Our vision is to digitise the global commodities trading industry. VAKT is building a platform underpinned by Blockchain that will ultimately disrupt the commodities markets.  We are a uniquely placed start-up, backed and well-funded by a consortium of Oil Majors (BP, Shell, Chevron, Total, etc), Banks (ABN-AMRO, Société Générale, ING) and Trading Houses (Gunvor, Mercuria)

The QA Lead defines the QA strategy and approach for the whole company. The role requires strategic thinking and planning, providing expertise throughout the entire development life cycle, and ensuring quality assessments are baked into every phase. You must have a proven track record of building high performing QA teams, managing the function, and being an advocate for the department.

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Responsibilities 

• Responsible for the planning, management and control of all related testing activities;
• Responsible for QA team leadership, working across multiple feature teams
• Represent QA within IT Management and Change Committee
• Participate in the team’s agile planning & delivery process
• Report and triage detailed bug reports
• Responsible for ensuring features meet specified requirements
• Preparation of automation frameworks and test runs for REST API’s
• Preparation of automation frameworks and test runs for frontend clients
• Assure that the products are effective, accurate, suitable and free from defects, operational problems and errors.

‍Our culture

• We have an innovative mindset, keeping ahead of technology evolution with a desire to learn new technologies.
• We have a startup environment with no top-down hierarchy. We trust you and expect you to make changes
• We have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative (while empowering others to do the same)
• We put people first  
• We appreciate transparency through open access to information
• We are not afraid to challenge the status quo
• We are a multicultural and international team

Required:

• Knowledge of Java, open-source technologies, automation and other tools  
• Knowledge of Selenium Framework
• Knowledge of Cucumber testing tool and behaviour-driven development process (BDD)
• 3+ years of experience as a QA Lead Engineer
• Experience of working with test automation tools
• Experience of working in an Agile mode, knowledge of associated tools and approaches  
• Good communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or related discipline
  

Desired:

• Knowledge of Browserstack and Cucumber
• Knowledge of Java Springboot
• Knowledge of javascript
• Experience working with Cloud Platform AWS
• ISTQB Certification

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What else we offer

• State of the art software development. We follow best practices and embrace open source.
• Flexible working policy - We work in a “Remote First” model, so you will mostly work from home and occasionally meet up with your team at the office. However, if you prefer to go to the office, we are open to that too… whatever works for you.
• Equipment - We provide a MacBook Pro, a large external monitor and the gadgets you require to do your job
• Work Setup (home) - We will help in your workstation setup (e.g. desk, chair).