QA Engineer

Company Description

ReSources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-largest communications group. Formed in 1998 as a small team to service a few Publicis Groupe firms, Re:Sources has grown to 5,000+ people servicing a global network of prestigious advertising, public relations, media, healthcare and digital marketing agencies. We provide technology solutions and business services including finance, accounting, legal, benefits, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management to help Publicis Groupe agencies do what they do best: create and innovate for their clients.

In addition to providing essential, everyday services to our agencies, Re:Sources develops and implements platforms, applications and tools to enhance productivity, encourage collaboration and enable professional and personal development. We continually transform to keep pace with our ever-changing communications industry and thrive on a spirit of innovation felt around the globe. With our support, Publicis Groupe agencies continue to create and deliver award-winning campaigns for their clients.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

As part of the QA team, a new role has been created to support our growing product suite.

You will ensure a high standard of product functionality with every release by identifying bugs and design gaps as well as documenting problems encountered at a sufficient level of detail for development teams to resolve quickly.

Clear communication in articulating complex problems in plain English and proposing timely solutions to Product and Engineer stakeholders is critical.

The QA Engineer must be familiar with Software Quality Assurance methodologies and show ownership from start to completion. It will be expected you will spend a portion of your time working with the internal development team, and possibly UAT teams depending on the nature of the solution being tested.

The team is comprised of highly experienced developers (front end, back end and full stack), technical architects, and other QA teams. A proactive working style with focus on delivering results and the ability to balance competing priorities will be essential to success.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Work with a teams to test end-to-end solution.
• Establish QA procedures, maintain consistency and continuous improvement of ways of working.
• Review and suggest proposed acceptance criteria and test cases during early stages of process and provide details of trade-offs to decision makers collaboratively.
• Create and executes testing scenarios/test cases and user acceptance criteria providing clear technical &, where relevant, business information on any issues identified.
• Work with, and support internal teams, product management, UX, and technical resources on acceptance criteria, issue logging and tracking, and ongoing testing and release management.
• Actively participate in daily, weekly & sprint-related team meetings and brainstorming activities related to project issues, collaborate with development, architecture & product management
• Analyze discrepancies in service or performance and make recommendations for product or service updates.
• Story priming in Jira to cover scenarios to align business requirements
• Test reports with initial triaging.
• Create Seed data and test data for different scenarios.
• Look into test automation to improve efficient around QA tasks overtime.

Key requirements

• Solid experience testing Data centric applications
• Experience with understaning test strategy, write and execute test cases for feature testing, regression testing, sanity, smoke and end to end system testing
• Proficient in debugging and troubleshooting including use of Data tools and developer tools for data collection and issue reporting
• Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin) will be a plus
• Experience with Cloud Platform tools and services (GCP/Bigquery) will be a plus
• High attention to detail and solid analytical skills is a must
• Highly motivated and self-starter approach to job. Able to work independently as part of a globally distributed team, proactively requesting assistance, advice and input as needed
• To maximize working time with different teams around the world
• Adaptable and change-resilient, working well in a dynamic fast-paced global environment, accepting new ideas and initiatives and making positive use of opportunities presented.
• Demonstrated capacity to plan, prioritize and organize time, project schedules and multiple project activities
• A degree of creativity in developing and executing tests is required
• Solid knowledge of IT Methodologies and Software Development Lifecycle for information systems development, testing principles, project methodologies and practice
• Mastering iterative agile development methodologies
• Working knowledge of SQL

Qualifications

At least 5 to 7 years of experience in a similar position

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe Commitment to Diversity & Equity Policy:

Publicis Groupe is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in spirit and in action at every level of the organization. It reflects our core values and embodies our purpose of building a great company enabling human potential. We have a deep-rooted appreciation for how diversity of thought drives innovation, and we ground that value in a culture of collaboration and connected thinking.

• Diversity & inclusion are business imperatives on which Publicis Groupe will not negotiate. While fostering a work environment that is inclusive of all talent is a collective responsibility, it is leadership’s job to nurture the career aspirations and goals of all our talent. Promoting gender equality starts at the top and the Groupe will not tolerate anyone speaking for our organization who does not value the importance of inclusion. Publicis Groupe works very hard to champion diversity and will continue to insist that each agency’s leadership be champions of both diversity and inclusion.
• Our Core values “ VIVA LA DIFFERENC’E is based on the very aspect of celebrating differences 
• Our strategy focuses on bringing together teams with diverse perspectives, disciplines, and experiences, because diversity of thought best serves our clients and their customers who they aspire to impact

Equal Employment Commitment:

1. We provide equal opportunities to all our employees and to all eligible applicants for employment in our company. We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
2. When recruiting, developing and promoting our employees, our decisions will be based solely on performance, merit, competence and potential.
3. We shall have fair, transparent and clear employee policies which promote diversity and equality, in accordance with applicable law and other provisions of this Code. These policies shall provide for clear terms of employment, training, development and performance management.