QA Engineer (2-3 years experience)

We are seeking a QA Engineer to join our team and ensure that our software is robust, user-friendly, and aligns with our high standards.  In this role, you will: 

• Design and execute manual tests
• Perform data reconciliation, data validation, and data quality checks 
• Support automation efforts 
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to improve our testing processes and product quality

As part of a data-driven organization, you will contribute to creating effective testing strategies, identifying potential risks, and ensuring smooth and efficient software delivery. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Functional Testing: Execute manual tests to verify that our software meets specified requirements, take part in release process together with developers 

• Test Documentation: Design Test plans, test cases, test runs to ensure quality of project 

• Automated Testing Support: Run automated test suites and monitor their results to identify issues and ensure test coverage

• Data testing: help to ensure a quality of data calculations, perform data reconciliation, data validation, and data quality checks

• Alerts Monitoring: Keep track of user-facing alerts 

• Tech support: provide technical support to the Member Success Team, help investigate user issues 

• Reporting: Prepare detailed test reports, offering insights into the quality and stability of our software. Keep track of bugs and participate in bug prioritization process 

• Specification Review: Participate in specification review process to help prevent unclarities and bugs on early stages 

• Process Improvement: Proactively identify and implement initiatives to enhance testing processes and overall product quality

• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, data engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, promoting a team-oriented approach to quality assurance by sharing your knowledge and insights. Participate in meetings and advocate quality

Requirements

Experience: 

• 2+ years of professional experience in technical software testing

• Hands-on experience with functional testing and test management tools

Technical Skills: 

• Good knowlegae of SQL for database validation and analysis

• Knowledge of programming (preferably Java)

• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman

• Understanding of Continuous Delivery strategies and software pipelines

Testing Expertise: 

• Strong understanding of software testing theories, methods, and tools

• Experience with test strategies, risk assessments, and documentation creation (e.g., test plans, cases)

Test Management Tools: 

• Familiarity with ClickUp, Github, QASE 

Soft Skills: 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Eagerness to learn about business processes and drive their improvement

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Eligibility: 

• Legal authorization to work in the Netherlands is required

Benefits

This job is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing, globally recognized ESG benchmark leader. You will get to work with a talented and committed global team in a supportive environment.

• 25 days of annual leave 

• 2 annual volunteering days 

• Company pension plan 

• Free public transport to and from the Amsterdam office 

• Free and healthy office lunch catered daily 

• Annual professional development budget of EUR 2.500 

• EUR 350 home office budget 

• Frequent team events, including an annual company retreat. 

GRESB is an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace, one at which all workers — regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, identity, education, or disability — feel valued and respected. We are committed to a non-discriminatory approach to hiring and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our teams and programs. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and work to ensure that all voices are valued and heard.  

About GRESB 

GRESB is a mission-driven and industry-led organization that provides actionable and transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to financial markets. We collect, validate, score and benchmark ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools and regulatory reporting solutions for investors, asset managers and the wider industry. 

Our vision: An investment industry that plays a central role in creating a sustainable world. 

Our mission: To provide financial markets with actionable insights, ESG data and benchmarks. 

Our ESG data and benchmarks now cover over USD 8.8 trillion in real estate and infrastructure value and are used by more than 150 institutional investors to make decisions that lead to a more sustainable world. We have an engaged community of asset managers who are proud to participate in our annual benchmarking process and a group of inspirational industry partners and ESG service providers who amplify our reach. 

The GRESB team comes from diverse backgrounds with experience spanning sustainability, data science, software development, real estate, infrastructure, and the capital markets. We’re passionate about tackling the sustainability challenge by providing the insights that will power the markets of the future and enable investors to allocate the world’s capital in a more responsible way. 

GRESB is an energetic group of over 100 people, covering dozens of different nationalities located in Amsterdam, with satellite offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Boston, Singapore and Sydney. We care deeply about creating a positive and inclusive working environment where everyone feels comfortable contributing their ideas.