Software Test Engineer

Retarus is a worldwide provider of cloud-based messaging solutions at enterprise scale. We serve over 40% of the companies listed on the S&P Global 100, e.g. Adidas, Bayer, SAP, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, T-Systems, Swarovski & UPS, as well as governmental agencies and major players in markets across the world. Privately owned and founder-managed for over thirty years, Retarus is customer-oriented, stable, a fair employer, and a strategic business partner with a long-term vision. With some 500 employees in 19 offices on four continents, Retarus operates locally and thinks globally: our teams are organized across borders and are highly integrated. This makes Retarus a multicultural, multilingual, and engaging workplace. We are committed to creating a diverse and dynamic environment for our employees, with generous compensation, time off, and a global, collaborative workplace.

• Mobile working and flexible working time
• Collaborative, diverse company culture and superior team spirit
• Flat hierarchies and great feedback culture
• Development opportunities & career perspective
• International business & cross-site collaboration
• Modern, dog-friendly offices with nice amenities
• Company-paid health insurance, public transportation, lunch vouchers and further benefits

• In one of our agile and cross-functional teams you will proactively engage in quality assurance activities during the whole Software Development Life Cycle.
• You will work closely together with your team-mates, e.g. Developers, DevOps, Architect, and Product Owner.
• You are responsible to design, plan, implement, execute and document your tests (manual and automatic) and evaluate the test results.
• You will drive the existing test automation framework on an operational as well as development level to ensure defined quality requirements and standards.
• You will contribute to improve our test processes and tools, as well as the test automation strategy.
• You will participate in cross-product initiatives to support company-wide best practices, such as CI/CD integration, test automation, or monitoring/analysis.

• You have a university degree in Computer Engineering/Science or equivalent education, career changers with passion for IT are also welcome.
• You have 5+ years of professional experience in a comparable position.
• You have sound experience in manual as well as automatic testing of backend applications considering functional as well as non-functional requirements.
• You have a strong commitment to automatic testing.
• You have hands-on experience with at least three of the following technologies/tools:
  ◌ API-Testing with Frameworks like ReadyAPI
  ◌ Scripting/development with Python
  ◌ Database management systems (SQL) and queuing systems (e.g. Kafka)
  ◌ JIRA, Confluence, XRay, Git
  ◌ JMeter for Performance and Load testing
• You love to collaborate with team-mates and other colleagues to provide a software product at its best.
• You love to look beyond the box to create intelligent ideas for efficient testing.
• You are used to communicate in English on a professional level. German is a plus.

At Retarus, you will work on impactful and dynamic projects, with real opportunities to make a difference. Our customers are leaders across diverse industries, with constantly evolving needs and high expectations. You'll be working with cutting-edge technology and great creative leeway to meet customers' needs – and the projects you work on will be deployed globally. Working at Retarus, you will collaborate closely with convivial, culturally diverse teammates. You will grow professionally in a dynamic and exciting workplace and design impactful solutions in real time with top companies.

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Come as you are. Retarus is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

Apply via our online application portal – it's easy and doesn't take long. Our colleague Alissa Selman is happy to field any questions you may have:

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