Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

SOTI is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities; learning new things, working with the latest technologies and making a difference in the world.

Job Title:  Senior Quality Assurance Specialist
Location: Galway, Ireland

Work model: Hybrid, 3 days in-office

Expected Start Date: ASAP

Who We Are

At SOTI, we are committed to delivering best in class mobile and IoT device management solutions. We are looking for out of the box thinkers that appreciate the art of creating great software.

To us, being visionary is more important than doing things the way they’ve always been done.  

What We’re Looking For

Our people are our most important resource. We’re looking for a highly skilled Sr. Quality Assurance Specialist who is a tech enthusiast, can resolve complex problems and thrive in a fast pace creative environment. This is an outstanding opportunity where you will be responsible for design and write test case, integrating complex project testing plans, within Agile framework, to help validate and verify the quality of world class EMM solutions. If you have a great passion for modern technology, and you are driven by your energy to identify and resolve complex problems with an aptitude for learning new technologies, this position offers numerous growth opportunities and a long-lasting career with SOTI.

What’s in it for you?

The People - From our humble origins in our founder’s basement, to our industry leading position today, SOTI has worked hard to foster a company culture that we can all believe in. A culture that emphasizes personal growth, continuous innovation and fun.

The Growth - Our environment fosters new ideas, fresh perspectives, and the ability to take them over the goal line. SOTI is a fast-paced environment with a global reach that encourages you to make your mark and be part of something big!

The Technology - You’ll get the chance to work with leading edge technologies and take on complex and interesting projects, as part of highly collaborative and agile teams. You will work alongside SOTI’s partners which include leading tech giants that will keep you on the cusp of emerging technologies.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop and document application test strategies, test plans and test cases based on software requirements and technical specifications for SOTI’s platform.
• Create, implement and maintain test coverage for SOTI's platform.
• Design, script, configure, and run performance tests to validate production readiness of software applications and infrastructure for stability and performance
• Support active contribution in creating performance testing artefacts including Performance test strategy and test plans/estimates, optimization & KPI reports
• Condition test data as needed to simulate test scenarios properly
• Work with load testing tools like JMeter
• Work with Performance Engineering tools like AppDynamics and Fiddler to capture and analyze information to identify performance issues
• Work with Development and Architecture teams on the identification and troubleshooting of performance-related issues
• Work effectively in an Agile environment, following and practicing Scrum processes
• Provide mentorship on performance engineering and automation frameworks
• Maintain high-quality standards on all deliverables
• Continually upgrade technical and product know-how
• Adept at working with minimal guidance

Experience You’ll Bring

• 5-10 years of experience with application quality assurance in a complex web-based and mobile software development environment.
• Experience in functional, integration, system, security, performance, regression and user acceptance testing using manual or automated testing techniques, preferably using exploratory testing methodology.
• Able to understand the nature and workflow of complex business and technical processes.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to formulate solutions for complex problems.
• Strong bug reporting skills and ability to work well with developers.
• Good experience with API testing & J Meter
• Experience with any of the programming language and test automation framework (C#, Playwright are preferred)
• Experience with databases and SQL/NoSQL.
• Knowledge of CI/CD workflows.
• Knowledge of professional software testing practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source