At Avast, we strive to give everyone the power to explore our shared digital world freely and safely. Our team is working to help shape the digital world to be a freer, fairer and safer place through the application of science, technology and human ingenuity, and we are looking for people who share our passion to contribute to a better online world. Avast promotes a rich diversity of cultures, debates, and out-of-the-box thinking. Today, Avast is a FTSE 100 company that safeguards more than 435 million people worldwide, protecting their digital data, identity, and privacy.
Job Description:
Avast Software is seeking an independent QA engineer to help us develop our new flagship product Avast Secure Browser (https://www.avast.com/secure-browser). You will become a member of an international team with a ‘startup’ atmosphere, using an agile and data-driven approach to development. We are looking for a pro-active QA engineer with a passion for learning new technologies and best-practices, so if you are a bright, motivated engineer who enjoys working on interesting and challenging problems we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate should have startup experience and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manually test the product (as a foundation to other testing activities)
- Create bug reports in JIRA
- Create and maintain test documentation
- Monitor customer feedback after release to improve product quality
- Support team members on priority releases
- Participate in analysis and design of our product
- Collaborate with other international team members and teams
- Write and execute test cases to find system bugs like UI and Usability issues.
Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of software development life cycle
- Experience in using browser Developer Tools like Chrome DevTools
- Experience in using Traffic monitoring software like Fiddler, Wireshark, Charles Proxy etc.
- Great team player and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision
- Proactive member of the team
- Exceptional attention to detail.
Desirable:
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript
- Basic knowledge of HTML & CSS
- Experience in writing automated tests using Selenium (we automate in Python)
- Experience with testing web pages and web services
- Knowledge of software & security best practices
- Experience working in a fast paced Agile environment.
We offer:
- An amazing and truly international work environment
- The chance to join a major global tech company
- Many opportunities for professional growth
- Unlimited PTO (paid time off)
- Quarterly bonus scheme
- Flexible working hours, home working
- Trainings and conferences.
Sounds exciting? We look forward to hearing from you.
Avast does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team, even in a situation when the relevant candidate is employed by Avast.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
