QA Engineer (Frontend)

Posted:
5/7/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Porto, Portugal

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

QA Engineer (Frontend)

Quality Assurance Engineer Mid 1

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.

We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.

We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.

Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.


The Global Trading Team (GTT) is at the heart of Flutter’s business, where passion meets innovation in the dynamic world of sports betting. GTT is lowering the barrier to innovate across Flutter and our vision is to help Flutter create the world’s best sports betting products.

GTT helps to drive the success and growth of some of the world’s best known sports betting brands, with over 150 colleagues working in roles across trading, operations, product, delivery, architecture, and engineering, partnering closely with more than 1,100 people in the wider “global trading community” at Flutter. The success of GTT is driven by our great people. We aspire to provide fulfilling careers for all in GTT, whereby this is more than simply a job, but rather an opportunity to grow your career within a progressive, dynamic environment that values diversity of thought.

This team provides a unique, industry-leading service, allowing for fast and reliable distribution of sports betting data across the world to the delight of millions of Flutter customers. The systems, functions and processes we own help us to create millions of betting propositions for Flutter’s brands and provide skills and insights on product and risk management to maximise trading revenues and localise propositions aligned to the distinct needs of local customers.

We are a trusted service provider within Flutter and support our brands in delivering scalable, immersive, and innovative betting experiences on their most important sports.
 

The Role... 

As a Quality Assurance Engineer on a Frontend team, you are part of a Software Development Team, responsible for the full lifecycle of an application. 


Working in a team formed by Developers, an Engineering Manager, and a Product Owner, you will contribute to deliver with quality and pace. Your mission will be to improve
our ability to test efficiently as well as enhancing the product and customer experience. 

You'll have a decisive role in the automation strategy of your team and project, so you must have a proven track record of software testing for fast paced organizations where time to market, quality and rapid change are critical to the company's success.  
 

 What You’ll Be Doing

  • Act as a partner on an Agile team, working together to keep delivering at pace, scale, and with the demanded quality to support our products.
  • Analyze requirements and user stories with a critical mindset, identifying possible gaps and being ready to collaborate with Product Owner and other stakeholders.
  • Participate in all phases of Software Development.
  • Continuously strive to improve the efficiency and coverage of the QA processes.
  • Create testing strategies for new features or architectural changes. 
  • Specify test cases for user stories to assure a good coverage of automated tests. 
  • Design, write, maintain, and execute test automation and test scripts. 

What You’ll Bring

  • Proven-track record as an effective Quality Engineer in complex software development projects. 
  • Demonstrable experience of both manual and automated testing methods. 
  • You have working knowledge of JavaScript and experience in JavaScript frameworks/libraries, such as AngularJS or ReactJS. 
  • You have knowledge of JavaScript test tools (e.g. Mocha, Jasmine, Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Webdriver.io, etc). 
  • Test-driven development techniques (e.g. BDD and ATDD). 
  • Experience working with version control systems such as Github.
  • Understanding of the full development cycle and some experience of Agile development methodologies (Scrum).
  • Good knowledge of software testing principles.
  • Understanding of microservice oriented architectures
  • Able to work in a fast paced, team-oriented and collaborative environment. 
  • You are proactive and ready to adapt to changing priorities and rapid change. 
  • Proven clear and confident communication skills. 
  • Proven diagnostic and debugging skills.
  • An eye for visual precision and attention to detail.

We'd Like You To Master In

  • Experience of testing at API layers (e.g. REST). 
  • Experience working in CI/CD with tools such as Jenkins or GoCD. 
  • Comfortable with Linux navigation and script automation using shell. 
  • Understanding of build and configuration tools such as Jenkins, CHEF and Ansible. 
  • Knowledge on Amazon Web Services . 
     

This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well...you can check our amazing perks & benefits right here! 

So ... are you in? 
 

Equal opportunities

At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.
We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.  Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to [email protected]. We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.