QA Engineer

Simple Machines is a leading independent boutique technology firm with a global presence, including teams in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and New Zealand. We specialise in creating technology solutions at the intersection of data, AI, machine learning, data engineering, and software engineering.  

Our mission is to help enterprises, technology companies, and governments better connect with and understand their organisations, their people, their customers, and citizens. We are a team of creative engineers and technologists dedicated to unleashing the potential of data in new and impactful ways.  

We design and build bespoke data platforms and unique software products, create and deploy intelligent systems, and bring engineering expertise to life by transforming data into actionable insights and tangible outcomes. 

We engineer data to life. 

As we scale our EMEA engineering operations, this role will be hybrid-remote-based, assigned to our UK leadership team and will focus on supporting our UK-based clients. While you'll enjoy the flexibility of working remotely, you'll be closely aligned with our UK delivery teams and client stakeholders, ensuring time-zone overlap and easier collaboration. 

Simples Machines are seeking a QA Engineer to join their growing Poland team. The role will see you working on a range of projects for our enterprise clients, responsible for the strategy, implementation and delivery of high-quality software and platform solutions. You would be embedded into Simple Machines engineering teams, working closely with engineers and alongside our clients, driving quality standards and providing advice and execution support on all things Quality and Testing. 

Applications Conditions

• Must have full working rights for Poland - Sponsorship is not available.
• Reside close to Warsaw to attend team meetings in person.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Define and implement test cases: be a hands on expert, able to help define test cases as well as guide others in doing so. Provide structure to test suites for ease of ongoing management, and build them into the chosen tooling. Consult and guide our clients by showing them how it's done well. 
• Manage the test architecture: take accountability for the configuration of the tooling needed to deliver the testing capability: test execution, test data creation/deletion, workflow integration, reporting, etc. Work closely with engineering to deliver the test architecture required to assure quality. 
• Partner with engineering: work side by side with SM and client engineering teams to collectively deliver great software and platforms for our clients. Work closely with tech & QA Leads and engineers at all levels to deliver quality products first time, every time. 
• Embed quality into the product lifecycle: be an ambassador for quality assurance throughout the product lifecycle. Support the requirements and design process with a test viewpoint; through to the monitoring and refinement of issue management and triage processes with our clients. 
• Contribute and advice about test strategy and approach: help define, implement and continually evolve effective test strategies for the platforms and software that Simple Machines build for our clients. 

Ideal Skills and Experience:

• Functional test tools: proficient and knowledgeable with a range of test tools for the management and automation of tests across the full stack. Experience of defining and implementing test cases in common test tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Cucumber (kotlin/java)
• API testing: proficient and knowledgeable with a range of API test tools such as: Postman, Swagger (OpenAPI), Rest Assured etc
• Business domain expertise: Proven track record of quickly understanding new business domains in depth and applying this knowledge to testing strategies. 
• Testing methodologies: have worked with and can understand the benefits / drawbacks of different test methodologies such as Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Experience using test case management: Xray, TestRail or Zephyr is an advantage
• Testing for CI/CD: have worked with products and software following CI/CD principles before and can help embed the testing for a robust continuous delivery capability. 
• Enterprise software experience: have worked in a range of environments, in QA roles, including enterprise environments with a broad application architecture. 
• Technology: have knowledge and experience with Kotlin, Java, React Redux
• Manual and automated testing: ensuring comprehensive coverage across functional, regression, and performance testing. Skilled in designing and executing test cases manually, as well as leveraging automation tools to improve testing efficiency

Professional Experience and Qualifications:

Domain Experience: At least 5 years of professional experience in technical or analytical roles. 

Whats on offer

• Be part of the foundational team in Poland
• Work on exciting enterprise projects across Software and Data
• Advance your career within a Global Consulting company
• Be part of our global growth - 30% year on year