QA and Test Engineer

Overview Pet Circle Manila is part of a Sydney-founded company. We’re growing rapidly in online pet retail and are seeking a Senior Quality Assurance & Test Engineer to join our Engineering team within the Supply Chain and Operations pace. You will focus on maintaining a high bar of engineering quality, improving testing infrastructure and automation processes, and driving continuous improvement of the reliability of our key e-commerce operations. This role involves working with integration platforms (middleware/iPaaS), third-party software, and a mix of automated and manual testing strategies. As a senior member of our QA team, your opinions and ideas are valued and you will have opportunities to grow with us as a company. What you’ll be doing Review technical specifications and create test strategies Propose improvements in test systems and processes to improve quality or speed of testing Conduct user acceptance and exploratory testing Develop automated functional and performance tests; identify test gaps and improve test plans Perform manual testing of new features and bug fixes; identify and root cause issues in distributed systems (e.g., microservices, event-driven) Own the end-to-end testing of various integrated proprietary and third-party services Propose code design changes to increase testability Issue triaging and stakeholder engagement Guide teams on testing best practices, coordinating test coverage across unit, integration, and contract testing Conduct functional, regression, performance, ETL and end-to-end testing of new application releases and change requests Guide engineering team in terms of test execution and review/audit the work done to ensure completeness and quality Understand and negotiate with relevant stakeholders on identifying the severity and follow up until issues found are closed Prepare and maintain all QA documentation such as Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Metrics, Issues List and relevant records Identify potential problems that end users might encounter and suggest improvements Reconciling data between key systems to ensure data consistency The ideal toolbox 3-5+ years of experience in a senior software quality assurance capacity with the ability to understand, develop and execute test strategies and plans Ability to self-motivate and lead the test strategy and execution Proficiency in Typescript Proven track record in developing automated solutions from scratch Expert in API (RESTful) testing frameworks and tools Passion for improving quality of everything, including deployment, security, stability and performance Experience in defining performance test requirements and carrying out load and stress tests Experience working in cross-functional teams, providing support throughout the software development life cycle Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a cross-functional team of software developers, product managers, and designers Ability to identify and demonstrate experience in optimizing and quality assurance processes Strong understanding of test execution in CI/CD, preferably YAML-based pipelines Familiarity with iPaaS or Middleware is desirable Development opportunities via stretch projects, secondments and learning courses 100% Remote role Top-tier benefits and HMO Paw-rental leave and wellbeing leave Why Join? We reckon our mission to help the world Pet Better is an important and rewarding one. Becoming a Pet Circler means you’re committed to helping shape an entire industry. Here’s what we stand for: We\'re better together We operate with humble hearts and hungry minds Pets matter so pets and pet parents always have a seat at our table We\'re instinctively curious. Always. Belong at Pet Circle We value diversity in all forms and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to bring their full selves to work. #J-18808-Ljbffr