QA - Engineer

With a global user base of over 380 million, Opera is an international internet company that has expanded into product areas beyond our popular browsers. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, fin-tech solutions, news aggregation services, as well as data compression and privacy software. We are investing heavily in our fin-tech offering targeting Europe with launches expected this and next year.

Opera Sweden is looking for an ambitious QA engineer with a passion for technology to join our web team in Gothenburg, Sweden. Experimenting with new technology is in our DNA and our team is constantly trying to find better ways to build quality apps. In our current project we have chosen to go with TypeScript, React.js and invested in continuous integration through Jenkins and test automation. Product quality and iteration speed are crucial to building successful products and we believe that automated testing should be a natural part of the development pipeline.

Your main focus will be:

• Creating project test suite from scratch and maintaining it
• Testing of the web application
• Advising the development team on testability topics
• Setting up the framework for tracking and prioritizing bugs

You will be working in a web team of about 10 people with an agile workflow. You will be part of design reviews, sprint planning, weekly sprints, continuous integration and delivery processes. The team is distributed over three locations but centered in Gothenburg. You will be collaborating closely with local developers; backend, product management and design in Estonia and Poland.

We expect You to have:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• At least 2 years of recent employment in a QA role in web projects
• Strong familiarity with testing of web apps on desktop and mobile
• Familiarity with mainstream testing tools and frameworks for web
• Currently living in Gothenburg or willing to relocate

An ideal candidate has:

• Fluency in English
• 5+ years of related experience
• Self drive to develop new skills
• Familiarity with test automation tools for web apps (e.g. Selenium), and how they fit in CI / CD
• Deep knowledge of the theory of software testing and verification
• Familiarity with git, GitHub, TestAutomation for Jira, Zephyr, Jenkins
• Experience with python, shell scripting

We offer:

• An opportunity to experience the thrill and challenges of working in an international internet company with a huge global user base
• A flat org structure and friendly atmosphere where we learn and grow together
• A flexible work environment
• Great company benefits