Hybrid Test Engineer

at LITTLE BIRD GmbH

• Job title: Test Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cypress
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Test Engineer responsible for ensuring software quality for child care management solutions. Working within a collaborative team to enhance testing strategies and product performance.

Responsibilities

• You develop and optimize test processes, methods and tools and apply them yourself in day-to-day work.
• You independently perform manual and automated tests, create test cases and document test results.
• You develop and maintain test automation solutions and contribute new ideas to further increase our test coverage.
• You plan and coordinate testing activities and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• You ensure that our products meet the highest quality standards and exceed our customers' requirements.
• You act as the central contact for testing-related questions and work closely with development, product management and quality management.
• You share your knowledge with colleagues, establish best practices and promote continuous improvement.
• You prepare test reports and metrics to make test progress and product quality transparent.

Requirements

• Several years of professional experience in software testing, ideally with a focus on hands-on testing and test automation.
• Solid knowledge of various testing methods (e.g. agile testing approaches, exploratory testing, regression testing) and testing levels (unit, integration, system, acceptance).
• Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining test automation (e.g. with Cypress, Playwright or similar).
• Excellent communication skills to act as a bridge between teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a detail-oriented work style.
• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken.
• Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics or a comparable qualification.

Benefits

• A permanent employment contract that provides you with security and long-term prospects.
• Open and supportive leadership by example: our team leaders actively work within the team and share responsibility and tasks.
• A job with real purpose: we support parents, day-care centers and municipalities across Germany in finding, allocating and managing childcare places.
• Great team: work closely with a humorous, helpful team.
• Flexibility: attractive entry and development opportunities paired with flexible working hours from home (full remote).
• Opportunity to shape: you actively help shape the company’s direction, can contribute in different areas and grow with us.
• Workation: the possibility to work flexibly from a location of your choice for up to 30 days per year.
• Joint team events: we are ONE team, not only during working hours but also at team and after-work events.