Senior Test Engineer

ThoughtLabs Belgium
Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium

Tech stack

API
Software Bug Management
Code Coverage
Scrum
E2e Testing
Test Data
Web Services
Backend
Information Technology
Data Management
Front End Software Development
Application Client

Job description

  • Define test objectives and approach for E2E testing, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
  • Ensure that test plans are developed and maintained, supporting the goals of the individual products while also aligning with the global project objectives.

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Work closely with program managers, project managers, product owners, business analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure testing efforts meet both technical and business expectations.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for testing-related discussions, ensuring clear communication of test progress, risks, and outcomes.

Test Coordination & Execution

  • Oversee test activities across different phases and levels, assigning responsibilities, ensuring adequate test coverage and verifying compliance with quality standards.
  • Coordinate functional, integration and end-to-end (E2E) testing to validate system workflows and business processes.
  • Coordinate with business users to conduct UAT ensuring the system meets their requirements and expectations.

Test Data Management

  • Lead and structure the test data provision in SUT and adjacent systems based on best practices and industry standards ensuring compliance with legislation and applicable norms.

Defect Management & Risk Mitigation

  • Track defects progress, facilitating resolution with development teams.
  • Assess risks in testing and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.

Test Reporting % Quality Assurance

  • Aggregate and analyze test results, including identifying and categorizing defects, providing clear and actionable reports to stakeholders.
  • Offer insights on readiness, risks, critical open defects and quality trends to support Go/No Go decisions.

QA Chapter contribution

  • Proactively participate in the QA Chapter initiatives, fostering collaboration between testers and other roles and enabling sharing knowledge and lessons learnt, between teams/projects.
  • Support the Chapter in achieving key objectives as part of the initiatives for continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • You are able to speak, read and write fluently English and French or Dutch.

(All texts are written in English and the standard language used by the team is English)

  • Demonstrated experience in creating comprehensive E2E test plans
  • Hands-on experience in coordinating and managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders is a must
  • Capability to recognize non-functional testing needs.
  • Proficiency in assessing test scope and guaranteeing comprehensive test coverage.
  • Proven experience in coordinating Agile/Scrum teams
  • Be able to work autonomously.
  • Proficient in stakeholder management.
  • Have a critical mind and dare to challenge.
  • Be able to understand technical IT concepts like: Service and Client Application, Web Service, API, Protocol, Frontend, Backend, etc.
  • Soft skills: Active, Creative, Autonomous, Think out of the box, Result driven, Pragmatic and Resilient.

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