QA Engineer (80% Automation Playwright/Cypress + Javascript/Typesscript) - job 1 of 2

Who we are is what we do.

Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily. 

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

Why should you be part of our success story?

A 30-mile hiring radius should no longer dictate how companies hire because exceptional talent lives everywhere. Deel sees a world without hiring borders and endless talent that pairs perfect candidates with great companies.

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

Description

Join a multi-functional remote team to own our products from top to bottom! Enjoy participating in both product discovery and product delivery cycles having a real impact on the products owned by the team! Collaborate with other specialists/team to develop new features, APIs, improvements, and fixes to handle our current and future scale. Build new features and help our customers have an incredible experience with our products! 

We are looking for someone who will perform automation testing (80% of the job at hand) but very knowledgeable in regards to manual testing as well: a deep understanding of designing, writing, running, maintaining and debugging applications across in our stack will be paramount to succeed in  this role 

Responsibilities

Ensuring Customer Excellence

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal customer base.

• Lives the company’s values and service standards with regards to customer interaction.

• Adheres to business processes and systems to meet the company’s quality requirements.

• Takes personal accountability for service excellence.

• Adheres to the company’s work standards.

Information security

• Understand their role within the organisation from an information security perspective and commit to protecting the organisation’s security information assets

Test Planning

• Collaborate with software development teams to understand project requirements and specifications

• Develop comprehensive test plans outlining test strategies, scope, resources, and schedule

Test Design and Execution

• Analyse features and apply appropriate test techniques.

• Design and execute test cases based on project requirements, functional specifications, and user stories.

• Conduct various types of testing, including functional, system, integration, regression and user acceptance testing.

• Provide feedback to automation testing team to improve efficiency and coverage.

• Provide test analysis and execution estimations on test effort.

• Participate in test case reviews, test case walk through and contribute to peer reviews of test cases.

• Identify, document, and track defects, and work with teams to ensure their timely resolution.

• Identify and raise project risks on time.

Collaboration and Communication

• Work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of project/tasks

Testing requirements

• Communicate effectively with team members to report testing progress, issues, and blockers.

• Participate in regular meetings to discuss testing plans, challenges, and improvements.

• Participate in grooming and other requirements elicitation discussions.

• Participate and contribute to knowledge sharing sessions.

• Attend and participate in running team meetings.

• Liaise with automation team and discuss test cases to be automated.

Documentation

• Create and maintain detailed test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports.

• Ensure that testing artifacts are up-to-date and accessible to team members from the test repository.

• Update and maintain regression test packs.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the improvement of the software development life cycle by providing feedback on testing processes

Tools, and methodologies

• Stay abreast of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and testing tools to enhance testing processes

Requirements

• Excellent understanding of Quality Assurance processes and methodologies - STD, STP

• Experience with work item tools like Jira

• Knowledge of SQL queries

• At least 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer with a strong knowledge of:

  • JavaScript/TypeScript

  • Playwright or Cypress

  • Mocha/Jest - or any other test runner

  • Selenium/WDIO or any other tool for E2E testing

  • Axios/Got/Postman or any other tool for REST API testing

  • CI/CD processes

• Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

• Self-starter who works well with a team and can drive projects forward with minimal supervision

• Experience in performing exploratory-based testing

• Experience in onboarding junior colleagues

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and timelines.

• Solid time management skills

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

• ISTQB testing certifications (nice to have)

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all. 

Some things you’ll enjoy

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location

• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

• The flexibility of remote work, including WeWork access where available

At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of  race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives.

Deel will provide accommodation on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodation, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team at recruiting@deel.com of the nature of the accommodation that you may require, to ensure your equal participation.