of experience with Test Automation with low code automation
- Knowledge of TestRail, BrowserStack TCM or similar Test Case Management Systems
- Knowledge of low code automation tools and record & play test creation
- Knowledge of general tools, concepts and methodologies of QA
- Experience with commonly used bug-tracking software such as Jira
- Familiarity with web and native applications
- Familiarity with Macintosh and Windows operating systems, as well as iOS and Android for mobile devices
- Familiarity with agile methodologies & Scrum principles
- Basic knowledge of software development lifecycle
- Eye for detail (in testing and when creating clearly defined bug reports)
- Advanced written and verbal communication in English
Good to Have
- Written and verbal communication skills in French and/or German
- Product or industry-specific experience
- Experience in developing and/or coded test automation
Job Description
Join us in building and scaling Switzerland’s most engaging media brand. You will have a real impact from day one—creating automated test cases and test plans from scratch using modern low-code automation tools. You will work in a lean, agile, and highly motivated team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We combine responsibility with flexibility and a culture where delivering quality goes hand in hand with enjoying the work we do.
Role and Responsibilities
- Creation and maintenance of test automation with low code automation
- Creation and maintenance of manual and automated test cases in general
- Organization and execution of test plans
- Interpret and implement quality assurance standards
- Plan, prioritize, conduct and monitor testing activities regarding the life cycle of web and native applications
- Perform daily acceptance testing (manual testing) on pull requests
- Support release candidate testing efforts (manual and automated)
- Verification and retesting of raised bugs and issues
- Measure and analyze data to identify areas for improvement in the applications
- Manage risks and address the resolution of issues affecting release scope, schedule and quality
- Update the existing test infrastructure in order to reflect feature changes
Experience
- Software quality inspection, auditing and testing experience of 3+ years
- Experience with Test Automation with low code automation of 1+ years
- Knowledge of TestRail, BrowserStack TCM or similar Test Case Management Systems
- Knowledge of low code automation tools and record & play test creation
- Knowledge of general tools, concepts and methodologies of QA
- Experience with commonly used bug-tracking software such as Jira
- Familiarity with web and native applications
- Familiarity with Macintosh and Windows operating systems, as well as iOS and Android for mobile devices
- Familiarity with agile methodologies & Scrum principles
- Basic knowledge of software development lifecycle
- Eye for detail (in testing and when creating clearly defined bug reports)
- Advanced written and verbal communication in English is a must
- Written and verbal communication skills in French and/or German are a big plus
- Product or industry-specific experience is a plus
- Experience in developing and/or coded test automation is a plus