QA Analyst

Software QA Engineer - Av. Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

About Merkle

For more than 35 years Merkle, a dentsu company we have put people at the heart of our approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and our performance, Merkle delivers holistic experience that promotes growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation, commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operate in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.

We're located in sunny Barcelona, Spain, just a walk away from the beach, and we're hiring several Software QA Engineers to integrate into our growing agile teams. Working for one of the biggest telecommunications and media companies worldwide! Reporting to your Team Lead you will be ready to push the boundaries of digital change and join a growing team with an amazing work environment in this hybrid working model.

As part of your daily work you will:

• Participate in translating High-level requirements into comprehensive behavioural scenarios based on Gherkin.
• Maintain the proposed scenarios coverage with Cucumber-JVM.
• Be involved in all phases of the development cycle (from Analysis to Delivery).
• Deliver a valuable increment to the business in every sprint.
• Help improve your team's way of working.
• Provide component support to client needs.

You will join an international technology consultancy, where you will gain an excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies, and will experience the newest development technologies. Be part of our professional, collaborative, fun work environment, where everyone can make a difference.

At a minimum, you have…

• Technical background (Degree in software design, engineering computer science, engineering telecommunications)
• 1 - 2+ years' experience in the Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering domain.
• Understanding of QA methodologies and the role of QA in software development lifecycle
• Create test plans and detailed test cases to achieve a thoughtful test coverage of the features
• Understand the basic concepts of object-oriented programming
• SQL basic knowledge
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team development skills; ability to work with people of varying backgrounds, technical abilities, languages, and cultures; read and write in English at a business-professional level
• Adapt quickly and solve problems
• Interpret technical and team goals
• EU working permission

It will be a plus, if you have…

• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum methodology ideal)
• Experience with test automation
• Experience working with Behavior-driven Development (BDD)
• You have worked with Bugs and Task management systems (e.g. JIRA)
• GitHub basic knowledge

Whether it's the joy of working with people at the top of their game or the Merkle social calendar, people love working here – and we hope you will too:

• Attractive and great compensation package.
• Spanish/English lessons.
• Free Life and Health Insurance.
• Career development through Merkle 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 compensation scheme.

Inclusion and Diversity

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/worldview, disability, age, as well as sexual orientation and identity.

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process please engage directly with your Recruiter.

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