Software Test Engineer - Hybrid work in Lisbon (Portugal)

In a nutshell

Overall Objectives

Eurofins is actively implementing standardized processes across its various Laboratories, with a particular focus on its Information Systems (EurIS). Central to this effort is the indispensable regional web-based Customer Relationship Management application known as ADMS.

The primary goal of this position is to become an integral part of the ADMS Development Team based in Dublin, comprising five local members in addition to offshore team members. As a member of this team, you will play a crucial role in driving both technical advancements and functional enhancements.

The ADMS Development Team operates at the forefront of technology, leveraging robust modelling techniques such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Unified Modelling Language (UML), alongside cutting-edge tools and frameworks including C#, .NET, MS SQL Server, and Angular. We follow Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) integration patterns, with expertise in REST and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) implementations. Adhering to Agile / DevOps methodologies, Quality Assurance is paramount, supported by a rigorous test strategy encompassing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), while harnessing the power of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, and Octopus for efficient deployment and management of our solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an experienced Software Engineer in Tests, initially within a Scrum team of 5 collocated developers and 2 offshore QAs.
• Contribute to the tests (acceptance, deployment, performance), build, and troubleshooting of selected functional and non-functional requirements for the target software applications and services.
• Adhere to Agile/Scrum values and principles, particularly by participating in team meetings (stand-ups, backlog refinement, acceptance criteria refinement) and performing incremental testing of the application.
• Bring the Quality Assurance perspective to requirements, ensuring both functional and non-functional acceptance criteria are met, with particular attention to corner cases, boundary cases, performance, and basic security.
• Follow continuous delivery principles, ensuring the quality and automation of ADMS test suites for both acceptance and deployment testing. Ensure automated tests are systematically executed as part of the CI/CD pipeline at acceptance and deployment stages.
• Adhere to test strategies and test plans to ensure high-quality product delivery, challenging them when necessary.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, architects, development managers, and business analysts to achieve comprehensive test coverage and quality.
• Leverage strong communication skills, team spirit, and a collaborative mindset to act as a bridge between business analysts, QA engineers, and developers.

Other Assignments

• Ensure follow-up to the Team Manager on a regular basis and as often as requested.
• Acquire rapidly a working knowledge of Eurofins EurIS systems, starting with ADMS, underlying concepts and models, as well as the processes and practices of the team.
• Deepen that knowledge on a continuous basis, guided by the most pressing needs of assigned functions.
• Develop appropriate working relationships with IT and non-IT target groups in Eurofins.

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Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Over 5 years of experience in software testing with a strong focus on both automated and manual testing.
• Comprehensive understanding of various types of testing and their purposes, including acceptance, sanity, exploratory, and more.
• Solid grasp of software applications at both functional and technical levels, with the ability to challenge and extend acceptance criteria, including consideration of corner, edge, and boundary cases.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and DevOps practices for seamless integration of testing into the development process.
• Initial experience with BDD tools such as SpecFlow/Reqnroll, JBehave, or Cucumber.js for writing test cases in a given/when/then format.
• Proficiency in automation using object-oriented languages (such as Java, C#) as well as scripting languages like PowerShell, Shell, or Bash for automating tasks and writing test scripts.
• Understanding of web service patterns (REST) and ESB patterns (queues), along with the knowledge of how to test them with automation.
• Experience with UI automation testing using tools like Selenium or JavaScript frameworks such as Webdriver.io.
• Proficiency in debugging code and troubleshooting issues across various layers of the application stack. Ability to perform root cause analysis on defects and performance issues.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams across multiple countries.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience of testing Backend developed with Domain centric approach (DDD)
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD tools such as Azure Devops Pipelines, Jenkins...
• Experience in automation with web frontend language (JavaScript or TypeScript)
• Understanding of manual testing principles and techniques, particularly exploratory testing to complement automated testing.
• Experience with tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling for performance, load, and stress testing. Ability to analyse performance test results and identify bottlenecks.
• Experience working with relational of Database and average knowledge of SQL (ability to query the DB)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effectively collaborating with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders.

What else should I know? 

As the role and Eurofins' IT Talent Acquisition team are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.